Patents Examined by Nan-Ying Yang
  • Patent number: 11654771
    Abstract: A multi-view display device is provided for a collaborative co-pilot system (system) of a vehicle having a windshield. The system includes one or more input devices for generating an input signal associated with a road condition. The multi-view display device includes one or more single-user viewing devices, with each single-user viewing device including an Augmented Reality Head Up Display module (ARHUD) for generating a dedicated display associated with the road condition. The ARHUD projects the dedicated display onto an associated portion of the windshield that is visible to a corresponding single user and overlaying a road geometry associated with the road condition. The multi-view display device further includes an Extended View Display module (EV display module) for generating a common display that is visible to a plurality of users including each one of the single users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kai-Han Chang, Thomas A. Seder, Joseph F. Szczerba, John P. Weiss
  • Patent number: 11650704
    Abstract: A bonding structure includes a substrate, a first sensing electrode layer, a second sensing electrode layer, an optical film layer, and a protective layer. The substrate has opposite first and second surfaces. A sensing area and a bonding area are defined on the substrate. The first sensing electrode layer is disposed on the first surface. The second sensing electrode layer is disposed on the second surface. The optical film layer covers the first sensing electrode layer and has a first bonding opening located in the bonding area. The protective layer covers the second sensing electrode layer and has a second bonding opening located in the bonding area. The first and second bonding openings respectively expose a part of the first sensing electrode layer and a part of the second sensing electrode layer and are misaligned in a direction perpendicular to the first or second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Xian Bin Xu, Xiong Min Zhang, Bao Huang Chen, Qing Hui Lu, Chen-Hsin Chang, Po-Pin Hung
  • Patent number: 11644599
    Abstract: A cover window includes a window substrate having a first hardness and including polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), and a hard coating layer on at least one surface of the window substrate and having a second hardness which is greater than that of the window substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongsung Lee, Hyunseung Seo, Hyunkyung Yun, Jihyun Ko
  • Patent number: 11640220
    Abstract: A display device including pixels including a thin film transistor, data lines, a first insulating layer, first and second touch lines, a second insulating layer having contact holes on connecting electrodes, first touch electrodes electrically connected to some of the first touch electrodes by at least one connecting electrode through at least two contact holes, second touch electrodes electrically connected to some of second touch electrodes by an extended portion between second touch electrodes, an integrated circuit, first pads connected to the integrated circuit, guard lines, and second pads including first, second, and third groups, in which each second pad of the first, second, and third group is electrically connected to one first touch line, one second touch line, and one guard line, respectively, and in which one second pad of the third group is between the second pads of the first group and the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwan Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 11630302
    Abstract: A driving guidance system is provided for a motor vehicle having a windshield. The system includes an input device for generating an input signal associated with the movement of the motor vehicle, a road detection module for generating a road signal associated with a road geometry, and an ARHUD for generating a plurality of images upon the windshield. The system further includes a computer having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, such that the processor is programmed to receive the input signal and the road signal. The processor is further programmed to determine a predicted trajectory and a recommended trajectory of the motor vehicle along the road geometry based on the input signal and the road signal. The ARHUD is configured to generate the images upon the windshield and overlaid onto the road geometry to notify the driver of the predicted trajectory and the recommended trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: John P. Weiss, Joseph F. Szczerba, Thomas A. Seder, Kai-Han Chang
  • Patent number: 11628726
    Abstract: An indoor display apparatus of a vehicle may include a vehicle state inputter configured to receive a vehicle state, a front detector configured to detect an object ahead of a vehicle, a flip-dot display installed at a top of a cockpit module, and being configured to implement a pixel by rotating a flip disk, an illuminator installed around the flip-dot display, and being configured to illuminate the surface of the flip-dot display, and a controller configured to receive an operation mode of the vehicle from the vehicle state inputter, to receive a distance to the object and a direction of the object from the front detector, and to operate the flip-dot display and the illuminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Tae Kyoung Jin, Moo Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11623521
    Abstract: A parking assist system includes an acquiring unit, a display unit, and a control unit. In a case where the acquiring unit acquires information about an obstacle on a first target route during traveling of a vehicle along the first target route and thus the vehicle stops traveling along the first target route, the control unit tries to calculate a second target route to a target position from a position where the vehicle stops traveling along the first target route. Upon succeeding in calculating the second target route, the control unit causes the display unit to display surrounding information corresponding to the second target route. Upon failing to calculate the second target route, the control unit causes the display unit to display a notification about an operation method of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Yasushi Shoda
  • Patent number: 11625123
    Abstract: A method for touch detection and fingerprint unlocking includes detecting a finger of a user being in contact with a multiresolution touch interface having a low-resolution mode and a high-resolution mode. The method also includes in response to the detecting the finger of the user being in contact with the multiresolution touch interface, determining a touch interaction associated with the detected finger under the low-resolution mode. The method also includes in response to the multiresolution touch interface being locked, switching a finger contact area of the multiresolution touch interface into the high-resolution mode, wherein the finger contact area is determined based at least in part on the determined touch interaction associated with the detected finger. The method also includes detecting a fingerprint in the finger contact area, and unlocking the multiresolution touch interface based at least in part on the detected fingerprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ANEXA LABS LLC
    Inventor: Ana Trapero Martin
  • Patent number: 11620771
    Abstract: Computing a relative-head-orientation relative to a moving-reference. First and second data are received. The first data are indicative of a head-orientation of a head of a user. The second data are indicative of at least one of: a location, a motion, an orientation, a velocity and an acceleration of the user. A head-orientation is computed according to the first data. A moving-reference is updated by an adjustment toward the head-orientation, to produce an updated-moving-reference. The amount of adjustment is indicated by processing the second data. A relative-head-orientation is computed relative to the updated-moving-reference. Binaural audio is rendered in accordance with the relative-head-orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Waves Audio Ltd.
