Patents Examined by Patrick F Marinelli
  • Patent number: 11604541
    Abstract: A circuit includes a force driver to apply a force signal to a force node associated with a mutual capacitance to be sensed, and a charge to voltage converter having an input coupled to receive a sense signal from a sense node associated with the mutual capacitance to be sensed. The charge to voltage converter includes an integrator circuit to integrate the sense signal to sense the mutual capacitance, an input switch between the input of the charge to voltage converter and an input of the integrator circuit, and a reset switch between an output of the integrator circuit and the input of the integrator circuit. A control circuit controls generation of the force signal to alternate between at least two different frequencies and generates, for each half cycle of the force signal, a first signal for closing the input switch and a second signal for closing the reset switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Leonard Liviu Dinu
  • Patent number: 11600669
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; an input sensor on the display panel and comprising a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode that is electrically insulated from the first sensing electrode, the input sensor being configured to sense a first input in a first mode and to sense a second input in a second mode; and an input device configured to provide the second input to the input sensor, wherein at least one of the first or second sensing electrodes comprises: a main mesh pattern in a crossing area in which the first and second sensing electrodes cross each other; and a sub mesh pattern in a non-crossing area on which the first and second sensing electrodes do not cross each other and which has a size different from that of the main mesh pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Seok Na, Younggu Kang, Hyun-Sung Park, Dongjin Seo, Yu Deok Seo
  • Patent number: 11600215
    Abstract: An image adjusting method of a display apparatus includes steps as follows: A plurality of preset grayscale-brightness relationship curves are determined corresponding to a plurality of time periods of a day, respectively. A reference grayscale-brightness relationship curve is selected from the preset grayscale-brightness relationship curves according to an acquisition time of an image data, corresponding to one of the time periods. A real-time ambient light is acquired, and it is compared with at least one of a reference contrast and a reference ambient light brightness corresponding to the reference grayscale-brightness relationship curve. At least one other grayscale-brightness relationship curve is selected from the preset grayscale-brightness relationship curves according to a comparison result to at least partially replace the reference grayscale-brightness relationship curve for adjusting the image data. The adjusted image data is then displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BenQ Corporation
    Inventor: Hsin-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 11586322
    Abstract: A device includes a force driver applying a force signal to a force node associated with a mutual capacitance between the force node and a sense node. A sensing circuit receives a sense signal from the sense node associated with the mutual capacitance between the force node and the sense node, and generates an output indicative of the sensed mutual capacitance. A control circuit controls the generation of the force signal to alternate between at least two different frequencies by generating consecutive pulses, with a given pulse of the consecutive pulses at a first of the at least two different frequencies. In a first operating state, a next pulse immediately succeeding the given pulse is at a second of the at least two different frequencies, and in a second operating state the next pulse immediately succeeding the given pulse is at the first of the at least two different frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Leonard Liviu Dinu
  • Patent number: 11580895
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display panel includes drive circuits and pixel circuits, where the drive circuits provide control signals for the pixel circuits, the pixel circuits provide drive currents for light-emitting elements of the display panel, and the drive circuits include a first drive circuit and a second drive circuit; and further includes signal line groups. The signal line groups include a first signal line group and a second signal line group. Along the second direction, a width of the first drive circuit is W1, a width of the second drive circuit is W2, a total width of the M0 signal lines in the first signal line group is D1, a total width of the N0 signal lines in the second signal line group is D2, W2>W1, D2>D1, and D2/W2>D1/W1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fenxiang Zou, Jieliang Li
  • Patent number: 11580902
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display panels, in particular to a driving method and driving apparatus of a display panel. The driving method may include in response to detecting that the display panel is switched from a dynamic picture to a static picture, generating a refresh rate adjustment instruction; according to the refresh rate adjustment instruction, switching the picture refresh rate of the display panel from a first picture refresh rate to a second picture refresh rate and generating a voltage adjustment instruction; obtaining a target cathode power supply voltage matching the second picture refresh rate; and based on the voltage adjustment instruction and the target cathode power supply voltage, adjusting the display panel to change a working current of each pixel in the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhouhui Xia, Xiangyu Jiang, JehYen Kang, Keitaro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11577159
    Abstract: The present invention discloses systems and methods for both viewing and interacting with a virtual reality (VR), an augmented reality (AR) or a mixed reality (MR). More specifically, the systems and methods allow the user to interact with aspects of such realities including virtual items presented in such realities or within such environments by manipulating a control device that has an inside-out camera mounted on-board. The apparatus or system uses two distinct representations including a reduced representation in determining the pose of the control device and uses these representations to compute an interactive pose portion of the control device to be used for interacting with the virtual item. The reduced representation is consonant with a constrained motion of the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC SCRIPTING PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Mandella, Hector H. Gonzalez-Banos, Marek Alboszta
  • Patent number: 11557146
    Abstract: A biological pattern information processing device includes: a biological pattern information acquisition unit that acquires biological pattern information indicating a biological pattern; and a singular region detection unit that detects a singular region including damage, from the biological pattern indicated by the acquired biological pattern information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kan Satou, Yoshinori Suzuki, Masanori Mizoguchi, Masanori Hara
  • Patent number: 11551625
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a color changing display includes a housing, a cover cooperatively coupled to the housing, a light panel, and a color display panel. The light panel and the color display panel are positioned between the housing and the cover. The light panel and the colored display panel are each selectively activated to operate in at least one of: a reflective mode, a transmissive mode, and a transflective mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Fielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
  • Patent number: 11532284
