Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 12658082
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to display devices and driving methods thereof. A display device includes a display panel including a sub-pixel arranged thereon and configured to display an image, a power controller configured to supply a reference voltage to the sub-pixel, a sensing circuit configured to sense a voltage of the sub-pixel during a blank time within a frame during the display driving of the image, and a timing controller configured to detect a defect of the display panel based on the voltage sensed during the display driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyojoon Park, Mookyiung Hong
  • Patent number: 12656923
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a pixel layer, a touch sensing layer, and a sensing pattern. The pixel layer includes first pixel units, each including first sub-light emitting regions, and second pixel units, each including second sub-light emitting regions. The touch sensing layer includes sensing electrodes, and driving electrodes electrically insulated from the sensing electrodes, at least some of the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes each includes a dummy pattern defining dummy openings overlapping the first sub-light emitting regions when viewed in a plan view, and a sensing pattern electrically insulated from the dummy pattern and spaced apart from the first sub-light emitting regions and the second sub-light emitting regions when viewed in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changho Lee, Il-Joo Kim, Jong-Hwa Kim, Wonjun Choi
  • Patent number: 12658090
    Abstract: Provided are an array substrate and a display panel. The array substrate includes a scanning circuit including shift register units, each of which includes a forward and reverse scanning module including a first to fourth input units. The first to fourth input units includes a first to fourth transistors, respectively. First electrodes of the first and fourth transistors are connected to a first power supply terminal continuously providing a low-level signal. First electrodes of the second and third transistors are connected to a second power supply terminal continuously providing a high-level signal. Second electrodes of the first to fourth transistors are connected to a pull-up node. The first and fourth transistors pull down a potential of the pull-up node. The second and third transistors pull up the potential. During switching between forward scanning and reverse scanning, the roles of the first to fourth transistors do not change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Otose Tomohiko
  • Patent number: 12645311
    Abstract: A control input device and system are disclosed. The control input device has a mounting base to a capacitive touch screen; an actuator supported by and electrically insulated from the base with an electrically conducting surface and further including: an electrode that is touching, or adjacent to, the capacitive touch screen when the base is mounted, an electrical circuit between the electrode and the electrically conducting surface, the electrically conducting surface having a surface area that is selected such that the electrically conducting surface provides capacitive coupling to, or approaching, infinity whereby capacitive coupling between the electrode and the capacitive touch screen is detectable by the capacitive touch screen's controller, wherein, in use, the electrode is configured to undergo a change corresponding to a state of the actuator and the controller of the touch screen can determine the state of the actuator from the change to the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Nexteq PLC
    Inventor: Fabian Eberwein
  • Patent number: 12648106
    Abstract: A midplane frame may be contained in a rack-mountable enclosure and define at least a first bay. Guides may be distributed among a first cartridge and the midplane frame and arranged to facilitate aligned vertical movement of the first cartridge along a height direction into a landed position in the first bay. The first cartridge may have forwardly-oriented connectors arrayed in rows arranged in a stack in a height direction. A plurality of appliances may each have a row of one or more rearwardly-oriented connectors, and each of the appliances may be movable rearwardly along a length direction in the enclosure into a seated arrangement in which the appliances are stacked over one another in the height direction and in which the rows of rearwardly-oriented connectors of the appliances are coupled with the rows of the forwardly-oriented connectors of the first cartridge in the landed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamid Torabi, Vivek Surapaneni
  • 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: 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: 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: 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