Patents Examined by Matthew Eason
  • Patent number: 11875758
    Abstract: A pixel drive circuit, which includes: a first thin film transistor, a first unidirectional conduction switch, a second thin film transistor, a second unidirectional conduction switch, and a pixel capacitor; and the first thin film transistor includes: a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; the first gate electrode being connected with a n-th scan line, the first source electrode being connected with a m-th scan line, and the first drain electrode being connected with the pixel capacitor, and the n and m are positive integers; the second thin film transistor includes: a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode; the second gate electrode being connected with a (n?1)-th scan line, the second source electrode being connected with the pixel capacitor, and the second drain electrode being grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangchen Zhang, Yunyang Liu, Tingting Shen, Li Lv, Yuchun Xu, Zhiwei Li, Baohong Kang
  • Patent number: 11869403
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display substrate, first interconnections, second interconnections, a driving circuit and a polarizing plate. The display substrate includes a bend portion which is curved with respect to an axis parallel to a first direction. The first interconnections extend in the first direction and are on the display substrate. The second interconnections are on the display substrate, connected to the first interconnections and extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the first interconnections and the second interconnections and provides driving signals to the first interconnections and the second interconnections. The polarizing plate is on the display substrate and overlaps the first interconnections and the second interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taehyeog Jung
  • Patent number: 11868521
    Abstract: A method for determining a gaze position of a user is provided. The method can include obtaining a target distance from the display screen to a target user, and obtaining a user image of the target user, the user image includes: a global image, a head image, and an eye image, and the global image is an image of a target space in front of the display screen. The method can further include determining a first space where eyes of the target user are located from a plurality of preset subspaces within the target space based on the target distance and the global image, and determining a gaze position of the target user on the display screen corresponding to the first space and the user image of the target user, based on a preset correspondence among the subspaces, user images, and screen coordinates on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li He
  • Patent number: 11868544
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit and an association unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire first information which is generated by processing a detection result output from a first sensor provided outside of a plurality of electronic writing tools with which a plurality of objects are drawn on a display image and includes positions at which the plurality of electronic writing tools are detected on the display image and acquiring second information which is generated by processing a detection result output from a second sensor provided in each of the plurality of electronic writing tools and includes relative positions of the other electronic writing tools relative to each electronic writing tool. The association unit is configured to associate the plurality of electronic writing tools with positions of the plurality of electronic writing tools on the display image, respectively, using the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Asano
  • Patent number: 11869457
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a synchronous display method of a spliced screen, a display system, an electronic device and a computer readable medium. The spliced screen includes display screens spliced together, and the display method is based on wireless communication and includes: sending control information to the spliced screen for N times at intervals so as to control the display screens to display simultaneously, where N is not less than 2 and is an integer, the control information sent for previous N?1 times includes first information and second information, the control information sent for an Nth time at least includes the second information, the first information is configured for controlling the display screen receiving the control information to turn off a receiving component of the display screen, the second information is configured for controlling the display screen receiving the control information to display after a preset time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Genyu Liu, Tao Li, Xingqun Jiang, Chao Yu, Quanzhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11868516
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for a wearable multimedia device and cloud computing platform with an application ecosystem for processing multimedia data captured by the wearable multimedia device. In an embodiment, a wearable multimedia device obtains first configuration data specifying first operations associated with a first hand of a user of the wearable multimedia device, and second configuration data specifying second operations associated with a second hand of the user. Further, the device captures sensor data from a camera and/or a depth sensor of the wearable multimedia device, and determines a presence of the first hand and/or the second hand based on the sensor data. Further, the device performs at least one of (i) the first operations responsive to determining the presence of the first hand, or (ii) the second operations responsive to determining the presence of the second hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Humane, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Luke Kocienda, Imran A. Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 11854484
