Patents Examined by Nathan P Brittingham
  • Patent number: 12386447
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a display layer, a functional layer and an anti-reflection layer. The display layer is disposed over the substrate. The functional layer is disposed over the substrate and includes an antenna unit. The anti-reflection layer is disposed over the antenna unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Tsung-Han Tsai, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12379776
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of controlling a wearable device, a wearable device and a computer-readable storage medium, the method of controlling a wearable device includes: scanning an eyeball of a user to determine a position of a point of attention the eyeball looks at; and adjusting at least one of an image rendering ratio of a display screen of the wearable device and an image rendering frequency of the display screen according to the position of the point of attention. The method of controlling a wearable device can reduce the power consumption of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Xudong Qiu, Hongyan Tao, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12380708
    Abstract: A parking assistance device that recognizes a parking stall where a vehicle is to be parked, includes: at least three cameras that take images of an outside of the vehicle; a setting unit that sets, based on a preset setting condition, a camera which is to take an image used for recognizing the parking stall; and a detection unit that detects the parking stall based on the image taken by the set camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Inui, Shota Sobue, Masaki Furukawa, Naoki Yamamura, Yuya Shimohira, Masataka Yamamoto, Ryutaro Kato
  • Patent number: 12374295
    Abstract: A stage circuit includes: an output unit connected to a first power input terminal and a second power input terminal, the output unit outputting an enable output signal to a first output terminal and an enable carry signal to a second output terminal; a first driver connected to the first power input terminal, the second power input terminal, a clock input terminal, and a second input terminal; and a second driver connected to a first input terminal, the second input terminal, the first power input terminal, and the clock input terminal, the second driver controlling a voltage of the first node. The second driver includes: a first transistor connected between the first node and the clock input terminal, the first transistor including a gate electrode connected to a control node; and a control transistor and a first capacitor, connected in series between the control node and the clock input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Ho Kim, Sang Yong No
  • Patent number: 12340736
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic display may include an electronic display panel that includes a plurality of display pixels configured to emit light; a first pre-charge voltage source; and a second pre-charge voltage source; and a microdriver that may include: a capacitor coupled at a first terminal to the first pre-charge voltage source and coupled at a second terminal to the second pre-charge voltage source; and a buffer. The buffer may include a positive input terminal coupled to the first pre-charge voltage source and the capacitor; an output terminal coupled to a plurality of driving circuits; and a negative input terminal coupled to the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Posat, Rajesh Velayuthan, Hooman Torabi Parizi, Young Don Bae, Hasan Akyol
  • Patent number: 12322309
    Abstract: An electronic device may output, on a display module, a first graphical element corresponding to first direction information calculated based on a first sensing value received from at least one sensor module, monitor a change in a relative location between the first graphical element being currently output and the at least one sensor module in response to an occurrence of an event to change a size of a viewable region, correct second direction information calculated based on a second sensing value received from the at least one sensor module based on the change in the relative location, and output, on the display module, a second graphical element corresponding to the corrected second direction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunghoon Kwak, Yangwook Kim, Jihea Park
  • Patent number: 12322318
    Abstract: The present application provides a display panel and an electronic terminal, including an insulation substrate, and a plurality of data lines disposed on the insulation substrate and electrically connected to a source driving circuit, where the source driving circuit includes a first module, a second module, and a strobe module connected between the first module and the second module, which are all disposed on the insulation substrate, and the strobe module is configured to control output pins of the first module to be electrically connected to different input pins of the second module at different moments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zemin Hu
  • Patent number: 12321532
    Abstract: A system for end-device modulation by a hybrid trigger comprising at least one end-device (E-D) in communication with at least a first device (D1) outputting audio/video (a/v) programming; a processor; a memory element coupled to the processor; a program executable by the processor to: position a virtual representation of the E-D on a digital canvas displayed on a D1-coupled display representing a user's physical and virtual space; and capture from a corresponding region of the virtual space for modulating an effect on a corresponding portion of the canvas-positioned E-D based on a combination of at least two different triggers recognizing at least one of an a/v element or a/v event from the a/v program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Gilg, Timothy Chia-Chieh Sun
  • Patent number: 12323747
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls a glasses-type display device to control projection of a projection image, and the device includes a transmission unit that provides a real image to an eye of a user and a projection unit. The processor is configured to acquire a first size of a pupil of the eye of the user, which is obtained in a case in which the projection unit projects the projection image with a first brightness, with regard to the size of the pupil of the eye of the user, acquires a second size of the pupil, which is obtained in a case in which the projection unit projects the projection image with a second brightness higher than the first brightness, and controls a brightness of the projection image projected onto the transmission unit according to a result of comparison between the first size and the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12300178
    Abstract: A pixel including: a light emitting element; a first transistor connected between a first power source and a second node; a first capacitor connected to a first node or a second node and a third node; a second transistor between the third node and a data line, the second transistor turned on by a first scan signal; a third transistor between the first and second nodes, the third transistor turned on by a second scan signal; a fifth transistor between the first power source and the first transistor, the fifth transistor turned on by a first emission control signal; a sixth transistor between the second node and the light emitting element, the sixth transistor turned on by a second emission control signal; and an eighth transistor between the second node and a second emission control line, the eighth transistor turned on by a fourth scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Jae Jeong, Jun Hyun Park, Hyun Joon Kim, Kyung Hoon Chung, Jang Mi Kang, Hae Min Kim