    Inventors: Matan Ben-Asher, Meir Shashoua, Gal Alchanati, Nadav Nehoran
  • Patent number: 11619810
    Abstract: A head-up display (HUD) device for a vehicle includes a sensor for detecting a front object of the vehicle, a controller for selecting any one region of a display region preset based on a driver's gaze as a target region for displaying HUD information depending on an overlapping position and a degree of overlap between the display region and the front object, and determining a virtual image forming position of the HUD information and a graphics mode for displaying a virtual image depending on a relative position of the target region in the display region, an HUD generator for generating the HUD information according to the determined graphics mode, and an HUD adjuster adjusting an image forming distance of the HUD information according to the virtual image forming position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Hye Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11619991
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to controlling electronic devices. In some examples, the electronic device uses gaze information to activate a digital assistant. In some examples, the electronic device uses gaze information to identify an external device on which to act. In some examples, the electronic device provides an indication that distinguishes between different speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sean B. Kelly, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Karlin Y. Bark
  • Patent number: 11599195
    Abstract: An improved structure and tactile sensation providing apparatus are provided. A structure is configured to provide a tactile sensation. The structure comprises an abutment configured to abut an actuator that causes the structure to vibrate according to expansion and contraction displacement of a piezoelectric element. The abutment is non-adherent to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeto Hattori
  • Patent number: 11598960
    Abstract: A system for a head-up display for an electric aircraft is presented. The system includes an augmented reality device which may be operated by a pilot using a pilot device and a computing device connected to the pilot device, wherein the computing device is configured to receive an aircraft datum and generate a performance assessment model. The performance assessment model includes a plurality of information relevant to the operation of the electric aircraft. The augmented reality device further includes a projection device configured to project the performance assessment model onto an exterior view window and display the performance assessment model as a function of the projection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua E. Auerbach
  • Patent number: 11589761
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a wearable device may have an optical sensor. The optical sensor may have a light source such as one or more visible-light light-emitting diodes or other light-emitting devices and may have a light detector formed from one or more photodetectors. The wearable device may have a wearable housing in which the optical sensor is mounted. During operation, light from the light source may pass through a transparent portion of the housing, may reflect from an external object such as a wrist or other body part of a user, and may be received by the photodetectors after passing through light control members. The light control members may be arranged in a ring with a center and may have curved shapes with concave surfaces that face the center. Each light control member may be formed from a stack of laminated bent light control films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell
  • Patent number: 11594192
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating multi-monitor recommendations. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: collect window information during use of the IHS; and create a multi-monitor recommendation based, at least in part, upon the window information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason Todd Miller, Raul Johnson, Marc N. McGarry, Neelakandan Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 11592666
    Abstract: A picture generation unit (PGU) used in a head-up display (HUD) includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of light sources, a display unit disposed in front of the plurality of light sources and configured to form an image to be provided to the HUD, and a housing disposed between the PCB and the display unit and including an internal reflective structure configured to guide optical beams from the plurality of light sources to the display unit and to homogenize a light intensity of the optical beams incident on the display unit, wherein the internal reflective structure includes a plurality of first funnels respectively disposed of corresponding to the plurality of light sources, and a second funnel disposed of as a singular funnel in front of the first funnels in a form encompassing the plurality of first funnels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 11592667
    Abstract: A display system includes: a transparent display; a dimming panel located behind the transparent display and capable of adjusting transmissivity; and a processor, wherein, when the processor detects an object located behind the dimming panel, the processor displaying an image on the transparent display, setting the transmissivity of a region of the dimming panel located in front of the object higher than the transmissivity of a region of the dimming panel located behind a region on which the image is displayed, and making different a degree of an increase of the transmissivity in accordance with combination of the image and the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Nanami Fujiwara, Yuichi Hasegawa, Takeshi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11586154
    Abstract: A user-wearable device comprises a device band and a housing section connected to the device band. The housing section comprises a roller and an extendable display spooled around the roller. The extendable display comprises a first end that is attached to the roller. The user-wearable device also comprises an anchor that is attached to a second end of the extendable display and that is located outside the housing section. The user-wearable device comprises a locking mechanism attached to the anchor. Separating the anchor from the housing section causes the extendable display to unspool from the roller and extend out of the housing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Subha Kiran Patnaikuni, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11584298
    Abstract: A vehicle display system is provided in a vehicle. The vehicle display system includes a first display device and a second display device. The first display device is configured to emit a light pattern toward a road surface outside the vehicle. The second display device is located inside the vehicle and is configured to display an image indicating the light pattern as viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takii, Misako Kamiya
  • Patent number: 11586039
    Abstract: Vehicle projection assemblies are described. In particular, vehicle projection assemblies within a housing including a projection module, and selective reflective polarizing element are described. Particular selective reflective polarizing elements may enable advantageous configurations for such vehicle projection assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: William F. Edmonds, Matthew B. Johnson, Carl A. Stover