Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
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Patent number: 11874962Abstract: A first determination unit determines whether a movement of an eyelid or an eyebrow of a wearer has occurred, based on an electric signal measured by a measurement electrode with a common electrode as a ground potential. A second determination unit determines that a movement of a face of the wearer has occurred when a distortion detection unit detects distortion of the spectacle frame. An output unit outputs a command due to operation of the spectacle frame by the wearer when the first determination unit determines that the movement of the eyelid or the eyebrow of the wearer has occurred and at the same time the second determination unit determines that the movement of the face of the wearer has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Ono, Shin Toyota
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Patent number: 11874998Abstract: A touch-screen system comprises adjacent first and second touch-screen sensors, first and second digitizers, and synchronization and return logic. Each of the first and second digitizers is coupled electronically to the respective touch-screen sensor and configured to provide a pen signal responsive to action of a pen on the touch-screen sensor. The synchronization logic is configured to synchronize the pen to the first and second digitizers and to enable pen tracking by any of the first and second digitizers conditionally, based at least partly on the first and second pen signals. The return logic is configured to expose a result of the pen tracking to an operating system of the touch-screen system.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Matan Slassi, Lior Zagiel, Assaf Cohen, Netanel Hadad, Nadav Linenberg
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Patent number: 11861078Abstract: An electronic pen central rod is provided. The electronic pen central rod includes a connection member having a front end and a back end, and a front-end member having a pen tip part and a back-end extension part that extends in an opposite direction from the pen tip part to be detachably held by the front end of the connection member with a first level of holding strength. The electronic pen central rod further includes a back-end member having an attachment part to be attached to an electronic pen interior and a front-end extension part that extends in an opposite direction from the attachment part to be held by the back end of the connection member with a second level of holding strength. The second level of holding strength is higher than the first level of holding strength.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ryoji Kamiyama
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Patent number: 11861109Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch panel on the display panel, a host processor, and a display panel driver. The host processor receives proximity data of the touch panel. The display panel driver receives an input control signal from the host processor and drives the display panel based on the input control signal. The touch panel includes a proximity area and a non-proximity area. The host processor counts a rise of the proximity data in the proximity area to generate a first count value. The host processor resets the first count value when the proximity data in the non-proximity area increase.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Woomi Bae, Jinwoo Kim, Soongyu Lee, Hyojin Lee
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Patent number: 11861105Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that is disposed on a display panel of a display device that drives a plurality of pixels according to a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and includes a plurality of first touch electrodes for sensing a touch input in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrode for sensing a touch input in a second direction; a driver/receiver that applies a driving signal to at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a first section, and receives a detection signal from at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a second section after the first section; and a controller that generates touch information by using the detection signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized with at least one synchronization signal of the horizontal synchronization signal and the vType: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho, Sein Lee
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Patent number: 11853546Abstract: At least one processor included in an electronic device can acquire first motion data about the motion of the electronic device through at least one motion sensor, acquire second motion data about a motion of an external device through a connector included in the electronic device, determine, on the basis of the first motion data and the second motion data, the folding angle between the electronic device and the external device connected to the electronic device, and determine, on the basis of the determined folding angle, an input mode that sets whether to display a user interface on a display or whether to block an input signal received through the connector. Various other embodiments identified through the specification are possible.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gijae Lee, Jebin Lee, Sunggu Kim, Jiyoung Kim, Daehee Cho, Hoon Choi, Bumryong Hong, Pilwon Seo, Jiwoo Lee
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Patent number: 11853509Abstract: One example provides a computing device comprising a touch sensor, a camera, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem. The storage subsystem comprises instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive image data from the camera; determine, based on the image data, information regarding one or more of a hand of a user or a stylus held by the user; and based at least on the information regarding one or more of the hand of the user or the stylus held by the user, control operation of the touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gilad Pundak, Eran Arbel, Ben Fishman
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Patent number: 11853490Abstract: An electromagnetic pen with a front end having magnetic conductivity, comprising a pen housing, an inductance component, and a PCB board, the inductance component and the PCB board are arranged in the pen housing and the inductance component is electrically connected to the PCB board. The front end of the pen housing is provided with a front magnetic conductive shell, the front magnetic conductive shell is made of magnetic conductive material, wherein a coil is arranged in the front magnetic conductive shell, and the coil is electrically connected to the PCB board. A front end of a pen core protrudes from the front magnetic conductive shell, and the front magnetic conductive shell makes the distribution of the magnetic field lines closer to the pen tip, which can meet the magnetic conductivity conditions in electromagnetic induction and improve the characteristics of the magnetic field lines of the inclination angle.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: Daiyun Chen
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Patent number: 11853510Abstract: Driving a display of an input-display device includes generating, during a first display frame, a first touch sensing waveform to be applied to a touch screen of the display, and generating, during a second display frame, a second touch sensing waveform to be applied to the touch screen. The first touch sensing waveform generates on the display a first touch-to-display noise pattern of touch-to-display noise artifacts. The second touch sensing waveform generates on the display a second touch-to-display noise pattern of touch-to-display noise artifacts. The second touch-to-display noise pattern mitigates the first touch-to-display noise pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Masaaki Shiomura, Daisuke Ito, He-Wei Li
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Patent number: 11853487Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kohei Tanaka, Takayuki Arai, Kenichi Ninomiya, Takenori Kaneda
