Patents Examined by Nicholas J Lee
  • Patent number: 11947721
    Abstract: In a vehicle display control apparatus, a line of sight of a driver is detected, and a visual field of the driver is estimated from the detected line of sight. Then, display information displayed on a display unit of a vehicle is controlled based on a positional relationship between the estimated visual field and the display unit. As a result, the information to be displayed can be controlled in accordance with a recognition level of the driver for the information displayed on the display unit based on the positional relationship between the visual field of the driver and the display unit, and the information can be displayed in a mode easily recognized by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihito Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11947732
    Abstract: An input control device includes a detection unit configured to detect a first character input by a key operation. The input control device also includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the detected first character is the same as a second character input immediately before the first character, and an input processing unit configured to accept an input of the first character when it is determined that the first character is not the same as the second character without accepting the input of the first character when it is determined that the first character is the same as the second character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Isamu Kenmochi
  • Patent number: 11942014
    Abstract: A display device according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a pixel circuits, a scanning signal line, a data signal line, a first power supply voltage line, a second power supply voltage line, a scanning signal line drive circuit, a data signal line drive circuit, and a display control unit. The display control unit compares data values written in pixels in an n-th row corresponding to the selected scanning signal line with data values written in pixels in an (n?1)-th row which is one row prior to the n-th row of the selected scanning signal line, and corrects the data voltage corresponding to the pixels in the n-th row in a case where a difference between the data values is equal to or greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishio, Hongbing Weng, Kazuo Nakamura, Noriyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11941188
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen including an electronic pen main part including a first sealing member that covers circumference of a tip side of the electronic pen main part and a second sealing member disposed along an outer edge of the electronic pen main part at a position separate from a tip toward a rear end side of the electronic pen main part, and an inside body that is tubular and has an inner wall surface with which the first sealing member and the second sealing member come into contact through insertion of the tip side of the electronic pen main part into the inside body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Ogata, Takenori Kaneda, Kenichi Ninomiya, Takayuki Arai, Kohei Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11940844
    Abstract: A consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Scott A. Myers
  • Patent number: 11930665
    Abstract: A display substrate has a display region and a peripheral region. The display substrate includes a substrate, a first dam, a second dam and a connection portion. The first dam and the second dam are located on a side of the substrate, and are located in the peripheral region. The second dam is farther from the display region than the first dam. A height of the second dam is greater than a height of the first dam. The connection portion is located between the first dam and the second dam. The connection portion connects the first dam and the second dam, and a height of the connection portion is less than the height of the first dam. At least a portion of the first dam, at least a portion of the connection portion and at least a portion of the second dam are of an integrative structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: MIANYANG BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Hu, Zerui Zhang, Dali Li, Xin Luo
  • Patent number: 11928301
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Myers, Stephen Brian Lynch, Anthony S. Montevirgen
  • Patent number: 11929014
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image based on input image data, a driving controller which generates a voltage control signal for adjusting a first power voltage applied to the display panel in an (N+M)-th frame based on a maximum grayscale value of the input image data of an N-th frame, where N is a positive integer, and M is a positive integer, and a power voltage generator which senses a power current applied to the display panel in the (N+M)-th frame, generates a second power voltage based on the voltage control signal, and controls a voltage level of the first power voltage based on the second power voltage and a current level of the power current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Sung-Mo Yang, Seungho Park, Dae-Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 11915509
    Abstract: An electronic device, applicable to sense a fingerprint, includes a first electrode and at least one second electrode. The first electrode includes at least one opening. The at least one second electrode is disposed on the first electrode. The at least one second electrode covers the at least one opening of the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11907352
    Abstract: In some implementations, an authorization device generate a decision to reject an authorization request that includes a credential associated with a user based on one or more inconsistencies between entity information provided in the authorization request and authorized entity information associated with the credential. The authorization device may transmit, to a biometric-enabled device associated with the user, a message that causes the biometric-enabled device to display a prompt indicating the one or more inconsistencies between the entity information provided in the authorization request and the authorized entity information associated with the credential. In some implementations, the prompt may further enable the user to provide a biometric input to authorize the entity information provided in the authorization request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Aditya Pai, Brice Elder, Julie Murakami, Allison Fenichel
  • Patent number: 11907024
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the disclosure an electronic device comprises a foldable housing including: a hinge structure, a first housing structure connected to the hinge structure, and including a first face and a second face opposite the first face, and a second housing structure connected to the hinge structure and including a third face and a fourth face opposite the third face, the second housing structure being configured to be rotated about the hinge structure; a flexible display extending over the first face and over the third face; at least one sensor disposed within the foldable housing, and configured to sense an angle formed between the first face and the third face; a first haptic actuator disposed within the first housing structure; a second haptic actuator disposed within the second housing structure; at least one processor disposed within the first housing structure or the second housing structure, and operatively connected to the flexible display, the at least one sensor, the first haptic act
