Patents Examined by Nelson M Rosario
  • Patent number: 12293019
    Abstract: A method and a head-mounted device for triggering an action with relation to a selected object in a field of view of a user comprising detecting a pre-defined brain activity pattern of the user using a brain activity sensor of a head-mounted device worn by the user. The pre-defined brain activity pattern expresses a user command to select an object on which a gaze of the user is focused. The method comprises determining a direction of the gaze of the user at a time of the detection of the pre-defined brain activity pattern. The method comprises capturing an image of the field of view of the user at the time of the detection of the pre-defined brain activity pattern. The method comprises providing at least a part of the image to a computing entity, to cause the computing entity to trigger the action with relation to the selected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexandru Serbanati, Dimitri Torfs, Francis M. Meyvis, Pierre Saelens
  • Patent number: 12293040
    Abstract: A stylus provides input via a touchscreen comprising a touch sensor and a display. Latency between placement of a stylus tip and corresponding presentation of visual indicia on the display is reduced or eliminated by determining a predicted path of the stylus tip during a stroke. Visual indicia is presented on the display, based on the predicted path. Inputs from the touch sensor may include hover events associated with detection of the tip while not in contact with the touchscreen and touch events associated with presence of the tip on the touchscreen. A machine learning network may be trained to determine the predicted path. A portion of the network may be trained to accept dynamic-length sequences of events and generate fixed length sequences, reducing subsequent network complexity. A hand may be detected and used to determine the predicted path. The end of a stroke may be predicted, reducing overshoot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shuang Gao, Jim Oommen Thomas, Jingyi Zhang, Songyao Jiang, Junwu Luo
  • Patent number: 12293059
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described for rendering visual content on a display screen. The apparatus comprises a means for rendering visual content on a display screen. The means for rendering is configured to render said visual content at a first rendering position on said display screen. The apparatus further comprises a means for detecting a user gaze direction through an eye correction means towards said first rendering position. The apparatus further comprises a means for receiving data relating to optical properties of said eye correction means at said detected user gaze direction. The apparatus further comprises a means for determining if said optical properties at said detected gaze direction provide a threshold level of suitability for viewing said visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Marja Pauliina Salmimaa, Miikka Tapani Vilermo, Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi
  • Patent number: 12293686
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a light beam based on image data, a projection unit configured to project the light beam onto a pupil of a user, and at least one processor and a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as: an obtaining unit configured to obtain position information on a projection area through which the light beam to be projected onto a retina of the user passes, and a control unit configured to control a projection image to be projected onto the retina with the light beam based on the image data. The control unit controls the light source such that the projection image is changed based on the position information on the projection area and a position of the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shogo Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 12293714
    Abstract: A display device includes display pixels each including a light emitting part including a light emitting element and a pixel driver applying a driving current to the light emitting element, and light sensing pixels each including a light sensing part including an optical element and a sensing driver, the sensing driver applying a sensing current to a sensing line according to a photocurrent of the optical element. The sensing driver includes a first sensing transistor controlling the sensing current flowing through the sensing line according to a voltage of a first electrode of the optical element, and a second sensing transistor initializing the first electrode of the optical element to a first level voltage. A channel layer of the first sensing transistor and a channel layer of the second sensing transistor are made of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Rim Song, Hee Jean Park, Yu Jin Lee, Cheol Gon Lee, Mu Kyung Jeon
  • Patent number: 12287937
    Abstract: A convenient electronic device or the like is provided. The power consumption of an electronic device or the like is reduced. An electronic device or the like having high visibility regardless of the brightness of external light is provided. An electronic device or the like that can display both a smooth moving image and an eye-friendly still image is provided. Such an electronic device is an electronic device including a first display portion, a second display portion, and a control portion. The control portion is configured to make the first display portion and the second display portion individually display two or more of a first image, a second image, and a third image at a time. The first image is displayed with reflected light, the second image is displayed with emitted light, and the third image is displayed with light including both reflected light and emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 12288524
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pixel circuit and a display device including the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes: a driving element; a light emitting element; a first capacitor connected between a second node and a fourth node; a second capacitor connected between a third node and the fourth node; a first switch element connected between the second node and a data line; a second switch element connected between the fourth node and a third voltage node; a third switch element connected between the third node and a fourth voltage node; a fourth switch element connected between the second node and the third voltage node; and a fifth switch element connected between the third node and an anode electrode of a light emitting element. In various embodiments, one or more the second third, fourth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Ho Heo, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12283223
    Abstract: Provided is a gate driver comprising an inverter inverting a start signal to generate an inverted start signal, a first driver including a first stage generating a bias gate signal to initialize a light emitting element of each of pixels in response to the inverted start signal, and a second driver including a second stage generating a write gate signal to apply data voltages to the pixels in response to the start signal. Accordingly, the gate driver may generate a plurality of gate signals using one start signal. In addition, since the gate driver generates a write gate signal and a bias gate signal using one start signal, a bias operation and a light emitting element initialization operation may be performed in a self-scan period without adding the start signal. Further, a size of the gate driver may be reduced, and accordingly, the gate driver may be efficiently disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungmin Son, Jae-Jin Song, Kimyeong Eom, Jungwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12282616
    Abstract: Aspects discussed herein are directed to ergonomic pointing device systems. In one example, a pointing device system includes an elongate base member, a sleeve disposed to fit over at least a portion of the elongate base member, the sleeve configured to rotate about the elongate base member in a first direction and slide about the elongate base member in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, and multiple optical sensors disposed within the elongate base member and positioned to detect at least one of a rotational movement of the sleeve relative to the multiple optical sensors and an axial movement of the sleeve relative to the multiple optical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Contour Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Marco Vito Maria Laurenzano