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Patent number: 11842667Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic displays and display components, specifically to a method of addressing more pixels with a smaller number of driver outputs while also allowing very narrow frames on three sides of a display. It further discloses a display driver integrated circuit capable of providing the signals required for the disclosed addressing method and display systems capable of being addressed by the disclosed method and display driver integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: New Vision Display, Inc.Inventor: Matthias T. Pfeiffer
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Patent number: 11841999Abstract: Provided are a pen state detection circuit, a pen state detection system, and a pen state detection method that can improve estimation accuracy for a pen state in an electronic pen including at least one electrode. A pen state detection circuit acquires, from a touch sensor, a first signal distribution indicating a change in capacitance associated with approach of a first electrode and uses a machine learning estimator to estimate an instruction position or an inclination angle of an electronic pen from first feature values related to the first signal distribution. The first feature values include first local feature values related to a first local distribution corresponding to sensor electrodes in a number fewer than the number of arranged sensor electrodes exhibiting the first signal distribution.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Maeyama, Hideyuki Hara
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Patent number: 11835986Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first and a second housing having corresponding portions coupled to a hinge, a flexible display disposed on the first and second housings, and at least one processor configured to: based on an execution command of a first application and an angle between the first and second housings corresponding to a first angle range, display an execution screen of the first application comprising at least one first object, based on the angle between the first and second housings corresponding to a second angle range, display at least one second object, receive an input on a first touch area among at least one touch area, and based on the angle between the first and second housings corresponding to the first angle range, display an execution screen of a second application corresponding to the first touch area.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Sangheon Kim
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Patent number: 11830402Abstract: A display circuit of a special-shaped screen and a display device. The display circuit includes multiple pixel circuits arranged in a special-shaped region of the special-shaped screen in a manner of a non-rectangular array; pixel circuits located at both ends of each row of the plurality of pixel circuits being edge pixel circuits, one of two adjacent edge pixel circuits being connected to a Nth level gate signal line, the other one of the two adjacent edge pixel circuits being connected to a (N+1)th level gate signal line, and N is a natural number greater than 0; a voltage-dividing circuit connected to each of the two adjacent edge pixel circuits, to enable the two adjacent edge pixel circuits to have equal storage voltages, a control end of the voltage-dividing circuit being connected to a (N+M)th level gate signal line, and M being a natural number greater than 2.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Tingting Shen, Rongrong Li
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Patent number: 11829556Abstract: A method is provided for configuring a touch sensor controller coupled to a touch panel and a host computing device. The method includes receiving, by the controller, first input for starting a configuration mode of operation. The first input may be received independent of the host computing device. The controller initiates the configuration mode of operation responsive to the first input. The controller receives at least one second input via the touch panel for configuring at least one operational setting of the controller. The method also includes configuring, by the controller, the at least one operational setting according to the received at least one second input.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: 1004335 ONTARIO INC.Inventors: Robert Donald McCulloch, Albert M. David, Guy Michael Amyon Farquharson Duxbury
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Patent number: 11830438Abstract: A display device including: pixels coupled to first scan lines, second scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines; a first scan driver configured to supply a first scan signal to each of the first scan lines at a first frequency; a second scan driver configured to supply a second scan signal to each of the second scan lines at a second frequency corresponding to a driving frequency of the pixels; an emission driver configured to supply an emission control signal to each of the emission control lines at the first frequency; a data driver configured to supply a data signal to each of the data lines at the second frequency; and a timing controller configured to control the first scan driver, the second scan driver, the emission driver, and the data driver.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Hwi Kim, Na Young Kim, Yong Jae Kim, Chul Ho Kim, Jin Jeon
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Patent number: 11816290Abstract: System for detecting a touch gesture of a user on a detection surface, comprising: a processing unit; and an accelerometer to detect a vibration at the detection surface and generate a vibration signal. The processing unit is configured to: acquire the vibration signal, detect, in the vibration signal, a signal characteristic which can be correlated to the touch gesture of the user, detect, in the vibration signal, a stationarity condition preceding and/or following the detected signal characteristic, and validate the touch gesture in the event that both the signal characteristic and the stationarity condition have been detected. An electrostatic charge sensor may also be used as a further parameter to validate the touch gesture.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.Inventors: Federico Rizzardini, Lorenzo Bracco
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Patent number: 11803260Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting the angle of passive rotary knob partially located on a touch screen are described. In embodiments the apparatus includes a touch screen having an array of sensors and a dial that includes a base and a knob attached to the base and rotatable relative to the base. The knob includes a plurality of conductive elements, each positioned a distance from a center point of the knob. A controller is also included, coupled to the touch screen, and configured to receive signals generated by one or more sensors of the array in response to the sensors detecting one or more of the conductive elements. The controller can determine a rotational angle of the knob based on the signals generated by the one or more of the sensors in the array while a portion of the knob does not overlap the array of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Taras Kuzo, Jens Weber, Viktor Kremin
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Patent number: 11803255Abstract: The method disclosed herein includes determining a user interaction pattern with respect to a digital marker, the user interaction pattern based at least in part on user interaction with a capacitive sensor of a computing device, determining a geometric characteristic of the digital marker, and generating a predicted digital marking position of the digital marker on a digital medium of the computing device based at least in part on the determined geometric characteristic of the digital marker and the determined user interaction pattern.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gilad Pundak, Yotam Livny, Yoel Yehezkel Einhoren
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Patent number: 11797127Abstract: An apparatus and method for implementing a technique for performing calibration of an electromagnetic tracking apparatus on-the-fly while operating the apparatus. The apparatus and method uses a non-magnetic tracking device to determine position and orientation of a tracked object that is not subject to magnetic distortion or interference, and store calibration data for future measurements by the electromagnetic tracking apparatus based on the measurements made by the non-magnetic tracking device.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: ALKEN Inc.Inventors: Robert F. Higgins, Henry E. Himberg, Allan G. Rodgers, Jr.