Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 12638912
    Abstract: The current document is directed to methods and systems that provide an emotional compass that reflects the emotional states of human beings, dynamics of the emotional states over time periods, emotional synchronization between humans and between humans and automated interactive systems, and the degree to which the emotional state of one human is influenced or affected by the emotional state of another human or by an automated interactive system. The emotional compass can be used for continuous or intermittent emotional orientation by both automated systems and human analysts. The emotional awareness provided by the emotional compass facilitates continuous or intermittent strategy selection for achieving various different types of emotion-related results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Affective Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Brayman, Yuriy Gulak, John Gottman, Rafael Lisitsa, Robert W. Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 12621943
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotary digital display device, including a main body support, a battery, a flexible circuit board, a light guide rod, membranes, and a projection dome cover. The main body support includes a cylindrical surface, and a first end portion and a second end portion. The battery is arranged in the main body support. The flexible circuit board is affixed around the cylindrical surface and provided with lamp positions. The light guide rod is provided with avoidance holes. The membranes are affixed to the light guide rod. The projection dome cover is configured for projecting and displaying preset content or textures on the membranes. The present disclosure achieves display of the preset content or textures. Further, the main body support is rotatably connected to the terminal in a fitted manner, and the projection dome cover drives the main body support to rotate by 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Shenzhen Qishunda Xingye Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tiaoping Tang, Tao Cheng, Jugen Yang
  • Patent number: 12613668
    Abstract: A hybrid display control device is provided including a hybrid display device in which a first display device formed in a central portion and a second display device formed around the first display device are integrally combined, an image supply and control computer configured to supply an image to the hybrid display device and control each of the display devices according to a preset mode, and a sync control module configured to distribute and provide the image supplied from the image supply and control computer to the first and second display devices, and selectively perform image scaling, timing synchronization, and size synchronization according to a selected mode and characteristics and specifications of each of the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: KORTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hyun Kim, Hak Hyun Kim, Hyo Jin Min, Bin Ko, Jin Young Park, Woo Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 12613588
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a circuit board disposed such that an axial direction of a casing is aligned with a longitudinal direction of the circuit board, an electronic circuit on the circuit board, and a battery having a columnar shape disposed on a side of the circuit board opposite to a pen tip side of the circuit board inside a hollow portion of the casing such that positive and negative electrode conductors protruding from an end surface of the battery extend toward the circuit board. The battery is disposed such that a separation space is formed between the end surface and an end portion of the circuit board and such that tip portions of the positive and negative electrode conductors are in contact with the circuit board. The circuit board and the tip portions of the positive and negative electrode conductors are electrically connected to each other by soldered portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Tanaka, Takayuki Arai, Kenichi Ninomiya, Takenori Kaneda
  • Patent number: 12607344
    Abstract: An interactive joystick structure combined with a light-emitting module is disclosed. The interactive joystick structure includes a transparent base, a plurality of light-emitting modules disposed on a circuit board, a transparent nut, and a joystick device. The interactive joystick structure not only enhances the operation function of the interactive joystick but also provides an attractive visual light-emitting effect, making it suitable for diverse applications such as game controllers, interactive display platforms, or next-generation human-machine interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: FA TENG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shau-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 12603036
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes a first transistor outputting a drive signal, and a third transistor supplied with a reset signal. A source electrode of the first transistor is supplied with a first clock signal. A source electrode of the third transistor is supplied with a second clock signal. The second clock signal has a phase different from a phase of the first clock signal. The second clock signal has a voltage that remains at a high level for a time period from a start point to an end point within a time period throughout which a potential of a node is higher than a gate-on voltage of the third transistor. The start point is prior to a time point of supplying the reset signal. The end point falls between the time point of supplying the reset signal and a time point of stopping supplying the reset signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi Sugino, Hajime Imai, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Yohei Takeuchi, Kengo Hara
  • Patent number: 12596450