  • Patent number: 12282597
    Abstract: The subject technology determines a gaze direction in a field of view of a user using an eyewear device. The subject technology generates an anchor point in the field of view based at least in part on the determined gaze direction. The subject technology identifies a surface corresponding to a ground plane in the field of view. The subject technology determines a distance from the identified surface to the anchor point. The subject technology generates AR content based at least in part on the determined distance. The subject technology renders the generated AR content in the field of view for display by the eyewear device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Goodrich
  • Patent number: 12283213
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes a display, memory, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs cause the electronic device to display a first screen in a first area of the display during a first state, detect an event in a state display a first object corresponding to the event in a partial area of the first area, identify a first gesture input of a user in an area, and change a state of the display from the first state to a second state in which the first area and the second area of the display are exposed to the outside of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juyeoung Kim, Minsoo Kim, Sanghyuk Koh, Seonkeun Park, Sunghoon Lee, Jaewoong Chung, Hanchul Jung
  • Patent number: 12272282
    Abstract: A display panel, a driving method therefor, and a display device. The display panel includes a scan drive module and multiple rows of sub-pixel units arranged in sequence. The multiple rows of sub-pixel units are divided into n sub-pixel unit groups, and two adjacent rows of the sub-pixel units in each sub-pixel unit group are spaced by (n?1) rows of the sub-pixel units in other sub-pixel unit groups. The scan drive module is configured to sequentially scan and drive each row of the sub-pixel units in each sub-pixel unit group and scan and drive the n sub-pixel unit groups in divided periods within a scan cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhaomin Lin, Zheng Wang, Tao Tang
  • Patent number: 12267125
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a near-field communication control method, device, and display device. The near-field communication control device is applied to a display device. The display device includes a display panel, a near-field communication coil and a display control circuit, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of display periods, and each display period includes a field blanking phase and an effective display phase, the near-field communication control device includes: a first receiving circuit configured to receive a synchronization signal output from the display control circuit, wherein the display panel displays an image during the effective display phase under the control of the synchronization signal; and a driving circuit configured to output a driving signal to the near-field communication coil during the field blanking phase, according to the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Hongqiang Luo, Xiaofeng Luo, Yang Yang, Qiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12266282
    Abstract: A display device includes a main region, a bending region which is bent from the main region in a thickness direction of a substrate, a sub-region which is connected to the bending region and faces the main region; and a plurality of wirings configured to extend from the sub-region through the bending region to the main region. The plurality of wirings includes: a first wiring to which a first voltage is applied; a second wiring to which a second voltage is applied; and a dummy wiring which receives a third voltage and is between the first wiring and the second wiring. The second voltage is higher than the first voltage, and the third voltage is less than the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deokhwan Kim, Beom Jeong
  • Patent number: 12257601
    Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus for driving a transducer with switching drivers. A driver circuit has first and second switching drivers for driving the transducer in a bridge-tied-load configuration, each of the switching drivers having a respective output stage for controllably switching the respective driver output node between high and low switching voltages with a controlled duty cycle. Each of switching drivers is operable in a plurality of different driver modes, wherein the switching voltages are different in said different driver modes. A controller controls the driver mode of operation and the duty cycle of the switching drivers based on the input signal. The controller is configured to control the duty cycles of the first and second switching drivers within defined minimum and maximum limits of duty cycles; and to transition between driver modes of operation when the duty cycle of one of the switching drivers reaches a duty cycle limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Axel Thomsen, Eric J. King, Anthony S. Doy, Thomas H Hoff, John L. Melanson
  • Patent number: 12260037
    Abstract: A transparent display device including a substrate including a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area; a touch line on the substrate in the non-transmissive area; a touch bridge line in the non-transmissive area; and a touch contact electrode electrically connected to the touch bridge line; and a touch sensor in the transmissive area and including a touch sensor electrode overlapping with the touch contact electrode. Further, the touch sensor contacts the touch contact electrode so the touch sensor is electrically connected to the touch bridge line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaeHee Park, MiReum Lee, Dojin Kim
  • Patent number: 12254127
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, an exemplary process for controlling representations of virtual objects based on respective user contexts that each correspond to different respective locations in a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Burns, Nathan Gitter, Alexis H. Palangie, Pol Pla I. Conesa, David M. Schattel
  • Patent number: 12248625
    Abstract: Techniques of providing continual augmented reality navigation include combining first and second 6DoF poses from, respectively, a localization from a map in a vicinity of a location to an image and from predicted 6DoF poses based on IMU data. The first 6DoF pose is based on a visual positioning system that uses map data from a vicinity of a location combined with an image from the world-facing camera of the AR smartglasses that provides 6DoF pose in world coordinates independent of the IMU. The second 6DoF pose is based on compensated rotational velocity and acceleration measurements derived from IMU intrinsic values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Qiyue Zhang, Luca Ballan, Hongsheng Yu, Fengtao Fan, Mahesh Ramachandran, Chao Guo
  • Patent number: 12242665
    Abstract: A user may interact and select positions in three-dimensional space arbitrarily through conversion of a two-dimensional positional input into a three-dimensional point in space. The system may allow a user to use one or more user input devices for pointing, annotating, or drawing on virtual objects, real objects or empty space in reference to the location of the three-dimensional point in space within an augmented reality or mixed reality session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventor: Marc Alan McCall
  • Patent number: 12242071
    Abstract: In an image display method, images of different fields of view (FOVs) are displayed when power statuses of an electronic device are different. The power status includes a status of a connection to an external power supply device or a battery level status. The electronic device may display a small-FOV image when the electronic device is not connected to the external power supply device or a battery level of the electronic device is less than a first battery level. The electronic device may display a large-FOV image when the electronic device is connected to the external power supply device or the battery level of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the first battery level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tengyue Li, Lulu Zhu, Chunjing Mao, Guanyi Yan