Patents Examined by Nan-Ying Yang
  • Patent number: 11062675
    Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting non-uniformity and for compensating for display OLED degradation utilize a correction factors k for each pixel, which is modelled and tracked based on grey level and a pixel parameter, such as temperature and time. The correction factor k is used to correct image data provided to an OLED display. To improve display uniformity for active matrix organic light emitting diode devices (AMOLED) and other emissive displays the panel luminance is a based on operating temperature, whereby the aging effect on a compensation parameter is independent of temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Leerentveld, Joe Acchione
  • Patent number: 11061372
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally describe user interfaces related to time. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for displaying and enabling an adjustment of a displayed time zone are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for initiating a measurement of time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface using a character are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling and displaying a user interface that includes an indication of a current time are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of a background for a user interface are described. In accordance with embodiments, user interfaces for enabling configuration of displayed applications on a user interface are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Aurelio Guzman, Pani Page, Christopher Wilson
  • Patent number: 11054949
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch detection circuit which comes with additional, new functions, an input device and an electronic apparatus. N first terminals (Ps) are each connected with a corresponding first electrode (Es). A second terminal (Pc) is connected with a second electrode (Ec). N first capacitance detection circuits (210) correspond to the N first terminals (Ps), change voltages of the first terminals (Ps), respectively, and each generate a first detection signal indicating an electrostatic capacitance of the corresponding first electrode (Es) in accordance with movement of a charge produced in the corresponding first terminal (Ps). A cancelling circuit (240) driving the second terminal (Pc) in a manner that a voltage of the second terminal (Pc) follows a voltage of the first terminal (Ps). A second capacitance detection circuit (260) generating a second detection signal indicating an electrostatic capacitance of the second electrode (Ec).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Shimada
  • Patent number: 11056030
    Abstract: A display apparatus including an image renderer per eye; a liquid-crystal device including a liquid-crystal structure and a control circuit, the liquid-crystal structure being arranged in front of image-rendering surface of image renderer, wherein liquid-crystal structure is to be electrically controlled, via control circuit, to shift light emanating from a given pixel of the image renderer to a plurality of positions in a sequential and repeated manner; and at least one processor configured to render a sequence of output image frames via the image renderer, wherein a shift in the light emanating from the given pixel of the image renderer to the plurality of positions causes a resolution of the output image frames to appear higher than a display resolution of the image renderer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Varjo Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Klaus Melakari, Oiva Arvo Oskari Sahlsten, Mikko Ollila
  • Patent number: 11035566
    Abstract: A backlit haptic keyboard of an information handling system may comprise a contact foil placed between a coversheet and a support layer, operatively coupling an LED controller to an LED via metallic traces printed upon a top surface of the contact foil and operatively coupling a piezoelectric element to a keyboard controller via metallic traces printed upon a bottom surface of the contact foil. The system may further comprise the LED placed between the coversheet and the contact foil, and a piezoelectric element placed between the contact foil and support layer to receive an applied mechanical stress at a key and generate an electric actuation signal. A keyboard controller of the information handling system may receive an electric actuation signal from the piezoelectric element via the bottom metallic traces and send an electrical haptic response control signal to the piezoelectric element to cause it to generate haptic feedback at the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Robert D. Hrehor, Jr., Priyank Gajiwala, Michiel Knoppert
  • Patent number: 11029907
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a front display and a rear display, a touch panel to sense a user input, a camera disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may output an image, which is obtained by the camera in a first shooting mode, to the rear display, output the image, which is obtained by the camera in a second shooting mode, to the front display, and control the camera in response to the user input sensed to the front display. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: In Sik Myung, Hyun Soo Nah, Jung Won Lee, Jong Woo Jung, In Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11023077
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor to receive input from a trackpad at the information handling system, from a user; and an electropermanent magnet control system to control the activation of an electropermanent magnet (EPM) magnetically couplable to the trackpad to influence the force of actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Jason S. Morrison, Laurent A. Regimbal