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minsoo Kim, Bongsub Kim, Taewon Kim, Sangmin Lee, Jongheon Lee, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11906746
    Abstract: A light guide plate includes: an optical glass, the optical glass having a refractive index nd of at least 1.75 or of at least 1.80 and including Nb2O5 in an amount of at least 15 mol % and P2O5 in an amount of at least 19 mol %, the light guide plate having an internal transmission of at least 0.80 or of at least 0.90, measured at a wavelength of 440 nm and a sample thickness of 10 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Simone Monika Ritter, Bianca Schreder
  • Patent number: 11906745
    Abstract: Display backing components for head-mounted devices (HMDs) are described that reduce eddy currents in magnetic fields generated by a coil. A HMD may include a coil that is used to generate a magnetic field that may be used to track position of other devices with respect to the HMD. Display backing components, used to provide rigidity, are modified with holes or other gaps to interrupt the path of the eddy currents and reduce the interference with the magnetic field, thus improving the power efficiency of the coil and of the HMD. These modifications may be formed by casting, drilling, cutting or otherwise perforating the display backing during manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qianyi Zhao, Runren Zhang, Zhenggang Cheng, Jeffrey A Griffis, Stephen E Dey
  • Patent number: 11899311
    Abstract: A low-resolution image is displayed at high resolution and power consumption is reduced. Resolution is made higher by super-resolution processing. Then, display is performed with the luminance of a backlight controlled by local dimming after the super-resolution processing. By controlling the luminance of the backlight, power consumption can be reduced. Further, by performing the local dimming after the super-resolution processing, accurate display can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 11899893
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device comprise a substrate a display layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of light-emitting areas, and a touch layer disposed on the display layer and including a touch area and a non-touch area, the touch layer includes: a plurality of first sensor electrodes and a plurality of second sensor electrodes disposed in the touch area, and a plurality of antenna patterns disposed in a portion of the touch area disposed adjacent to the non-touch area, the plurality of antenna patterns includes: a first antenna pattern transmitting a transmit signal, and a second antenna pattern receiving the transmit signal, wherein each of the first antenna pattern and the second antenna pattern is at least partially surrounded by one of the plurality of first sensor electrodes or one of the plurality of second sensor electrodes in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Rock Yoon, Ki Seo Kim, Eun Jin Sung, Seung Wook Chun
  • Patent number: 11900718
    Abstract: A sensing circuit has a plurality of sensing units and a plurality of sensing electrodes. The sensing electrodes are divided into a first group and a second group. The sensing electrodes of the first group are electrically connected to a portion of the sensing units, and the sensing electrodes of the second group are electrically connected to another portion of the sensing units. A first sensing signal is provided to the sensing electrodes of the first group in a first time period, and a second sensing signal is provided to the sensing electrodes of the second group in a second time period. The first time period and the second time period start at different times and are not overlapped with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Chandra Lius, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11899517
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus presented herein are directed toward monitoring an electric power delivery system to detect and locate a power generation event. A power generation event may include a tripped generator, a loss of a transmission line, or other loss of power generation. To detect the event, an analysis engine may receive and monitor input data. A detection signal may be generated based on the input data. Upon detecting the event, the analysis engine may determine a source and propagation of the event through the delivery system. Based on the source and propagation of the event, the analysis engine may determine the location of the event. The analysis engine may generate an overlay with the input data to provide the location and other information about the event to a user such that remedial action can be taken to resolve the event and restore the lost power generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Md Arif Khan, Gregary C. Zweigle, Jared Kyle Bestebreur
  • Patent number: 11886675
    Abstract: A touch assembly and a touch display device are provided. The touch assembly includes a touch layer, the touch layer includes a plurality of touch units, and each of the touch units includes a first electrode disposed along a first direction and a second electrode disposed along a second direction. The first electrode is electrically insulated from the second electrode; wherein near an intersection of the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode includes at least one recessed portion, and the second electrode includes at least one protrusion mating with the at least one recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Ye
  • Patent number: 11885972
    Abstract: An optical element includes: a central region having a fixed optical power, wherein the fixed optical power is one of: a zero optical power, a negative optical power; and a peripheral region surrounding the central region, at least a portion of the peripheral region having an adjustable optical power, wherein the optical power of the portion of the peripheral region is to be selectively adjusted to produce a given optical power. When the fixed optical power is the zero optical power, the given optical power is a positive optical power. When the fixed optical power is the negative optical power, the given optical power is one of: the positive optical power, the negative optical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Pixieray Oy
    Inventor: Rebecca Qing Melakari
  • Patent number: 11880754
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The control method of the electronic apparatus includes receiving, from a first external electronic apparatus and a second external electronic apparatus, a first artificial intelligence model and a second artificial intelligence model used by the first and second external electronic apparatuses, respectively, and a plurality of learning data stored in the first and second external electronic apparatuses, identifying first learning data, which corresponds to second learning data received from the second external electronic apparatus, among learning data received from the first external electronic apparatus, training the second artificial intelligence model used by the second external electronic apparatus based on the first learning data, and transmitting the trained second artificial intelligence model to the second external electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngho Han, Kwangyoun Kim, Sangha Kim, Sungchan Kim, Sungsoo Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Yongchan Lee, Jaewon Lee