Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 10496216
    Abstract: An information handling system touchscreen display interacts with totem devices by recognizing and tracking spectral signatures of the totem devices so that totem positions are reported as a single length, width and rotational orientation message to a host operating system. Ignore zones and hysteresis time periods are defined from the position message based upon totem context so that the host operating system processes touchscreen inputs with minimal latency and improved accuracy. Communication and battery charging are provided to the totem by the touchscreen display will illumination directed to the totem position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Larry A. Stone, Jace W. Files, Yagiz C. Yildiz, Mark S. Sears
  • Patent number: 10496165
    Abstract: A device comprises a content-processing component operable to perform a content-processing operation. The device comprises a sensor operable to output data indicative of activity of an eyelid of a user of the device. The device comprises a processor configured to process the data output by the sensor, to cause the content-processing operation to be in an enabled state in response to the processing of the data output by the sensor indicating that the eyelid is open by more than an open-eyelid threshold, and to cause the content-processing operation to be in a disabled state in response to the processing of the data output by the sensor indicating that the eyelid is closed by more than a closed-eyelid threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Michal Karol Bogusz, Piotr Tadeusz Chrobak, Michal Golek, Tomasz Jan Pabis
  • Patent number: 10488953
    Abstract: A method is provided to interface an active stylus with a sensor controller, wherein the sensor controller is coupled to a sensor configured to receive input from the active stylus. In the method the sensor controller caches stylus capability information of the active stylus. The stylus capability information includes setting information for inking used by an application program executed to display input from the active stylus on the sensor. The active stylus generates a hash value of the stylus capability information and transmits the hash value to the sensor controller when the active stylus enters a sensing zone of the sensor controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Charles Fleck, Sadao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10474274
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a speaker, an input device, and a processor electrically connected with the speaker and the input device. The processor adjusts the output of the speaker based on a generation location of the input signal received through the input device and the location of the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sun Yeong Choi
  • Patent number: 10474225
    Abstract: An input cueing system and method that allows a user to manually draw an image, input text, interface and gesture on an input surface, which is then brought into a computer such that the visual output from the computer is combined in an overlapping manner with the visual imagery of the user's hands, and then shown on a display. Located above the drawing surface is an image capturing device that captures live video images of the user's hands or other objects placed on the drawing surface. One or more reflectors and/or image repeating devices are disposed between the input surface and the image capturing device to effectively reduce the height and/or focal length so that the visual image is properly aligned and oriented to provide a real ‘live’ view of the users hands and/or action on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HAWKVISION EMMERSION COMPUTING LLC
    Inventor: Robert W. Hawkins
  • Patent number: 10474258
    Abstract: Apparatus for determining user operation of an actuator, based on determining a time constant of a state circuit coupled to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Ran Sahar
  • Patent number: 10467934
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of display panels, which is capable of displaying images independently; a protection plate, which is disposed on a front surface of the plurality of display panels; and a transparent adhesive, which covers a display surface of each of the plurality of display panels to adhere the display panels to the protection plate, wherein the plurality of display panels includes: a pair of substrates, on which plural wirings and plural electrodes are formed, a driver circuit, which inputs signals to the plural wirings to drive the plural electrodes, and a detection circuit, which detects an abnormal value of signals output from the display panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Murai
  • Patent number: 10466475
    Abstract: A head mounted virtual reality object synchronized physical training system includes a virtual reality device, a physical training equipment, and a physiological signal sensor. The virtual reality device includes a display operable to display a virtual reality object according to an operation of the user. The virtual reality device is detachably mounted to a head of the user and provides the user with a function of interaction. The physical training equipment includes an exercise data sensor operable to detect exercise data that the user operates the physical training equipment. The physiological signal sensor is operable to detect a human body physiological signal and a human body movement signal of the user. The physical training equipment and the physiological signal sensor have a function of synchronization with the virtual reality object displayed on the virtual reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BION INC.
    Inventor: Yi-Lun Chen
  • Patent number: 10460638
    Abstract: A system to detect intermittent failures of a display system including a display and a display processing system is provided. The system may include, but is not limited to, a sensor system configured to capture a light level of the display, and a processor configured to cause the display processing system to generate the static image on the display, determine, when the display is displaying the static image, a baseline light level of the display, validate an existence of an intermittent display error when the light level of the display is greater than the baseline light level by a first predetermined amount or when the light level of the display is less than the baseline light level by a second predetermined amount at least once over the predetermined amount of time, determine a recurrence rate, and associate an error type with each instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Mark Perry Abbott
  • Patent number: 10459570
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device including a housing including a watch face, a protective material, a display, a touch panel comprising a plurality of touch sensors, a first watch hand, a first watch hand actuation apparatus, a memory, and a processor. In embodiments, the processor is configured to receive a touch signal from at least one of the plurality of touch sensors, determine a position of the first watch hand, identify a signal threshold of a touch sensor by selecting one of a plurality of signal thresholds stored in the memory, and identify a touch input received by the touch sensor once the touch signal received from the corresponding touch sensor exceeds the selected signal threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Evangelos V.A. Brisimitzakis, Adam W. Roush
  • Patent number: 10459580
    Abstract: A touch screen and a touch device are provided. The touch screen includes a substrate and a plurality of touch electrodes on the substrate arranged at a same layer and in a matrix. Each of the plurality of touch electrode includes at least two sub-electrode wires, and the at least two sub-electrode wires are connected in sequence to form a polyline-shape. The substrate includes a plurality of sub-regions, each of the plurality of sub-region includes at least one touch electrode, and the at least one touch electrodes at a same sub-region are of an identical pattern. The plurality of sub-regions includes at least two sub-regions, and respective touch electrodes of the at least two sub-regions are of different patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoyuan Fan, Xu Liu, Fengzhi Zhu, Xiang Yu
