Patents Examined by Nathaniel P Brittingham
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Patent number: 11735098Abstract: A light emitting display device where a pixel circuit detecting a threshold voltage of a driving transistor in each of a plurality of subpixels is arranged in a matrix, includes: a threshold voltage estimating part generating a threshold voltage estimation value by estimating the threshold voltage of the driving transistor through a data counting method; a reference voltage modifying part generating a reference voltage modification value by modifying a reference voltage used for detecting the threshold voltage based on the threshold voltage estimation value; an image data voltage modifying part generating an image data voltage modification value by adding a threshold voltage detection value to a data voltage corresponding to an image data; and an accumulated deterioration calculating part calculating an accumulated deterioration by accumulating a deterioration data of a function of the data voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinji Takasugi
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Patent number: 11614805Abstract: A joystick includes a first structural component, a second structural component, a light emitter, an optical sensor and a processor. The second structural component is assembled with the first structural component to form a chamber. The light emitter is disposed inside the chamber for illuminating one surface of the second structural component. The optical sensor is disposed inside the chamber for capturing the illuminated surface of the second structural component. The processor is electrically connected to the optical sensor and adapted to analyze an intensity distribution of the illuminated surface for determining if the joystick is obliquely pressed or laterally shifted in a relative manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Yi-Chung Chen, Chu-Hung Nien
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Patent number: 11604532Abstract: The invention relates to an operating device for a vehicle, comprising a display with a touch-sensor system for inputting a command and additionally a retaining device which retains the display. The retaining device has a base face and a free area which is defined by support elements protruding from the base face. The operating device is additionally provided with at least one actuation sensor for detecting a bend of the display upon being manually actuated and an analysis unit which is connected to the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor for analyzing the signals of the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBHInventors: Ralph Trapp, Michael Steinkamp
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Patent number: 11586330Abstract: A touch sensing module includes: a first sensing coil and a second sensing coil, each having inductance varying in response to an applied force touch; a first pad having capacitance varying in response to an applied contact touch, disposed closer to the second sensing coil than to the first sensing coil, and electrically connected to the first sensing coil to constitute a first resonance circuit; and a second pad having capacitance varying in response to the applied contact touch, disposed closer to the first sensing coil than to the second sensing coil, and electrically connected to the second sensing coil to constitute a second resonance circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Yun Kim, Gye Won Lee
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Method for capturing real-world information into virtual environment and related head-mounted device
Patent number: 11574447Abstract: A method for capturing real-world information into a virtual environment is provided. The method is suitable for a head-mounted device (HMD) located in a physical environment, and includes the following operations: providing the virtual environment, wherein a real-world content within the virtual environment is captured from a part of the physical environment corresponding to a perspective of the HMD; tracking a feature point which located within the physical environment and moved by a user, so as to define a selected plane of the real-world content by projecting a moving track of the feature point onto the real-world content; capturing image information corresponding to the selected plane; and generating a virtual object having an appearance rendered according to the image information, in which the virtual object is adjustable in size.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Sheng-Cherng Lin, Chien-Hsin Liu, Shih-Lung Lin -
Patent number: 11562681Abstract: The disclosure provides a display substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate with a hole in a hole region of the base substrate; a plurality of first signal lines, on a first side of the hole; and a plurality of second signal lines, on the other side of the hole distal to the first side; a plurality of first switch units, at terminals of the plurality of first signal lines proximal to the hole and electrically coupled to the plurality of first signal lines in one-to-one correspondence; a plurality of second switch units, at terminals of the plurality of second signal lines proximal to the hole; a plurality of connection lines comprising a plurality of first connection lines, a plurality of second connection lines and a plurality of third connection lines.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Ting Li, Yuanjie Xu, Bo Wu, Zhonglin Cao, Pengcheng Zang, Jing He, Yadong Zhang, Yao Li
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Patent number: 11538405Abstract: The pixel driving circuit includes a current control circuit and a gating circuit. The current control circuit is configured to transmit a driving current signal to an element to be driven. The gating circuit is configured to transmit a second voltage signal from a second voltage signal terminal to the element to be driven such that the element to be driven continuously emits light or transmit a third voltage signal from a third voltage signal terminal to the element to be driven such that the element to be driven intermittently emits light, under the control of a scan signal from a scan signal terminal, a reset signal from a reset signal terminal and a second data signal from a second data signal terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lijun Yuan, Can Zhang, Ning Cong, Wei Li, Can Wang, Jinfei Niu, Jingjing Zhang, Minghua Xuan
