Patents Examined by Nan-Ying Yang
  • Patent number: 11507231
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel, an input sensing unit, and an alignment structure. The display panel may include a sealing member. The input sensing unit may be disposed on the display panel. The input sensing unit may include first-type sensor electrodes directly contacting a face of a first insulator of the display device, a first-type connector electrically connecting the first-type sensor electrodes, second-type sensor electrodes directly contacting the face of the first insulator of the display device, and a second-type connector electrically connecting the second-type sensor electrodes. The alignment structure may overlap the sealing member and may include a transparent member that directly contacts the face of the first insulator of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Seon Park, Hwan Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 11507208
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to external user interfaces used in connection with head worn computers (HWC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph F. Osterhout
  • Patent number: 11501723
    Abstract: An operation method of a backlight module is disclosed. The operation method includes: determining whether a first video synchronization signal is received; in response to a determination that the first video synchronization signal is received, activating a counter, and controlling the backlight module to emit light a specific number of times at a first brightness for a first time period; determining whether the counter is timeout and a second video synchronization signal is not received; and in response to a determination that the counter is timeout and the second video synchronization signal is not received, controlling the backlight module to switch between lighting and not lighting multiple times within a second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Jou Chen, Chen-Yang Hu
  • Patent number: 11501704
    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: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 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: 11488518
    Abstract: A flat-panel display comprises a display substrate, an array of pixels distributed in rows and columns over the display substrate, the array having a column-control side, and column controller disposed on the column-control side of the array providing column data to the array of pixels through column-data lines. In some embodiments, rows of pixels in the array of pixels form row groups and each column of pixels in a row group receives column data through a separate column-data line. In some embodiments, each pixel in each column of pixels in the array of pixels is serially connected and each pixel in the array of pixels comprises a token-passing circuit for passing a token through the serially connected column of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Christopher Andrew Bower
  • Patent number: 11479299
    Abstract: There is provided a display device for a vehicle, the display device including: a display unit that is visible to an occupant of a vehicle; a memory; and a processor that is connected to the memory, the processor changing a content image displayed on the display unit so as to be displayed in the same direction as a direction in which a travel path of the vehicle curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Hirota, Koji Aikawa, Shigeto Muramatu
  • Patent number: 11479027
    Abstract: A photosensitive electrically conductive structure includes: a substrate; a releasing photosensitizing resin layer disposed on the substrate; a nano silver layer disposed on the releasing photosensitizing resin layer; and a photosensitive electrically conductive layer disposed on an edge of the nano silver layer. A visible region is defined in the photosensitive electrically conductive structure where the nano silver layer is not covered by the photosensitive electrically conductive layer and a peripheral wiring region is defined in the photosensitive electrically conductive structure where the nano silver layer is covered by the photosensitive electrically conductive layer. The releasing photosensitizing resin layer has an average molecular weight (Mn) greater than 3,000 but less than 100,000, and the releasing photosensitizing resin layer, the nano silver layer, and the photosensitive electrically conductive layer are patterned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Hsiao, Siou-Cheng Lien, Chia-Yang Tsai, Shu-Ping Hsu
  • Patent number: 11474404
    Abstract: A display device including a pixel electrode disposed in an opening area; a common electrode of which at least a region is disposed to be overlapped with the pixel electrode; a gate line extending along a first direction in a non-opening area surrounding the opening area and transmitting a gate signal to the pixel electrode; a data line extending along a second direction different from the first direction in the non-opening area, and transmitting a data signal to the pixel electrode; and a dummy line disposed to be overlapped with the data line in the non-opening area and electrically connected to the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinuk Lee, Il Park
  • Patent number: 11474563
    Abstract: A computing device includes memory configured for storing executable instructions, a processor configured for executing the instructions, a spine member, where the spine member includes the memory and the processor, and a plurality of display pages, each display page coupled at a first edge of the page to the spine member and having a second edge, opposite the first edge that is free to rotate about an axis defined by the spine member, wherein at least one page includes two separately controllable OLED displays on opposite sides of the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: William Riis Hamburgen, Ken Foo
  • Patent number: 11467400
    Abstract: An information display method and an information display system are provided. The method is adapted to the information display system including a first image capturing device and a transparent display, and the method includes the following steps. A pattern image is obtained by shooting a pattern placed on a real object through the first image capturing device, wherein the real object is located on one side of the transparent display. Relative position information between the transparent display and the pattern is obtained according to the pattern image. Augmented image data is obtained according to the relative position information. The augmented image data is displayed through the transparent display, wherein the augmented image data include a virtual object augmented based on the real object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ruo-Lan Chang, Pi-Hsien Wang, Chih-Chia Chang, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Patent number: 11458841
    Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises: a detection unit configured to analyze a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle, and detect a viewpoint of the driver in a visual field region of the driver that is obtained as a result of the analysis; a display control unit configured to display an image such that the image is superimposed on the visual field region, based on a result of the detection by the detection unit; and a transmission control unit configured to, if a condition is satisfied, transmit related information that is related to information represented by the image to an external terminal, in addition to or instead of the display control unit displaying the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Higashiyama, Shinji Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11460931
