Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 10997903
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel, a control method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel units. A plurality of pixel units is on the substrate; each pixel unit includes a sub-pixel unit, a control unit, and a protection unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the sub-pixel unit. After the sub-pixel unit is in the display state, the protection unit is configured to prevent the control unit from receiving an interference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Danjuan Liu, Chunbing Zhang, Shou Li
  • Patent number: 10997893
    Abstract: A portable information handling system integrated organic light emitting diode (OLED) display presents a compensation image having pixels illuminated at predetermined color and luminance settings. The compensation image is captured by a external camera as a calibration image and analyzed to compare pixel color and luminance provided by the OLED display with expected color and luminance to determine pixel compensation values that correct the OLED display for presentation of a uniform visual image that reproduces an intended visual image when the compensation values are applied at presentation of visual images by the OLED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jong Seo Lee, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Asim M. Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 10991783
    Abstract: A scan driver includes a substrate, a first transistor on the substrate, the first transistor including a first active pattern and a first gate electrode, the first active pattern including first and second regions, and a first channel region between the first and second regions, a second transistor on the first transistor, the second transistor including a second active pattern and a second gate electrode, the second active pattern including third and fourth regions, and a second channel region between the third and fourth regions, first and second electrodes on the second transistor, the first electrode and the second electrode electrically connected to the first region and the second region, respectively, and third and fourth electrodes on the second transistor, the third electrode and the fourth electrode electrically connected to the third region and the fourth region, respectively, wherein the first and third electrodes are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myounggeun Cha, Sanggun Choi, Jiyeong Shin, Yongsu Lee
  • Patent number: 10984718
    Abstract: A display device may include pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines, at least one scan driver for supplying a scan signal to the pixels through the scan lines, and a data driver for supplying a data signal and a bias signal to the pixels through the data lines. The pixels are supplied with the data signal when the scan signal is supplied during display periods, and are supplied with the bias signal when the scan signal is supplied during a bias period between the display periods. By the bias signal, a bias voltage is supplied to first group pixels that emit light with a preset grayscale during the display periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Suk Baik, Jae Woo Ryu, Myung Ho Lee, Sang Su Han
  • Patent number: 10977471
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a thin film transistor including a control electrode disposed on a surface of the display panel, a semiconductor pattern overlapping with the control electrode in a plan view, an input electrode connected to a portion of the semiconductor pattern, and an output electrode connected to another portion of the semiconductor pattern, a first insulating layer disposed between the control electrode and the semiconductor pattern, a second insulating layer covering the input electrode and the output electrode, and a sensing electrode disposed between the display panel and the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Won Yoon, Moosoon Ko, Youngwoo Park, Seongjun Lee
  • Patent number: 10963101
    Abstract: An input detection device performs a transition to a special mode in a case where application of a pressing force to a pressing detectable area is detected before a contact on a contact detectable area is detected, monitors whether or not a predetermined condition set in the special mode is satisfied in a case where a contact is detected after the transition to the special mode, and validates the detected contact when the predetermined condition is satisfied. Therefore, the input detection device does not validate the contact unless an intentional operation in which the contact is continuously made until the predetermined condition is satisfied is performed in a case where the contact is detected in a state in which application of a pressing force is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shunichi Suto, Ken Ono
  • Patent number: 10964270
    Abstract: A method of driving a pixel including: during a first period of a first frame, applying a first scan signal having a turn-on level to the first scan line, applying a data voltage to a data line, and applying a second scan signal having the turn-on level to the second scan line; and during a second period of a second frame, applying the first scan signal having the turn-on level to the first scan line, applying a bias voltage to the data line, and applying the second scan signal having a turn-off level to the second scan line, the second frame is a frame subsequent to the first frame, the second period is longer than the first period, and a light-emitting diode emits light at luminance based on the data voltage during at least a portion of the first frame and at least a portion of the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Woong Kim, Oh Jo Kwon, Hyo Jin Lee, Se Hyuk Park
  • Patent number: 10963074