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a technology for driving a display device, and provides a technology in which a pixel driving device determines whether or not an overcurrent flows through a driving voltage line, and, if it is determined that an overcurrent flows therethrough, controls pixel data or an analog voltage output to a pixel so as to reduce a driving current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Jung Kwon, Sang Min Lee, Jong Hwi Park, Jung Bae Yun
  • Patent number: 11526212
    Abstract: Operation of a head-mounted wearable device is responsive to whether a state of the device is being worn (donned) or not worn (doffed) on the head. The device may operate in a first mode while donned and a second mode while doffed. A capacitive sensor device having an electrode positioned in a bridge of the device provides output data. The output data is processed to determine a baseline value. Later, acquired output data is compared to the baseline value to determine don/doff data indicative of whether the device is donned or doffed. Data from other sensors, may also be used in conjunction with the output data to improve accuracy of the don/doff data. For example, if the output data is above the baseline value and accelerometer data is indicative of motion greater than a motion threshold, the don/doff data may be designated as donned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jung Sik Yang, Pierre Djinki, Alfred Ying Fai Lui, Tony Yuan, Scott Michael Shill
  • Patent number: 11526590
    Abstract: A wearable device may include a housing, a sensor in the housing configured to generate an output, and a transmitter in the housing. The wearable device may also include a processor programmed to alternatively operate in a normal radiation mode and a low radiation mode. The transmitter may be permitted to function at a normal capacity when operating in the normal radiation mode and may be caused to function at a reduced capacity when operating in the low radiation mode. During operation at the normal capacity, the transmitter may transmit at a higher radiation intensity than during operation at the reduced capacity. The processor may also be programmed to detect, based on the output generated by the sensor, whether the housing is currently worn by the user, and cause the transmitter to operate in the low radiation mode after detecting that the housing is being worn by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: OrCam Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonatan Wexler, Amnon Shashua
  • Patent number: 11513613
    Abstract: An input mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, Collin R. Petty, Adam T. Clavelle
  • Patent number: 11508179
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a screen provided with a first polarizer, a second polarizer arranged below the screen, and an optical fingerprint identification module arranged below the second polarizer. The polarization direction of the first polarizer is the same with the polarization direction of the second polarizer. The first polarizer and the second polarizer are configured to filter a first optical noise. The second polarizer is configured to filter a second optical noise. The first optical noise is light from screen light of the screen and directing to the optical fingerprint recognition module. The second optical noise is light from the screen light, directing away from the optical fingerprint recognition module and reflected by a glass cover on an outer side of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Anping Wu, Le Yang, Xuejian Yuan
  • Patent number: 11508299
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiqiang Huang, Wei Hu, Huiche Lin, Jie Yang
  • Patent number: 11501738
    Abstract: A brightness adjustment method for a display system is disclosed. The display system includes a high dynamic range (HDR) display device, wherein the HDR display device is utilized for displaying an image. The brightness adjustment method includes detecting a distance between the HDR display device and a user, updating a brightness of the image according to the distance, calculating metadata corresponding to the image according to the brightness of the image and determining the image displayed on the HDR display device according to the calculated metadata corresponding to the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Feng-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11488554
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating an overdrive look-up table (LUT) for response time compensation of a display device are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a controller and a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the controller to generate a Look-up Table (LUT) of alternate grey levels selected to implement Response Time Compensation (RTC) in a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), where at least one of the alternate grey levels is calculated, at least in part, by taking into account a frame rate of a video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Guo Lei, Siew Fei Lee
  • Patent number: 11487353
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a sensing and tracking system detects objects, such as user input devices or peripherals, and user interactions with them. A representation of the objects and user interactions are then injected into the virtual reality environment. The representation can be an actual reality, augmented reality, virtual representation or any combination. For example, an actual keyboard can be injected, but with the keys pressed being enlarged and lighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Stephen Harvey, Denis O'Keeffe, Andreas Connellan, Damien O'Sullivan, Aidan Kehoe, Noirin Curran, Thomas Rouvinez, Mario Gutierrez, Olivier Riviere, Remy Zimmermann, Mathieu Meisser, Dennin Onorio, Ciaran Trotman, Pierce O'Bradaigh, Marcel Twohig, Padraig Murphy, Jerry Ahern
  • Patent number: 11489013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive sensing structure, applicable to an environment of an organic light-emitting display device. The driving sensing structure includes: an organic diode, a driving circuit, a sensing circuit, and a voltage maintaining circuit; wherein, the driving circuit is used to receive a control signal and generate a corresponding voltage signal to drive the organic diode to emit light stably. The sensing circuit is used to convert a sensing voltage generated by the organic diode after receiving the light source into an image electrical signal. The voltage maintaining circuit is used to adjust the voltage signal of the driving circuit to prevent the voltage signal of the driving circuit from drifting. Thereby, the bidirectional organic light-emitting display device can be used not only as a light-emitting element, but also as a sensor for fingerprint image recognition, palmprint recognition, and touch function, thereby achieving the purposes of cost reduction and wide applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Tech. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping-Hung Yin, Jia-Shyang Wang
  • Patent number: 11488524
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) display device, which operates in a variable frame mode, includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a power management circuit which supplies a power supply voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a controller which determines a panel load, a first representative gray level and a second representative gray level by analyzing input image data, determines an initial level of the power supply voltage based on the panel load and the first representative gray level, and determines a step level of the power supply voltage based on the panel load and the second representative gray level. The power management circuit generates the power supply voltage having the initial level during an active period, and gradually increases a voltage level of the power supply voltage from the initial level based on the step level during a variable blank period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Geonhwi Park, Jungeon An