  • Patent number: 11024654
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a display area including: a curved boundary in plan view, and a pixel array including pixel rows, and a non-display area in a periphery of the display area, and including: a curved boundary in plan view, a plurality of gate blocks arranged along the curved boundary of the non-display area, and at least one dummy block among the gate blocks, and a plurality of link lines configured to connect the gate blocks to the pixel rows, at least one of the link lines being multi-segmented to include a plurality of segments oriented in different directions in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongmoo Ha, NamKil Park, Daewon Park
  • Patent number: 11016303
    Abstract: To address privacy issues with “always on” cameras of an AR headset, the cameras can be muted and content displayed by the headset adjusted to provide a user with a visual indication that the cameras are deactivated. The headset includes a display element configured to display content to a user and an eye tracking system that includes a camera configured to track eye motion of the user. In response to the headset receiving a camera muting event from the user or the external environment, the headset deactivates the camera and adjusts the content displayed on the display element to provide the user with a visual indication that the camera is deactivated. In one embodiment, the visual indication is an adjustment of the display from a default RGB color mode to “monochrome” or other predefined color map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kennedy, Sam Sarmast, Fletcher Nelson
  • Patent number: 11017733
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate and a back plate opposite the front plate, a touchscreen display exposed through a portion of the front plate and including an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a fingerprint sensor interposed between the display and the back plate and overlapping the display when viewed above the front plate, and a processor operatively connected with the display and the fingerprint sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghoon Noh, Mingyu Kim, Jinyoung Park
  • Patent number: 10996469
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of providing driving information of a vehicle, including tracking and recognizing driver gaze of the vehicle, checking whether the driver gaze is directed toward a display of the vehicle, upon checking that the driver gaze is directed toward the display of the vehicle, checking coordinates of an actual position corresponding to a point on the display, toward which the driver gaze is directed, acquiring an image corresponding to the checked coordinates, and displaying the acquired image using an augmented reality provision unit included in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong Pil Huh
  • Patent number: 10991314
    Abstract: A scan driver includes stages for outputting scan signals. An nth stage includes: a first driving controller for controlling a voltage of a first node and a voltage of a second node in response to a previous carry signal; a second driving controller for controlling a voltage of a first driving node, based on a sensing-on signal, a next carry signal, the voltage of a first power source, the voltage of the first node, and a voltage of a sampling node, and controlling a voltage of a second driving node, based on the voltage of the sampling node and a sensing clock signal; an output buffer for outputting a carry signal and the scan signal; and a connection controller for electrically coupling the first node and the first driving node and electrically coupling the second node and the second driving node, in response to a display-on signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Dong Woo Kim, Sung Jae Moon, An Su Lee, Kang Moon Jo
  • Patent number: 10991344
    Abstract: A display controller 100 includes an interface circuit 120 that receives abnormal display line detection information from a display driver 300 that drives an electro-optical panel 460, and a processing circuit 130 that controls the display driver 300. The processing circuit 130 performs determination on an abnormal display area based on the abnormal display line detection information. If a specific display pattern is displayed in the abnormal display area, the processing circuit 130 outputs, via the interface circuit 120, image data for displaying the specific display pattern in a destination display area that is a display area different from the abnormal display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Ogawa, Akihiko Ito, Masahiko Miura, Motoaki Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10990182
    Abstract: A force sense is presented to a person who has operated an input device, without using an electromagnet. A force sense presenting object includes a first object and a second object. The first object includes a first surface, which is preliminarily magnetized with a first texture including an S-pole region and an N-pole region, and is disposed on an input surface of a touch panel. The second object includes a second surface, which is preliminarily magnetized with a second texture including an S-pole region and an N-pole region, and is worn, gripped, or supported by an acting subject performing an input operation with respect to the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kentaro Yasu
  • Patent number: 10983556
