Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 10606540
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of making a state-based determination of information to be displayed on a screen region of a hinge that is coupled to other screen regions. For instance, a state of a hinge that is coupled between a first screen region and a second screen region may be determined. Information that is to be displayed on a third screen region that is provided on the hinge may be determine based at least in part on the state of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Sebastian Sylvan, Aaron M. Burns, Kenneth L. Kiemele, Charlene Mary Jeune, Christian Sadak, John B. Hesketh, Jeffrey R. Sipko, Christian Klein, Gregg R. Wygonik, Sophors Khut, Michael R. Thomas, Ricardo Arturo Espinoza Reyes
  • Patent number: 10597158
    Abstract: A device for use in a vehicle having an entertainment system. The device includes an information processing system including a data processor and memory in communication with one another, with the data processor executing a control system. The device includes an electronic paper display connected in communication to the control system and displaying information in accordance with commands received from the control system. The device includes a communication module connected in communication with the information processing system, with the communication module being connectable to the vehicle entertainment system. The communication module is configured to receive information from the vehicle entertainment system according to at least one communication protocol and communicate the information to the control system, in which the control system generates commands for the electronic paper display in accordance with information received from the vehicle entertainment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
    Inventors: Shrenik Shah, Feng Jiang, Steven Bates
  • Patent number: 10591974
    Abstract: A mobile computing device is provided that includes a processor, an accelerometer, two or more display devices, and a housing including the processor, the accelerometer, and the two or more display devices, determine a current user focus indicating that a first display device of the pair of display devices is being viewed by the user, and that a second display device of the pair of display devices is not being viewed by the user, detect a signature gesture input based on accelerometer data received via the accelerometer detecting that the mobile computing device has been rotated more than a threshold degree, determine that the current user focus has changed from the first display device to the second display device based on at least detecting the signature gesture input, and perform a predetermined action based on the current user focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre da Veiga, Roger Sebastian Sylvan, Jeffrey Sipko
  • Patent number: 10593257
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a display. In some embodiments, the method includes: retrieving from a memory a first encoded stress profile and a first set of symbol statistics; processing, by a first decoder, the first encoded stress profile with the first set of symbol statistics, to form: a first decoded stress profile, and a second set of symbol statistics; augmenting the first decoded stress profile to form a second stress profile; processing, by an encoder, the second stress profile with the second set of symbol statistics to form a second encoded stress profile; and saving, in the memory, the second encoded stress profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Cook, Amin Mobasher
  • Patent number: 10585528
    Abstract: A method of differential self-capacitance measurement is used to enhance a signal-to-noise ratio of sense lines in a touch panel display, thereby improving touch sensor accuracy. The differential self-capacitance measurement is implemented for a touch panel using charge sharing between adjacent sense lines of the touch panel matrix. Sequential differential self-capacitance measurements can be compared with one another by computing the difference |CS1?CS2|?|CS2?CS1| to sense a change caused by an intervening event. By scanning the entire touch panel matrix, events can be tracked across the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Hugo Gicquel, Eng Jye Ng
  • Patent number: 10585637
    Abstract: An information processing method includes sending, by a first electronic device, content displayed on the first electronic device to a second electronic device through a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; detecting operation instruction information; and determining a display state of the first electronic device based at least on the operation instruction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Maogang Chen, Yaqiang Wu, Yingwen Luo, Mingxiang Cai, Xilong Zhou, Baoli Liu, Bin Li
  • Patent number: 10585479
    Abstract: A control for a virtual reality (VR) system environment includes a portion and an additional portion each configured to contact different portions of a user's body. As one of the portions of the user's body moves towards the other potion of the user's body, the corresponding portion of the material contacting the moving portion of the user's body also moves towards the other portion of the material contacting the other portion of the user's body. Different positions of the portion and the additional portion relative to each other may correspond to different instructions that cause the VR system environment to perform different actions. In some embodiments, the control includes one or more feedback mechanisms providing the user with tactile feedback that simulates interactions with one or more virtual objects presented by the VR system environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Jason Keller, Tristan Thomas Trutna, Garett Andrew Ochs, Selso Luanava, Nicholas Roy Corson, Laura Cristina Trutoiu
  • Patent number: 10585532
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods, systems, and computer program products method for obstruction free smartwatch interactions. The computer-implemented method includes pairing, using a processor, a smartwatch, and a companion device. The processor detects one or more obstructions to a display area of the smartwatch. The processor further determines that the one or more obstructions are caused by a user attempting to interact with the smartwatch. The method further projects content associated with the smartwatch onto a surface by the companion device in response to the one or more obstructions being caused by the user attempting to interact with the smartwatch. The method further receives a first input at the smartwatch via an interaction with the projected content associated with the smartwatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric V. Kline, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 10585500
    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: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyuki Koyama, Satoshi Terada
  • Patent number: 10579154
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smartphone-based radar system capable of detecting user gestures using coherent multi-look radar processing. Different approaches use a multi-look interferometer or a multi-look beamformer to coherently average multiple looks of a distributed target across two or more receive channels according to a window that spans one or more dimensions in time, range, or Doppler frequency. By coherently averaging the multiple looks, a radar system generates radar data with higher gain and less noise. This enables the radar system to achieve higher accuracies and be implemented within a variety of different devices. With these accuracies, the radar system can support a variety of different applications, including gesture recognition or presence detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jaime Lien, Octavio Ponce Madrigal, Erik M. Olson, Patrick M. Amihood
  • Patent number: 10579258