    Abstract: A method for recovering perspective distortion of a coded dot pattern on a surface, comprises generating a stereo-pair of images of a portion of the coded dot pattern, the stereo-pair of images comprising an overlap region comprising a subset of dots of the coded dot pattern that are common to the stereo-pair of images, selecting, in one image of the stereo-pair of images, a focus pattern from the subset of dots, determining a set of potential matches for the focus pattern in the other image of the stereo-pair of images, for each potential match, determining a set of additional dots of the coded dot pattern consistent with a single plane, and selecting a single plane with the highest number of consistent matched dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Stephen Pollard
  • Patent number: 11455054
    Abstract: A method, computing system, and one or more computer-readable storage media for operating an active stylus equipped with a stylus capture detection routine. The method includes operating the stylus according to a first communication protocol to enable communication with a first display device. The method also includes detecting a beacon from a second display device operating according to a second communication protocol. The method also includes automatically switching the stylus to the second communication protocol in response to detecting the beacon. The method also includes detecting a stylus capture event indicating that switching the stylus to the second communication protocol was erroneous and is preventing the user from communicating with the first display device and, in response to detecting the stylus capture event, switching the stylus back to the first communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ahia Perez, On Haran
  • Patent number: 11453337
    Abstract: A method of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) object includes acquiring a driving image from a single camera, classifying line marks including a road surface into one or more groups based on a change in a curvature of a line of the road surface, estimating a pitch angle corresponding to an angle of inclination between the road surface and the single camera for each of the one or more groups, generating 3D information of the road surface, and displaying an 3D object visually overlaid on the road surface based on the 3D information of the road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiyeon Kim, Wooshik Kim
  • Patent number: 11442414
    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: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Will Chen, Aurelio Guzman, Christopher Wilson, Kevin Lynch
  • Patent number: 11440406
    Abstract: A method for displaying information for a user of a vehicle by means of a projection system, which has a projection unit, a control device, a first projection field, and at least one second projection field, wherein the information is transferred from the control device to the projection unit, and wherein the projection system is switched over from a first beam path, in the case of which light beams produced by the projection unit are directed onto the first projection field, to a second beam path, in the case of which light beams produced by the projection unit are directed onto the at least one second projection field, in accordance with the current position of a seat of the user, the light beams produced by the projection unit being deflected to a field of view of the user by the at least one second projection field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Christian Wall
  • Patent number: 11443698
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver which provides data voltages to the display panel, and a controller which provides output image data to the data driver. The controller includes a data line memory which stores input image data for each pixel row of the display panel, an address line memory which stores addresses for the input image data, and a data serialize block which generates the output image data provided to the data driver by rearranging the input image data stored in the data line memory based on the addresses stored in the address line memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai-Jung In
  • Patent number: 11436970
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a display device that includes a control circuit, an array of light emitting diode (LED) zones, and an array of zone integrated circuits that are distributed in the display area. The zone integrated circuits may comprise integrated a LED, driver circuits, and at least one redundant driver circuit. A non-operational driver circuit is bypassed, and the LED driving responsibility is assumed by the neighboring driver circuit. The neighboring driver circuit may be another one of the driver circuits or the redundant driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Huayuan Semiconductor (Shenzhen) Limited Company
    Inventors: Richard Landry Gray, Chih-Chang Wei, Junjie Zheng
  • Patent number: 11435970
    Abstract: An electronic face mask control system includes an electronic face mask. The electronic face mask includes an LED screen configured to display images, a first driving device configured to control an operation of the LED screen, a first detecting device connected with the first driving device, and a first storage device connected to the first driving device. The first detecting device is configured to detect control signals. The first storage device is configured to storage local data. By performing signal detection on the first detecting device, a display content controlled by the first driving device is changed, and a display content of the LED screen is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHINING BRIGHT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Guofeng Feng
  • Patent number: 11410584
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a display including a first part where a size viewed from an outside is constant and a second part where an area viewed from the outside is variable, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to control the display, a memory, and a processor operatively connected with the display driver IC and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to, based on the area of the second part viewed from the outside, define a plurality of virtual regions including a first region and a second region adjacent to each other, based on an accumulated value of red, green, blue (RGB) values applied to each frame displayed on a screen, acquire color information of each of the plurality of virtual regions, based on an accumulated use time for each of the plurality of virtual regions and the color information, calculate a plurality of total accumulated values of each of the plurality of virtual regions, set a boundary, which is positioned between the first region and the second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Youngrog Kim, Jookwan Lee, Junwoo Choi