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Patent number: 11513589Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product maintains the ability of an electronic headset to localize and orient itself in space upon a loss of tracking by a SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) system by switching to an auxiliary tracking mode upon detection of a loss of accurate tracking by the SLAM system. In one example, the auxiliary tracking mode is based upon detection of a fingerprint on a flat surface imaged by one or more cameras in the headset. The fingerprint is defined by a pattern of photographically-identifiable features on the flat surface, such as a pattern of colors and/or textures. In another example, the auxiliary tracking mode is based upon a location of the headset as obtained from an external LPS (local positioning service) and an orientation of the headset as measured by an IMU (inertial measurement unit) provided in the headset.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Reavire, Inc.Inventor: Jeff Gullicksen
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Patent number: 11443721Abstract: A display device includes: sub-pixels each including a memory block including memories; memory selection line groups each including memory selection lines electrically coupled to the memory blocks in the sub-pixels that belong to the corresponding row; a memory selection circuit configured to concurrently output memory selection signals to the memory selection line groups; a potential line; a conduction switch provided for at least one memory in the memory block on a one-to-one basis; and an operating-memory conduction circuit configured to output, to the conduction switch, an operation signal for determining whether to electrically couple or uncouple the potential line and the corresponding one memory. Each memory is capable of storing sub-pixel data therein when being coupled to the potential line. Each sub-pixel displays an image based on the sub-pixel data stored in one memory in the sub-pixel according to the memory selection line supplied with the memory selection signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Masaya Tamaki, Yutaka Mitsuzawa, Takayuki Nakao, Yutaka Ozawa
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Patent number: 11443714Abstract: A display control device includes: a first control unit that performs control for displaying a bar for plotting an inspection result for each inspection item in a subject with one direction of the bar representing a value of the inspection result, and displaying a mark representing a last inspection result in the bar; and a second control unit that performs control for displaying information representing a predetermined number of inspection results of at least one of the subject individual or the same variety as a variety of the subject individual for a predetermined inspection item along the one direction of the bar with different color or density depending on a frequency of each inspection result.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shigetoshi Ishikawa, Keiji Tsubota, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 11419582Abstract: The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods for operating an ultrasound system with a multi-mode touch screen interface. An ultrasound system according to the present disclosure may include a movable base and a control panel supported by the movable base. The control panel may include a plurality of manual controls provided on a support surface and a touch control panel movably coupled to the support surface. The touch control panel may include a touch display configured to provide a touch-sensitive user interface. The touch control panel may be movable between a plurality of positions at which the touch display is at different angles relative to the support surface. The touch display may be configured to automatically change a user interface provided on the touch display responsive to movement of the touch display to any of the plurality of positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Wendy Mei Yee
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Patent number: 11404003Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Jae Jeong, Jun Hyun Park, Hyun Joon Kim, Kyung Hoon Chung, Jang Mi Kang, Hae Min Kim
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Patent number: 11347324Abstract: An industrial truck comprising a driver display and at least one manually actuable operating element, which is assigned a plurality of function keys. A toggle key is provided for the function keys, whereupon actuation of the toggle key, a second function is assigned to at least one of the function keys. The second function is a function that can be selected in a driver-specific manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Jungheinrich AktiengesellschaftInventors: Sebastian Heusinger, Fabien Tozzi
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Patent number: 11314140Abstract: The present technology relates to a display module which enables the display module capable of improving a design quality of a product to be applied to various types of products. The display module is provided with a flexible sheet-shaped display unit, a switch unit which switches a display pattern of the display unit, and a control unit which controls a display pattern of the display unit on the basis of a switch control signal from the switch unit. The display unit is electrically connected to the control unit, and the control unit is electrically connected to the switch unit by using a wiring cable. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a bag and the like a display pattern of which may be changed.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Itoh, Yoichi Ito, Masakazu Mitsugi, Seigo Yoneda, Masatomo Shimoyama, Yoshitaka Takahashi
