Patents Examined by Patrick N. Edouard
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Patent number: 11054642Abstract: An optical binocular is provided, including a main body, a lens module, a display module, a first light source assembly and a second light source assembly. The lens module is disposed on one side of the main body. The display module is disposed in the main body and electrically connected to the lens module, and is configured to display an image. The first light source assembly includes a first light source and a first lens, and emits a first light. The second light source assembly includes a second light source and a second lens, and emits a second light. The first light source emits a long-range light through the first lens, and the second light source emits a close-range light through the second lens, wherein the focal length of the first lens is greater than the focal length of the second lens.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: CHANGING INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Han-Che Chen
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Patent number: 11048464Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronization and streaming of workspace contents with audio for collaborative virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications are described. In an embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive a control operation from a first user wearing a first head-mounted display (HMD) during a collaborative xR session with a second user, where the second user is wearing a second HMD, and is located remotely with respect to the first user; encode the control operation using a first encoding method; receive a workspace operation from the first user; encode the workspace operation using a second encoding method; aggregate the encoded control operation with the encoded workspace operation into one or more packets; and transmit the one or more packets to the second user during the collaborative xR session.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Hana Schuster Smith
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Patent number: 11043160Abstract: The disclosure discloses a common-gate transistor, a pixel circuit, a driving method and a display, including: a first doped region, a second doped region, a third doped region, a fourth doped region and a fifth doped region; the second doped region, the third doped region, the fourth doped region, and the fifth doped region are indirectly communicated through the first doped region, and the second doped region, the third doped region, and the fourth doped region, the fifth doped region and the first doped region are hetero-doped respectively. The two transistors in the common-gate transistor share one gate doped region, i.e., the first doped region, which can not only save one gate doped region, but also can make the gates of the two transistors have the same electrical parameters, and then the cascode effect of the two transistors is more ideal.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xingyu Zhou
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Patent number: 11042251Abstract: An in-cell touch panel and a display device are provided. The in-cell touch panel includes wires (03) and self-capacitive electrodes (02), and further includes a plurality of connecting line groups (04) not disposed in the same layer as the self-capacitive electrodes (02). Each of the connecting line groups (04) includes a plurality of sub connecting lines (041) disposed separately, sub connecting lines (041) belonging to a same connecting line group correspond to different ones of the self-capacitive electrodes (02), respectively, and each sub connecting line (041) is connected to a respective self-capacitive electrode through at least one via hole (V) penetrating an insulating layer (05). No via hole is provided in the region where the wires and the self-capacitive electrodes overlap, and each wire (03) is connected to a respective self-capacitive electrode (02) through at least one sub connecting line (041) that is connected to the respective self-capacitive electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanchen Li, Rui Xu, Shengji Yang, Weijie Zhao
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Patent number: 11035990Abstract: Method, product and blocking element of short wavelengths in LED-type light sources consisting of a substrate with a pigment distributed on its surface and, in that said pigment has an optical density such that it allows the selective absorption of short wavelengths between 380 nm and 500 nm in a range between 1 and 99 %.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRIDInventor: Celia Sanchez Ramos
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Patent number: 11037526Abstract: An apparatus comprising ambient light color compensation circuitry to subtract a color component associated with ambient light from a corresponding color component of image data of an image to be displayed in accordance with a color profile of the ambient light.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Natan Facchin, Julia Zottis
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Patent number: 11034297Abstract: An image synthesizer apparatus for vehicle includes an image generator and an error detector. From multiple cameras arranged to a vehicle so that an imaging region of each camera partially overlaps with an imaging region of an adjacent camera, the image generator acquires images of areas allocated to the respective cameras, and synthesizes the acquired images to generate a synthetic image around the vehicle viewed from a viewpoint above the vehicle. The error detector detects errors in the cameras. When the error detector detects a faulty camera in the cameras, the image generator acquires, from the image captured by the camera adjacent to the faulty camera, an overlap portion overlapping with the image captured by the faulty camera, uses the overlap portion to generate the synthetic image, and applies image reinforcement to the overlap portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takazawa, Makoto Sakai, Hiroshi Ando
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Patent number: 11029794Abstract: A touch panel, a display panel, and a display unit achieving prevention of erroneous detection caused by external noise. The touch panel includes: a plurality of detection scan electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of detection electrodes facing the plurality of detection scan electrodes and extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction. A ratio of fringe capacitance to total capacitance between one or more selected detection scan electrodes and a first detection electrode is different from a ratio of fringe capacitance to total capacitance between the one or more selected detection scan electrodes and a second detection electrode. The one or more selected detection scan electrodes are selected, in a desired unit, from the plurality of detection scan electrodes, to be supplied with a selection pulse, and each of the first and the second detection electrodes is selected from the plurality of detection electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takeya Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11029786Abstract: A touch sensitive method for reducing interference from pixel refreshing: comprising: performing three detections, each separated by a time interval, via multiple sensing electrodes of a touch screen to generate multiple first detection values, second detection values and third detection values, respectively; adding detection values with respect to the multiple sensing electrodes up as multiple sums of detection values; determining that an external conductive object is approximating or touching the touch screen nearby a N-th sensing electrode according to the multiple sums; and determining a position of the object locates according to one of the first detection values, the second detection values and the third detection values.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
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Patent number: 11030778Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes selecting a first color sample within a target area in a first image of a first object displayed by a display device; selecting a second color sample within a target area in a second image of a second object displayed in the display device; comparing the first color sample against the second color sample to determine a measure of color difference or a measure of color equivalence between the first color sample of the first object and the second color sample of the second object; and displaying the results of the comparison to a user in the display device. One or more of these functions may be performed with a processor.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: HEALTHY.IO LTD.Inventors: Bernard Burg, Martin Zizi, Ivo Clarysse, Walter De Brouwer