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a display device including the same are disclosed. The pixel circuit of the present disclosure includes: a driving element including a first electrode connected to a first node to which a pixel driving voltage is applied, a gate electrode connected to a second node, and a second electrode connected to a third node; a first switch element configured to supply a data voltage of pixel data to a fourth node in response to a scan pulse; a second switch element configured to supply an initialization voltage to the second node in response to a first initialization pulse; a third switch element configured to supply a reference voltage lower than the initialization voltage to the third node in response to a sensing pulse; and a fourth switch element configured to supply the reference voltage to the fourth node in response to a second initialization pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Min Son, Chang Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 11836285
    Abstract: A system for a spectator to view a virtual reality of a performer includes a head mounted display worn by the performer which produces the virtual reality for the performer to see while wearing the head mounted display. The system includes an audience portion having an audience display for an audience member which receives input signals from a network corresponding to the virtual reality being viewed by the performer on the head mounted display and displays these input signals on the audience display for the spectator to view. A method for a spectator to view a virtual reality of a performer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kenneth Perlin, Fengyuan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11829573
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface element accessibility is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes generating a graphical user interface element rendered on a web page as a virtual button displayed on a display screen of a device. The virtual button is not rendered on the webpage and includes an invocable function mapped to the graphical user interface element. The computer-implemented method further includes moving the virtual button along a periphery of the display screen of the device. A rate at which the virtual button moves along the periphery of the display screen of the device is dynamically modified based on a detected identity of a user of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Ono, Tohru Hasegawa, Hiroaki Uetsuki, Shunsuke Ishikawa, Kenta Watanabe, Yasuyuki Tominaga, Issei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11822758
    Abstract: A sense unit for inductive sensing or capacitive sensing is described. The sense unit may include a first terminal coupled to a first node, a first electrode coupled to the first node, and a second terminal. The sense unit may include a second electrode coupled to the second terminal. In a first mode, a first signal is received at the first terminal and a second signal is output on the second terminal, where the second signal may be representative of a capacitance of the sense unit. The sense unit may include an inductive coil. The sense unit may include a first capacitor. The inductive coil and the first capacitor are coupled in parallel between the first node and ground. In a second mode, a third signal is received at the first terminal and a fourth signal is output on the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Markus Unseld, Cathal O'Lionaird, Paul Walsh, Oleksandr Hoshtanar
  • Patent number: 11823627
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display area including pixels and a non-display area including a dummy pixel; a scan driver which supplies a scan signal to the display panel; a data driver which supplies a data signal to the display panel; and a timing controller which supplies a first control signal for controlling the scan driver and a second control signal for controlling the data driver. The dummy pixel is connected to a bad pixel among the pixels in the display area through a repair line, and a connection of the dummy pixel to the repair line is cut off in an initialization phase in which a voltage of an initialization power source is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyong Tae Park, Sung Jun Kim, Jun Yeong Seol, Jae Bok Lee
  • Patent number: 11817043
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light emitting element; a first driving transistor between a first node and the light emitting element; a second driving transistor between the first node and the light emitting element; a switching transistor between a data line and the first node; a first compensation transistor between a first control electrode of the first driving transistor and a second node, and configured to receive a first compensation scan signal; a second compensation transistor between a second control electrode of the second driving transistor and the second node, and configured to receive a second compensation scan signal; a first initialization transistor between the first control electrode of the first driving transistor and a first initialization voltage line; and a second initialization transistor between the second control electrode of the second driving transistor and a second initialization voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsung Park, Jieun Choi
  • Patent number: 11810504
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides display substrate and display device, and belongs to the field of display technology. The display substrate of the disclosure has mounting region, first display region adjacent to mounting region, and second display region surrounding first display region and/or mounting region. The display substrate comprises: substrate; driving circuit layer on substrate and comprising pixel driving circuits in first display region and second display region, and arrangement density of pixel driving circuits in second display region is less than that of pixel driving circuits in second display region; and light emitting devices in mounting region, first display region, and second display region, first electrode of each light emitting device being electrically coupled to a corresponding pixel driving circuit, and pixel driving circuit electrically coupled to first electrode of light emitting device in the mounting region being located in first display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yudiao Cheng, Benlian Wang, Meng Li, Weiyun Huang, Yao Huang