    Abstract: An electronic device including a main body, a handle and a driven mechanism is provided. The main body includes a base and a button unit movably disposed on the base. The handle is movably connected to the main body. The handle is adapted to be rotated from a first position to a second position relative to the main body. The driven mechanism includes a first connection element and an ascending/descending assembly. A first section of the first connection element is fixed to the handle, and a second section of the first connection element is movably disposed in the base. The ascending/descending assembly is disposed in the base and located between the second section and a bottom of the button unit. When the handle is rotated from the first position to the second position, the first connection element moves with the handle, and the ascending/descending assembly is moved with the second section and lifts up the button unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuan-Ping Chu, Jyh-Chyang Tzou, Tsai-Yu Lin, Chun-Ping Li
  • Patent number: 10984710
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for sending driving data of a backlight source, a control circuit and a display device. The method includes: acquiring driving data of a plurality of rows of light-emitting elements included in the backlight source; and sending the driving data of the plurality of rows of light-emitting elements to a driving circuit of the backlight source at many times, wherein at least one data packet is sent each time, each data packet includes driving data for driving one row of light-emitting elements and a quantity of data packets sent each time is less than a quantity of rows of light-emitting elements included in the backlight source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Binhua Sun, Jian Sun, Lin Lin, Feng Zi, Yakun Wang, Jiyang Shao, Xinjian Liu, Ziqiang Guo, Yadong Ding, Bingxin Liu
  • Patent number: 10969886
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile device. The mobile device includes a casing, configured to accommodate or support the mobile device; a thin touchscreen, including at least one driving electrode and at least one receiving electrode, wherein the driving electrode is configured to receive a driving signal, and the receiving electrode is configured to generate a sensing signal to sense a touch operation; a capacitive sensing system, including a sense circuit, coupled to the at least one receiving electrode and configured to generate the driving signal and receive the sensing signal to determine the touch operation; and a power supply unit, configured to output a supply voltage and a ground voltage; and an isolation module, configured to isolate the supply voltage from the ground voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Nan Wen, Hong Jiang, Yingsi Liang
  • Patent number: 10970514
    Abstract: Provided are a compensation structure and a driving method thereof, a display panel, and a display device. The compensation structure includes a photoelectric sensing circuit, a fingerprint recognition circuit and a compensation circuit. The photoelectric sensing circuit is configured to respectively generate a first electric signal and a second electric signal according to received first optical signal and second optical signal. The fingerprint recognition circuit is configured to be connected to the photoelectric sensing circuit to receive the first electric signal, and to employ the first electric signal to determine a fingerprint pattern. The compensation circuit is configured to be connected to the photoelectric sensing circuit to receive the second electric signal, and to employ the second electric signal to perform optical compensation so as to adjust the first electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xueyou Cao, Haisheng Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Chih Jen Cheng, Yanling Han, Wei Liu, Pengpeng Wang, Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10955966
    Abstract: A touch electrode driving circuit, a touch electrode driver, and a touch display device. The touch electrode driving circuit being operable to output touch scan signals to two touch electrodes. The touch electrode driving circuit includes an input terminal, a reset terminal, a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal, a third voltage terminal, a fourth voltage terminal, a common voltage signal terminal, a first common voltage signal control terminal, a second common voltage signal control terminal, a first clock signal terminal, a second clock signal terminal, a third clock signal terminal, a fourth clock signal terminal, a touch signal terminal, a touch control signal terminal, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, and a third output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fei Huang
  • Patent number: 10955679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system comprising glasses (101), a communication unit (103) and a cable (102), whereby the cable comprises two galvanic connections adapted for transporting power and bidirectional data traffic, whereby the glasses and the communication unit are arranged for multiplexing a plurality of outgoing data streams into a multiplexed data stream to be transmitted over said cable and arranged for receiving an incoming data stream and demultiplexing said incoming data stream into separate data streams, and whereby said communication unit (103) is arranged for being connected wired or wirelessly to an external processing device (201), preferably the external processing device being a smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Iristick NV
    Inventors: Riemer Grootjans, Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Peter Verstraeten