    Abstract: A method of controlling a touch sensor having a plurality of touch sensing electrodes includes steps of: outputting an uplink signal to a first touch sensing electrode among the plurality of touch sensing electrodes; and outputting an inverse uplink signal to a second touch sensing electrode among the plurality of touch sensing electrodes. The inverse uplink signal is substantially inverse to the uplink signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Sheng-Huang Chu, Yen-Cheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 12588852
    Abstract: The system (e.g., neural interface system) can include: one or more recording modules and/or one or more stimulus modules. In an example, the system can include an electrical recording module and an optical stimulus module. In an example, the electrical recording module can include: a neural interface module, a digital controller module, an analog drive module, and/or an electrode multiplexer. In a specific example, the optical stimulus module can include: a LED driver IC and set of LEDs, where the LED driver IC provides required power and control signals to run the set of LEDs and set of LEDs apply desired optical stimulus to a set of neurons. In variants, the system can function to read signals from neurons (e.g., reading electrical signals via electrodes) and/or transmit signals to neurons (e.g., transmitting electrical signals via electrodes and/or transmitting light signals via LEDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Science Corporation
    Inventors: Selim Eminoglu, Max Rothman
  • Patent number: 12591323
    Abstract: A detection device for detecting a human body portion includes a plastic element, a substrate, a plurality of metal pieces, a ground plane, a multiplexer, and an HBC (Human Body Communication) transceiver. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The metal pieces are disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The metal pieces are adjacent to each other. The ground plane is disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The plastic element covers the metal pieces. The metal pieces are configured to capacitively couple to a plurality of electric field signals through the plastic element. The multiplexer generates a selection signal according to the electric field signals. The HBC transceiver receives the selection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yih Wu, Ta-Chun Pu, Yen-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 12585358
    Abstract: A method for dynamic kernel selection on touchscreen device. The method includes receiving a signal from an active pen, collecting a first strength value from a first node and a second strength value from a second node of a touchscreen, the second node being adjacent to the first node, calculating a peak-to-side ratio from the first strength value and the second strength value, determining a location of the active pen between the first node and the second node based on the calculated peak-to-side ratio, selecting a kernel type based on the location of the active pen, applying the selected kernel type to the first strength value and the second strength value, and reporting a corrected location of the active pen on the touchscreen based on the applied kernel type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventor: Abhay Jaisen Bhanushali
  • Patent number: 12578793
    Abstract: A method for enabling user control of a display screen. The example method includes tracking, by a camera, a position of a pupil of an eye of a human user who is positioned to be able to view multiple display screens, determining a location of the pupil within the eye, determining, as among the display screens, and based on the location of the pupil, which of the display screens is being looked at by the user, and enabling control, by the user, of the display screen that the user is looking at.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Robillard, Yichun Xu, Xuebin He
  • Patent number: 12578769
    Abstract: A housing structure of electronic device, which accommodates an electronic device. The housing structure of the electronic device includes a housing, a cover, a locking device and an elastic member. The housing includes a limit hook, and the locking device includes a push button and a push rod. By pushing the push button and driving the push rod to slide, the push rod drives the hook that contained in it to leave the limit hook and the elastic member elastically pushes the electronic device to rotate the cover upward, thereby solving the inconvenience of the conventional shell structure that requires the use of tools to disassemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignees: ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEMS CO., LTD., GOLDEN ELITE TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Chung, Shih-Hao Chien, Yi-Chun Lin, Guan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12568590
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and one or more pad areas, a touch sensor disposed on the display panel and including a notch part, a polarizing layer disposed on the touch sensor and a printed circuit board disposed on the display panel and configured to overlap at least a part of the pad area, wherein the notch part is configured to extend in a first direction from the display area on a floor plan and to not overlap the pad area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Young Kim, Dong Wan Choi
  • Patent number: 12566521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device and, more particularly, to a touch panel having an improved electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection pattern for effective protection against electrostatic discharge. According to an embodiment of the invention, the touch panel having the electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection pattern includes: a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged in a matrix of multiple rows and multiple columns; a touch integrated circuit (IC) applying a sensing voltage to the sensing electrodes to detect the presence of a touch on the sensing electrodes; and a plurality of ground (GND) signal lines arranged in a predetermined pattern within the touch panel to protect the touch panel against electrostatic discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: G2TOUCH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hwan Park, Hong Geun Ji