  • Patent number: 12296255
    Abstract: A method for end-device (E-D) modulation by a generative-AI-prompted trigger, said method comprising the steps of: positioning a virtual representation of the E-D on a digital canvas displayed on a D1-coupled display representing a user's physical space; and generating a script to animate the digital canvas based on a user prompt of a large code model for instructing spatial effects across the E-D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Gilg, Timothy Chia-Chieh Sun
  • Patent number: 12300151
    Abstract: The present application provides a pixel circuit and a display device; the pixel circuit includes a driving unit, a light emitting control unit electrically connected to the driving unit, and a first reset unit electrically connected to the driving unit, and a first end of the first reset unit is electrically connected to the driving unit, a second end of the first reset unit is electrically connected to the first constant voltage signal input end, and a control end of the first reset unit is electrically connected to the first reset signal input end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Inventors: Mian Zeng, Liang Sun
  • Patent number: 12282600
    Abstract: A wearable haptic modulation device for real-time simulation of texture properties of a material surface in mixed reality environments is provided. Particularly, it includes a U-shaped pneumatic actuator surrounds a user's fingertip, a finger-housing support creating a space for fingertip containment, a resonant actuator on the finger-housing support generating vibrotactile feedback to enhance perceived roughness on touched physical surfaces, and a pneumatic control system generating pneumatic actuation to reduce the perceived roughness on touched physical surface. Notably, the U-shaped pneumatic actuator allows direct contact of the user's fingerpad with the touched physical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kening Zhu, Xinge Yu, Shaoyu Cai, Haichen Gao, Qi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12284830
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base substrate, a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are formed on the base substrate. The first transistor includes a first active layer, a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode. The first active layer includes silicon. The second transistor includes a second active layer, a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The second active layer includes an oxide semiconductor. A length of a channel region of the first transistor is L1. Along a direction perpendicular to the base substrate, a distance between the first gate electrode and the first active layer is D1. The first transistor further includes a third gate electrode. Along the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, a distance between the third gate electrode and the first active layer is D3, and D1<D3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qingjun Lai, Yihua Zhu, Yong Yuan, Ping An, Zhaokeng Cao
  • Patent number: 12282695
    Abstract: A visual display covered by a veneer displays information in a manner that the information is not obscured by a pattern that appears in the veneer. To do this, a processor receives a pixel map of the pattern. When the processor receives a command to display an image, the processor will process the image to align: (a) a first set of features of the image to regions of a display device that correspond to first class areas in the pixel map; and (b) a second set of features of the image to regions of the display device that correspond to the second areas in the pixel map. The processor will then cause the display device to display the processed image while the veneer that exhibits the pattern is positioned over the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: JOYSONQUIN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, LLC
    Inventors: Mario J. Enriquez Ortiz, Frances A. Elenbaas
  • Patent number: 12279459
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base substrate, a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The third transistor and the fourth transistor are formed on the base substrate. The third transistor includes a sixth gate electrode, a third active layer, a third source electrode, and a third drain electrode. The third active layer includes an oxide semiconductor. The fourth transistor includes an eighth gate electrode, a fourth active layer, a fourth source electrode, and a fourth drain electrode. The fourth active layer includes another oxide semiconductor. Along a direction perpendicular to the base substrate, a distance between the sixth gate electrode and the third active layer is D6. A channel region of the third transistor defined by the sixth gate electrode is a sixth channel region. A length of the sixth channel region is L6. A sixth area S6=L6×D6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qingjun Lai, Yihua Zhu, Yong Yuan, Ping An, Zhaokeng Cao
  • Patent number: 12260020
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit (214) configured to acquire a control command that is inputted by a first user and corresponds to presentation unit information for designating a presentation unit for presenting a tactile stimulus by a tactile presentation device and mode information for designating a mode of the tactile stimulus; a generation unit (218) configured to generate a tactile control signal for presenting the tactile stimulus to the presentation unit in accordance with the control command; and a first distribution unit (222) configured to distribute the tactile control signal to the tactile presentation device worn on a body of a second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Takeshi Ogita, Ayumi Nakagawa, Yohei Fukuma, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 12253784
    Abstract: A driving method for driving a display comprising an electrophoretic material having at least one type of colored pigment particle, the method includes applying at least one pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle, applying a separation pulse, and applying a second pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventor: Craig Lin
  • Patent number: 12254138
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a functional icon display position of a control device is provided. The control device includes a transparent key and a display panel. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, an image capturing device is used to photograph a functional icon, and thus a real spatial relationship of the functional icon in a visible region of the transparent key is obtained. Then, a position offset amount is obtained according to a result of comparing the real spatial relationship with a reference spatial relationship. If the position offset amount is larger than the enable calibration threshold value, a calibrated icon display start coordinate position is obtained according to the position offset amount. The present invention also provides a control device using the calibrating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Ching Kuo, Xu Yang, I-Min Shu, Rong-Fu Lee
  • Patent number: 12217694
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels connected to gate lines and data lines; a gate driver to supply a gate signal to the gate lines; and a data driver to supply a data signal to the data lines. The gate driver includes: a first transistor including a first active layer at a first layer; and a second transistor including a second active layer at a second layer on the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Woo Kim, Mee Jae Kang, Doo Na Kim, Yun Jung Oh, Yong Su Lee, Jae Hwan Chu