    Abstract: An input display device includes a display unit that displays a screen for handwriting input on an input screen including a plurality of input fields, a stroke data processing unit that groups stroke data which is input to a capture screen by handwriting into stroke data representing characters to generate grouped stroke data as grouping stroke data, a character recognition unit that conducts character recognition on the grouping stroke data to convert the grouping stroke data into at least one recognized character, and a control processing unit that displays the at least one recognized character at the plurality of input fields of the input screen correlated with positions, at which handwriting input was performed, in the screen for handwriting input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyama, Satoshi Terada
  • Patent number: 10963111
    Abstract: A touch substrate and a method for preparing the same, as well as a touch device are provided in embodiments of the disclosure, the touch substrate includes a substrate, the substrate having a touch area on a first surface thereof and a first peripheral area surrounding the touch area, the touch area including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a same layer and provided alternately to cross each other, and the first peripheral area including a plurality of first signal lines connected with the plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second signal lines connected with the plurality of second electrodes; and the touch substrate further includes an isolation layer provided on a second surface of the substrate, with an orthogonal projection of the isolation layer on the substrate covering orthogonal projections of the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines on the substrate, and the second substrate being opposite to the firs
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenli Xiao, Jianjun Wu, Jiangsheng Wang, Chang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10957236
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a driving method for a source driver, for driving a source line of a display panel. The driving method includes the steps of: driving the source line with a first voltage or a second voltage smaller than the first voltage in a first driving cycle; driving the source line with the first voltage in a second driving cycle next to the first driving cycle when the source line is driven with the first voltage in the first driving cycle; and driving the source line with an overdrive voltage in the second driving cycle when the source line is driven with the second voltage in the first driving cycle. The first voltage is a normal high voltage of the display panel, and the overdrive voltage is greater than the normal high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Tao Liao, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Jen-Ta Yang, Yi-Wei Lin, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 10948980
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing configured to be worn on a user's body or held in a user's hand. The electronic device may have control circuitry that wirelessly controls external equipment such as equipment with a display. By gathering motion information and other user input and wirelessly transmitting this information to the external equipment, the electronic device may serve as a wireless controller that controls content on the display. The electronic device may have multiple structures that move relative to each other such as first and second housing portions. The second housing portion may move to an extended position where the gathering of sensor information on changes in user finger position as the user interacts with real-world objects is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Pol Pla I Conesa
  • Patent number: 10948978
    Abstract: A virtual object operating system and a virtual object operating method are provided. The virtual object operating method includes the following steps. Multiple images are obtained. A motion of an operating object in the images is determined. The operating object is existed in a real environment. A motion of a virtual object interacted with the operating object according to the motion of the operating object is determined. The virtual object is existed in a virtual environment. Accordingly, the motion of the operating object can be tracked without motion sensor on operating body portion of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: XRSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Hao Ke, Wei-Chi Yen, Chih-Wen Wang, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 10936115
    Abstract: System, method, and computer program product embodiments are provided for a projected capacitive (PCAP) touch system that includes a touchscreen and two or more touch controller application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) communicatively coupled to the touchscreen, where connections between receiver (and/or driver) circuits of the two or more touch controller ASICs and touchscreen electrodes are interleaved. The two or more touch controller ASICs do not exchange raw mutual capacitance or self capacitance data during a measurement frame. Further, a processor may be coupled to the two or more touch controller ASICs, and may determine final touch coordinates based on all subsets of coarse touch coordinate data from each of the two or more touch controller ASICs. Embodiments also include determining each subset of coarse touch coordinate data based on a shape of a touch rather than a two-dimensional square or rectangular region of the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Yansun Xu
  • Patent number: 10936707
    Abstract: A fingerprint circuit, and a force touch control method and a device are provided. The fingerprint circuit includes a circuit cover plate, a fingerprint sensor, a light source and an optical sensing device. A specular reflection layer is arranged below the circuit cover plate. The light source, the optical sensing device and the fingerprint sensor are positioned below the specular reflection layer. The light source and the optical sensing device are positioned on two sides of the fingerprint sensor respectively. Light emitted by the light source passes through a gap between the fingerprint sensor and the circuit cover plate to irradiate the specular reflection layer and is reflected to the optical sensing device through the specular reflection layer. The optical sensing device converts the light reflected by the specular reflection layer into an electrical signal, and the electrical signal may be configured for force touch control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nan Liu