  • Patent number: 12566517
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a capacitive sense array made of a plurality of sense electrodes. A subset of sense electrodes of the capacitive sense array is scanned to obtain a plurality of capacitive sense signals, and a touch map is generated from at least a subset of the capacitive sense array based on the plurality of capacitive sense signals. The electronic device determines that the touch map corresponds to a passive stylus. In accordance with a determination that the touch map corresponds to the passive stylus, the electronic device determines a stylus position and one or more orientation parameters of the passive stylus with respect to a surface of the capacitive sense array. In some embodiments, a stylus parameter determination model is applied to process the touch map and determine at least the one or more orientation parameters of the passive stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Ling, Roel Coppoolse, Pete Vavaroutsos
  • Patent number: 12554327
    Abstract: An extended Reality (XR) system is provided that monitors neurological signals to determine an engagement of a user with a real-world environment. The XR system continuously monitors neurological signals of a user through a processor operating in a low-power mode. The XR system generates an engagement signal by analyzing endogenous brain patterns in the neurological signals. In response to the engagement signal, the XR system activates environmental sensors to capture real-world environment data. The XR system generates contextual data from the captured environment data and determines XR content to provide to the user based on the contextual data. The XR system selectively activates XR capabilities to display the determined XR content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Barascud, Antoine Barbot, Hanna Berriche, Rasheed El Bouri, Enguerrand Gentet, Steven Hwang, Sid Kouider, Bertrand Oustrière, Guillaume Ployart, Clement Royen, Nelson Steinmetz
  • Patent number: 12554342
    Abstract: A touch pad is configured to receive input operations using objects including a finger and a stylus. The touch pad includes a touch screen including a touch detection surface that serves as a button and as a position detection region for detecting positions of the objects. The touch pad includes an integrated circuit having an object detection function of detecting the positions of the objects on the touch detection surface and a button function of detecting a press state of the button based on a force applied to the touch detection surface. The touch pad includes a button function stop unit configured to cause, according to an operation state of the stylus or according to a setting related to an input operation of the stylus, the integrated circuit to stop outputting a button press state value indicative of the press state detected by the button function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 12555535
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a display apparatus are provided. The pixel circuit includes: a driving circuit, a data writing circuit, a compensation circuit, a light emission control circuit, a first reset circuit, a second reset circuit, and a light-emitting element, wherein the driving circuit includes a control end, a first end and a second end; the data writing circuit is used for writing a data signal into the first end of the driving circuit under the control of a writing control signal; the first reset circuit is used for applying a first reset voltage to the control end of the driving circuit under the control of a first reset control signal; and the second reset circuit is used for applying a second reset voltage to a first electrode of the light-emitting element under the control of a second reset control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yipeng Chen, Ling Shi, Weifeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 12541268
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed that includes a display layer, a display driving unit, a sensor layer, a power driving unit, and a stabilization capacitor. The display layer includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode. The display driving unit drives the display layer. The sensor layer is disposed on the display layer and includes a sensing electrode. The sensor driving unit drives the sensor layer. The power driving unit provides a power supply voltage to the second electrode. The stabilization capacitor controls the power supply voltage. The sensor driving unit operates in a detection mode to sense voltage data obtained by measuring a voltage between the second electrode and the sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bongil Kang, Jun-Young Ko, Sangkook Kim, Taejoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12535912
    Abstract: An input device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes and a processing system connected to the plurality of sensor electrodes. The plurality of sensor electrodes includes transmitter electrodes and receiver electrodes. The processing system is configured to perform single-burst multi-frequency presence detection, wherein performing single-burst multi-frequency presence detection includes: driving the transmitter electrodes of the plurality of electrodes with transmitter signals having different frequencies; obtaining resulting signals via the receiver electrodes of the plurality of electrodes based on the transmitter signals driven onto the transmitter electrodes; and detecting whether an input object is present within a sensing region of the input device based on the obtained resulting signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Tracy Scott Dattalo, Guozhong Shen, Xinyu Li