  • Patent number: 10453405
    Abstract: In a GOA circuit and a liquid crystal display panel provided by the present disclosure, by dividing GOA units in a GOA circuit into groups and cascading the GOA units in each group, and by successively outputting an enable signal to the first to kth GOA units at preset time intervals by an enable signal output unit so that the GOA circuit successively outputs a scanning signal from a first group to a kth group of GOA units, the number of cascades of GOA units is reduced, the signal attenuation is decreased, and the display effect of a liquid crystal display panel is thus improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenying Li
  • Patent number: 10452192
    Abstract: A handheld controller and a system for modeling movement of fingers about the handheld controller is disclosed. In an embodiment, the handheld controller generates signals for, and acquires touch and infusion data. In an embodiment, a processor creates a heatmap and an infusion map, and combines the information in the maps to determine boundaries between finger positions. In an embodiment, movement of a particular digit on a handheld controller is identified through such boundary constraints. In an embodiment, movement of fingers about a handheld controller is efficiently modeled based on the boundary constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventor: David Holman
  • Patent number: 10453397
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a pixel array having at least one pixel circuit is provided. The method includes repeating an operation cycle defining a frame period for a pixel circuit, including at each frame period, programming the pixel circuit, driving the pixel circuit, and relaxing a stress effect on the pixel circuit, prior to a next frame period. The system includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel circuits and a plurality of lines for operation of the plurality of pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits includes a light emitting device, a storage capacitor, and a drive circuit connected to the light emitting device and the storage capacitor. The system includes a drive for operating the plurality of lines to repeat an operation cycle having a frame period so that each of the operation cycle comprises a programming cycle, a driving cycle and a relaxing cycle for relaxing a stress on a pixel circuit, prior to a next frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Arokia Nathan, Gholamreza Chaji
  • Patent number: 10444953
    Abstract: A view angle switching method includes: determining a current view angle of a display screen and acquiring a current image grayscale value of a displayed image when a view angle switching instruction is detected; determining a target grayscale value based on the current view angle of the display screen and the current image grayscale value, where, at the target grayscale value, a screen brightness value at the switched view angle is equal to a brightness value of the screen before switching; and switching the display screen between a small view angle and a wide view angle in response to the view angle switching instruction, and setting the image grayscale of the image as the target grayscale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guosheng Li
  • Patent number: 10444510
    Abstract: A waveguide display includes a light source assembly, an output waveguide, and a controller. The light source assembly emits an image light that propagates along an input wave vector. The output waveguide includes a waveguide body with two opposite surfaces. The output waveguide includes a first grating receiving an image light propagating along the input wave vector, a second grating, and a third grating positioned opposite to the second grating and outputting an expanded image light with wave vectors matching the input wave vector. The controller controls the illumination of the light source assembly to form a two-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hee Yoon Lee, Wanli Chi, Pasi Saarikko
  • Patent number: 10437391
    Abstract: Touch sensing based on optical sensing as disclosed herein can be implemented by using an optical stylus or pointer that emits probe light for optical sensing, and spatially distributed optical sensors at different spatial locations for sensing. The measurements from the different optical sensors can be processed to determine the position of the light from the optical stylus at the screen. Optical sensing of a position on a two-dimensional surface and a position in a three-dimensional space can be achieved for various optical touch sensing applications. In one implementation, an apparatus can include a screen or display, an optical stylus or optical pointer, and two or more optical angle sensors which determine, respectively, a first angle between the first optical angle sensor and a position of light at the screen and a second angle between the second optical angle sensor and the position of light at the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi He, Bo Pi
  • Patent number: 10429941
    Abstract: A selection processing unit performs selection processing of selecting one of a plurality of options relating to a 3D image, in a case where a double tap operation is recognized by an operation recognition unit, and of cyclically switching the option to be selected every time the double tap operation is recognized. A change processing unit performs change processing of changing a display form of a 3D image, which accompanies the one option selected in the selection processing unit in a case where a tap-and-hold operation is recognized by an operation recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rena Kamoda, Yuki Okabe
  • Patent number: 10430014
    Abstract: A conductive component including two or more conductive first and second large lattices composed of a thin metal wire, wherein the first and second large lattices each contain a combination of two or more small lattices, a first unconnected pattern composed of a thin metal wire separated from the first and second large lattices is formed around a side of the first large lattices, a second unconnected pattern composed of a thin metal wire separated from the first and second large lattices is formed around a side of the second large lattices, the first large lattices are arranged adjacent to the second large lattices as viewed from above, the first and second unconnected patterns overlap with each other to form a combined pattern between the first and second large lattices as viewed from above, and the combined pattern contains a combination of two or more of the small lattices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki
  • Patent number: 10431170
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a timing controller configured to generate a single clock control signal comprising a plurality of ON-control pulses and a plurality of OFF-control pulses, a gate clock generator configured to generate a plurality of clock signals based on the single clock control signal, ON-periods of the plurality of clock signals starting in response to an ON-control pulse among the ON-control pulses and OFF-periods of the plurality of clock signals starting in response to an OFF-control pulse among the OFF-control pulses, a gate driver comprising a plurality of shift registers which generates a plurality of gate signals based on the plurality of clock signals, and a display panel comprising a display area in which a plurality of pixels is arranged and a peripheral area in which the plurality of shift registers is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YongSoon Lee, Sang Hyun Park, Kyungmo Lee, Yong-Sik Hwang