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Patent number: 11296696Abstract: A detection apparatus and a detecting method thereof are provided. In the method, an input impedance structure, a sensing impedance structure and an output impedance structure are provided. The sensing impedance structure is connected to the input impedance structure. At least two impedances are formed in the sensing impedance structure. The output impedance structure is connected to the sensing impedance structure. At least three discontinuous impedance surfaces are formed in the input impedance structure, the sensing impedance structure and the output impedance structure. A detection signal is inputted into the input impedance structure, and the detection signal passes through the three impedance structures. Then, a variation of at least one of the discontinuous impedance surfaces can be determined according to the outputted detection signal from the output impedance structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventor: Hsuan-Yu Lin
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Patent number: 11289031Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising a backlight and a pixel portion including first to 2n-th scan lines, wherein, in a first case of expressing a color image, first pixels controlled by the first to n-th scan lines are configured to express a first image using at least one of first to third hues supplied in a first rotating order, and second pixels controlled by the (n+1)-th to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express a second image using at least one of the first to third hues supplied in a second rotating order, wherein, in a second case of expressing a monochrome image, the first and second pixels controlled by the first to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express the monochrome image by external light reflected by the reflective pixel electrode, and wherein the first rotating order is different from the second rotating order.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kouhei Toyotaka
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Patent number: 11282442Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a method for driving the pixel driving circuit, and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes: a driving circuit coupled to a first control signal terminal and a data signal terminal, and configured to generate a driving current based on a signal from the data signal terminal under control of a signal from the first control signal terminal; and a compensation circuit coupled to the first control signal terminal, a second control signal terminal, an output signal terminal, and the driving circuit, and configured to perform a threshold voltage compensation on the driving circuit and provide the driving current generated by the driving circuit to the output signal terminal, under control of a signal from a first control signal terminal and a signal from the second control signal terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zuwei Weng, Yichiang Lai, Weize Xu, Bin Weng, Nani Liu, Juijian Han, Yupeng Huang, Qianglong Li
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Patent number: 11276369Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided to reduce a likelihood of image burn-in on an electronic display. Such an electronic device may include image processing circuitry and an electronic display. The image processing circuitry may receive image data and analyze the image data for risk of image burn-in and, based at least in part on the analysis of the image data, reduce a risk of image burn-in at least in part by reducing a local maximum pixel luminance value in at least one of a plurality of regions of the image data over time or by reducing a dynamic range headroom of the image data. The electronic display may display the image data with a reduced risk of image burn-in on the pixels of the electronic display.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tobias Jung, Marc Albrecht, Paul S. Drzaic, Tae-Wook Koh, Teun R. Baar, Yifan Zhang, Ramin Samadani, Nicolas P. Bonnier
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Patent number: 11270643Abstract: A non-rectangular display includes: a plurality of first signal lines extending along a first direction; a plurality of DC voltage lines extending along the first direction; and a plurality of second signal lines extending along the first direction, wherein a first DC voltage line of the plurality of DC voltage lines is between a first line of the plurality of first signal lines and a second line of the plurality of second signal lines, a second DC voltage line of the plurality of DC voltage lines is between a third line of the plurality of first signal lines and a fourth line of the plurality of second signal lines, and the first and third lines are adjacent to each other, or the second and fourth lines are adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung-Kyu Lee, Tae Hoon Kim, Jae Du Noh
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Patent number: 11243624Abstract: An input sensing unit including a plurality of first electrodes, each of which including a plurality of first main patterns and a plurality of connection patterns disposed between the first main patterns to connect two first main patterns adjacent to each other, a plurality of second electrodes each of which including a plurality of second main patterns and a plurality of connection patterns disposed between the second main patterns to connect two second main patterns adjacent to each other, and a plurality of third electrodes receiving an electrical signal that is different from that received by the second electrode. Each of the third electrodes includes a plurality of third main patterns spaced apart from the second sensing patterns in a plan view and a plurality of third connection patterns disposed between the third main patterns to connect two third main patterns adjacent to each other and spaced apart from the first connection patterns in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiwook Kim, Kwang-Min Kim, Yangwan Kim, Jisu Na