  • Patent number: 10936185
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and systems that enable a smartphone-based radar system facilitating ease and accuracy of user interactions with a user interface. The techniques and systems can be implemented in an electronic device, such as a smartphone, and use a radar field to accurately determine three-dimensional (3D) gestures that can be used in combination with other inputs, such as touch or voice inputs, to interact with the user interface. These techniques allow the user to make 3D gestures from a distance—and enable seamless integration of touch and voice commands with 3D gestures to improve functionality and user enjoyment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Leonardo Giusti, Ivan Poupyrev, Patrick M. Amihood
  • Patent number: 10937391
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for displaying interactive augmented reality presentations are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises: a plurality of head mounted displays, a first head mounted display comprising a transparent display; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to: determine that a first physical location of a plurality of physical locations in a physical environment of the head mounted display is located closest to the head mounted display; receive first content comprising a first three dimensional model; receive second content comprising a second three dimensional model; present, using the transparent display, a first view of the first three dimensional model at a first time; and present, using the transparent display, a first view of the second three dimensional model at a second time subsequent to the first time based one or more instructions received from a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mark A. Griswold, Erin Henninger, Jeff Mlakar, Henry Eastman, Robert Gotschall, Catherine Sue Shick, Galen Tingle
  • Patent number: 10928889
    Abstract: An apparatus for directional acoustic sensing may include a wearable dimensioned to be donned by a user of an artificial reality system. The wearable may include a signal generator that propagates an acoustic wave via a body of the user toward a specific body part. The wearable may also include an acoustic sensor that detects an acoustic reflection of the acoustic wave propagated by the signal generator. The wearable may further include at least one processing device that is communicatively coupled to the acoustic sensor. The processing device may determine that the specific body part has made physical contact with an object based at least in part on the acoustic reflection. In response, the processing device may generate an input command for the artificial reality system that accounts for the specific body part making physical contact with the object. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Michael Whitmire, Wolf Kienzle, David R. Perek, Hrvoje Benko
  • Patent number: 10930200
    Abstract: A connection device connected to an image display unit that is head-mounted includes a connector to which an image signal is input; and a connector to which an image signal is input and which is capable of outputting sensor data. The connection device further includes a setting unit that sets a selection between the image signals; and an output control unit that selects the connector for outputting the image signal by a connection unit according to the setting. The setting unit sets the image signal to be output from the connection unit when the image signal is input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Kunitomo, Takehiro Ono
  • Patent number: 10928892
    Abstract: A device, system, and method for applying time warp in an augmented or mixed reality environment. An image may be rendered corresponding to an estimated head position calculated based on head position and orientation measured at the initial time. Time warp may be independently applied to each sequential one of the plurality of segmented visual units of an image (e.g., color-frames or pixel-groups) to generate a plurality of respective time warp visual units corresponding to a plurality of different respective estimated head position and orientations calculated based on head position and orientations measured at a plurality of different respective sequential times after the initial time. The plurality of time warp visual units may be projected in the sequential order at the augmented or mixed reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ALIBABA TECHNOLOGY (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Ofer Kruzel, Matan Protter, Ori Kotek, Chen Goldberg
  • Patent number: 10921855
    Abstract: A semiconductor assembly for a display device comprises a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) chip and an interposer coupled to the DDIC chip. The DDIC chip comprises a plurality of output pads and a plurality of input pads. Further, the DDIC chip is configured to drive a plurality of data lines of the display device to update an active region of the display device. The interposer comprises a plurality of output pads coupled to the plurality of output pads of the DDIC chip and is configured to be coupled to the plurality of data lines of the display device. The interposer further comprises a plurality of input pads coupled to the plurality of input pads of the DDIC chip pads. Further, a width of the interposer is at least as large as a distance between outermost data lines of the plurality of data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Shengmin Wen, Qing Xiao, Jason Goodelle, Joseph Kurth Reynolds