    Abstract: A customizable gesture controller is disclosed for retro-fitting and forward-fitting into existing spaces or structures. One embodiment of the controller comprises a controller board configured to host software; a response layer comprising a plurality of sections arranged sequentially, each of the plurality of sections comprising: one or more center LEDs; one or more runway LEDs; and one or more touch sensors; and an overlay comprising: a glass overlay layer; and a graphic overlay layer comprising a plurality of button icons corresponding to the plurality of sections. The response layer further comprises one or more marks positioned at boundaries between each of the plurality of sections, the one or more marks being configured to identify locations at which to adjust lengths of the response layer using an application of force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Mead, Keerthi Jayarajan, Rajendra Prasad Vrukshavai, Sareesh Sivarajan, Satyanarayan Kar
  • Patent number: 10573235
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. An exemplary display panel includes a display area having light-emitting areas and non-light-emitting areas and divided into a fingerprint identification area and a non-fingerprint identification area; an array layer including pixel driving circuits; a display layer disposed on a side of the array layer adjacent to a light-emitting surface of the display panel and including light-emitting devices; and a light-sensing device disposed in the fingerprint identification area and the non-light emitting area. A number of the light-emitting devices in an unit area in the fingerprint identification area is smaller than that in the unit area of the non-fingerprint identification area; and under a same gray scale driving signal, an absolute value of a difference N between a brightness of the fingerprint identification area and a brightness of the non-fingerprint identification area is smaller than or equal to 100 nit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruili Cui, Chao Peng, Yongzhi Wang, Tao Peng
  • Patent number: 10564725
    Abstract: Haptic feedback is provided by rendering haptic effects on a haptically-enabled device that includes a front screen, a back cover coupled to the front screen, and a haptic output device attached to or formed within the front screen or the back cover. The haptic output device is configured to render a high-definition (HD) vibratory haptic effect, a low-frequency vibratory haptic effect, and a deformation haptic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: IMMERSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mansoor Alghooneh, Robert Lacroix, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Neil Olien, Vahid Khoshkava
  • Patent number: 10564754
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a housing, a second electrode, and a driver. The display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of first electrodes arrayed in a display region of the substrate. The housing has at least a pair of walls facing each other in planar view and is provided with the display panel between the pair of walls. The second electrode is provided to the housing and positioned on the outer side than the display region in planar view and forms capacitance between the second electrode and the first electrodes. The driver supplies a drive signal to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Michita Kudo, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takafumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10558284
    Abstract: In various embodiments, electronic devices such as thin-film transistors and/or touch-panel displays incorporate bilayer capping layers and/or barrier layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: H.C. STARCK INC.
    Inventors: Helia Jalili, Francois Dary, Barbara Cox
  • Patent number: 10553170
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit and a device are disclosed. The scan driving circuit has a plurality of scan driving units coupled in cascade. A (N)-cascaded scan driving unit includes a first control module, a second control module, and an output module. The second control module includes a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a potential holding unit and a first switch control unit. A control end of the second switch unit receives the (N-1)-stage scanning signal, the first switch control unit is configured for controlling the first switch unit, according to the second clock signal, the (N-1)-stage scanning signal, the (N-2)-stage scanning signal, and the first constant voltage signal passed through the second control end of the first switch unit, to control the first switch unit, for operating that the first switch unit and the second switch unit are not conducted at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Caiqin Chen
  • Patent number: 10545536
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic detection and intelligent use of segmentation on flexible display screens according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting, via one or more touch sensors, alterations in current in and around one or more areas of a flexible display screen, where the alterations represent pressure being applied to cause at least one of bending, rolling, and curving of the flexible display screen at the one or more areas. The method may further include dividing the flexible display screen into a plurality of zones corresponding to the one or more areas, where the marking/dividing logic is further to mark a plurality of portions of the plurality of zones to serve as a plurality of segments. The method may further include facilitating displaying of contents via the plurality of segments of the flexible display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomer Rider, Ramon C. Olmo, Dor Levy, Shahar Taite
  • Patent number: 10546556
    Abstract: There are provided a communication path specifying device, a head mounted display, a communication path specifying method, and a program each capable of reducing a time required for specifying a communication path having high communication quality. An image acquiring unit (72) acquires an image of an environment where at least either a communication device or a communication partner of the communication device is disposed. A communication path specifying unit (74) specifies a communication path for communication between the communication device and the communication partner on the basis of the image acquired by the image acquiring unit (72), the communication path passing through reflection on a reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yoshio Miyazaki, Katsuyoshi Onishi
  • Patent number: 10535314
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for changing a landscape signal of a liquid crystal screen to a portrait mode. The method comprises: adjusting the setting of a built-in driving TCON (time controller) IC (chipset) of the LCD so as to change the input signal interface of the LCD from an MIPI (mobile industry processor interface) to a TTL (transistor-transistor level) data/timing interface+SPI (serial peripheral interface) command control interface; controlling the initialization, turning-on and turning-off of the driving TCON IC via the SPI interface, and realizing the switching among four projection modes, desktop front projection, desktop rear projection, ceiling front projection, and ceiling rear projection, by adjusting the up, down, left and right display directions of a screen output image; receiving, in real time, the landscape image outputted by a front-end video processing chip through the TTL data interface, and then displaying same in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: LUXNPRO CHENGDU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10535284
    Abstract: A method of visual range mapping includes receiving a plurality of eye detection results from at least one eye tracking device and a display range from a display device, generating a visual range according to the plurality of eye detection results; comparing the visual range with the display range to generate a calibration value, and mapping the visual range into the display range according to the calibration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andy Ho, Tsung-Han Yang, Szu-Chieh Wang, Jian-Chi Lin, Jason Hsiao