  • Patent number: 11810494
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display having multiple display pixels to display an image based on analog voltage signals. The electronic device may also include optical calibration circuitry to generate digital-to-analog converter (DAC) data based on image data associated with the image and dither circuitry to reduce a bit-depth of the DAC data, generating dithered DAC data. Additionally, the electronic device may include a gamma generator having one or more DACs to generate the analog voltage signals based on the dithered DAC data, which may instruct the gamma generator to generate the analog voltage signals indicative of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Won Ryu, ByoungSuk Kim, David S Zalatimo, Graeme M Williams, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Jesse R Manders, Kingsuk Brahma, Li-Xuan Chuo, Sachiko Oda, Shatam Agarwal, Yao Shi
  • Patent number: 11803246
    Abstract: A gesture recognizing system for recognizing gestures includes a wearable band configured to wrap around an appendage of a user and a printed circuit board (PCB). The wearable band includes a first dielectric layer and a plurality of electrodes affixed on an outer surface of the first dielectric layer. When the first dielectric layer of the wearable band wraps around the appendage, each electrode is configured to form a capacitive sensor with skin of the user. The PCB includes a processor and a data collection hardware configured to collect data from capacitive sensors. The processor is configured to process the collected data and to recognize a gesture of the appendage of the user based on the processed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventor: Louis J. Dankovich
  • Patent number: 11798472
    Abstract: Provided is a pixel circuit, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting unit, a drive unit, and a control unit. A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element of the light-emitting unit are electrically connected with the control unit simultaneously. The drive unit is configured to send a data signal to the light-emitting unit to drive the same to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Xueqiang Ning, Jianlei Li, Peidi Huang, Jie Chen, Kelin Li, Tao Gu, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11798465
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel including a first transistor connected between a first node and a second node, an emission driver supplying an emission control signal to an emission control line, a scan driver supplying first to fourth scan signals respectively to first to fourth scan lines, and a data driver supplying a data signal to a data line. The first scan signal controls a timing at which a voltage of a first power source is supplied to the first node, the second scan signal controls a timing at which the second node and a gate electrode of the first transistor are connected to each other, and the third scan signal controls a timing at which a voltage of a second power source is supplied to the gate electrode of the first transistor. The second scan signal overlaps the first scan signal and the third scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Kim, Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 11782272
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a virtual reality interaction method, a device and a system. The method includes: acquiring relative pose data of a target individual relative to a head-mounted device at a first time point, wherein the target individual is an individual in a reality space where the head-mounted device is located, the target individual and an individual wearing the head-mounted device are different individuals, and the pose data includes position data and posture data; obtaining virtual pose data of the target individual in a virtual scene of the head-mounted device at the first time point according to the relative pose data; and rendering and displaying a virtual individual corresponding to the target individual in the virtual scene according to the virtual pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO PICO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Wu
  • Patent number: 11782534
    Abstract: A stylus includes a pen-tip; a sensor; and a processor operable to: operate in a lower-power mode and a higher-power mode; detect, with the sensor, a defined frequency or a defined range of frequencies indicating shaking of the stylus; and transition from the lower-power mode to the higher-power mode in response to the detection of the defined frequency or the defined range of frequencies. The processor is prevented from transitioning from the lower-power mode to the higher-power mode in response to detection of a frequency other than the defined frequency and a range of frequencies other than the defined range of frequencies. The processor, in response to a relative motion between the stylus and a device in communication with the stylus, process both a device signal representative of the relative motion and a stylus signal representative of the detection of the defined frequency or the defined range of frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Esat Yilmaz, Vemund Kval Bakken, Kishore Sundara-Rajan
  • Patent number: 11782557
    Abstract: A method for interacting with controls in a graphical user interface (GUI) having a plurality of GUI controls, the method includes identify one GUI control that a user is gazing at, from among a plurality of GUI controls presented on a display, detect user interface gestures performed by the user, when the detected gesture is performed in an airspace away from the display, apply a relative motion corresponding to the gesture to the identified GUI control, and when the detected gesture is performed by the user touching the display, apply a sequence of absolute display locations touched by the gesture to a GUI control presented at the touched locations that is different than the identified GUI control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    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