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Patent number: 11029766Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a recognition unit which recognizes an irradiation position of laser light by a laser pointer to a projection image; an acquisition unit which acquires movement information of the laser pointer; and an output unit which outputs a control signal for causing display of an object within a projection image corresponding to the irradiation position to be changed in accordance with the movement information.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Narita, Taku Inoue, Takehiro Hagiwara
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Patent number: 11016583Abstract: A digital pen may include an orientation sensors and a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate plane selection module wherein, via input from the orientation sensors describing a position and orientation of the digital pen with respect to a two-dimensional (2D) display, the 3D coordinate plane selection module selects at least one coordinate plane in which an element of a 3D image is to be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Ian N. Robinson
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Patent number: 11009941Abstract: A system having a plurality of sensor modules and a stereo camera and a computing device. Each sensor module has an inertial measurement unit (IMU) measuring its orientation relative to a reference orientation. Different IMUs may have different reference orientations. To calibrate the IMUs with respect to a common reference (e.g., defined based on a standardized pose of a user), the stereo camera captures a stereo image of a respective sensor module attached to a respective portion of the user; the inertial measurement unit of the respective sensor module generates an orientation measurement at a time of capturing the stereo image; and the computing device calculates, based on the stereo image, at least one orientation and uses the orientation and the orientation measurement in determining a rotation that calibrates measurements of the inertial measurement unit relative to the common reference.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Finch Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Viktor Vladimirovich Erivantcev, Alexander Sergeevich Lobanov, Alexey Ivanovich Kartashov, Daniil Olegovich Goncharov, Ratmir Rasilevich Gubaidullin
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Patent number: 11012763Abstract: Systems and methods for taking sensor measurements is provided. The system includes a sensor configured to detect sensor inputs from a signal source and generate a sensor output signal. The system further includes a synchronization adaptor configured to receive the sensor output signal, to transmit a timing synchronization signal on a communication channel, and to transmit the sensor output signal on the communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: AQUARIUS SPECTRUM LTD.Inventors: David Solomon, Zeev Efrat, Baruch Solomon
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Patent number: 11009411Abstract: A physical disturbance sensor includes a plurality of piezoresistive elements configured in a resistive bridge configuration. A signal transmitter is electrically connected to the physical disturbance sensor and configured to send an encoded signal to the piezoresistive elements of the resistive bridge configuration. A signal receiver is electrically connected to the piezoresistive elements and configured to receive a signal from the physical disturbance sensor. The received signal from the physical disturbance sensor is correlated with the sent encoded signal in determining a measure of physical disturbance.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh, Shirish A. Altekar
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Patent number: 11004378Abstract: Method, display panel, computer program product, and color shift correction apparatus include correcting a color shift of a self-luminescent display panel in which a current brightness level of at least one monochromatic luminescent device is obtained and a brightness attenuation level of the at least one monochromatic luminescent device is calculated. The brightness of the at least one monochromatic luminescent device is then compensated based on the current brightness level and the brightness attenuation level. The calculation of the brightness attenuation level is based on a recorded accumulated working time, and a pre-configured attenuation rate function of the at least one monochromatic luminescent device.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Wen Zhe Shi
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Patent number: 11003288Abstract: Aspects described herein include a method and associated input device and processing system. The method comprises dividing a sensing region into a plurality of regions. The sensing region is defined by a plurality of sensor electrodes. Each region of the plurality of regions is partially overlapped by one or more other regions. The method further comprises detecting, during at least a first active input sensing sub-period, a presence of an active input device by a first sensor electrode. The method further comprises selecting, based on a location of the first sensor electrode, a first region of the plurality of regions that includes the first sensor electrode. The method further comprises determining, during at least a second active input sensing sub-period, a location of the active input device using sensor electrodes that are included in the first region.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventor: Guozhong Shen
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Patent number: 11003870Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to apparatuses comprising conductive polymers and more particularly to tags and tag devices comprising a redox-active polymer film, and methods of using and manufacturing the same. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a substrate and a conductive structure formed on the substrate which includes a layer of redox-active polymer film having mobile ions and electrons. The conductive structure further includes a first terminal and a second terminal configured to receive an electrical signal therebetween, where the layer of redox-active polymer is configured to conduct an electrical current generated by the mobile ions and the electrons in response to the electrical signal. The apparatus additionally includes a detection circuit operatively coupled to the conductive structure and configured to detect the electrical current flowing through the conductive structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Cody Friesen, Elise Switzer
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Patent number: 11003207Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a flexible display. The electronic device may include a first structure including a first plate, the first plate including a first surface and a second surface facing a direction opposite the first surface, a second structure including a second plate facing the second surface of the first plate and a first side wall extending from the second plate, a flexible touch screen display, and a camera device arranged between the first structure and the second structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jungjin Kim, Gidae Kim, Jungsik Park, Hongsik Park, Hyoseok Na, Jongchul Choi
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Patent number: 11003286Abstract: A touch panel system 1 includes: a touch panel body part V having a touch face 11 through which electromagnetic waves in the visible-light or near-infrared wavelength range transmit, and a counterface-side face 12 through which such electromagnetic waves transmit, wherein a space is provided between the touch face and the counterface-side face; a magnetic fluid 20 including a fluid blocking/absorbing such electromagnetic waves, and magnetic substance; a camera 50; an image analysis part 100; and a magnetic field control mechanism 24 for controlling the magnetic fluid by applying a magnetic field thereto. The camera captures, when an external force is applied to the touch face, the change in such electromagnetic waves resulting from the touch face and the counterface-side face coming closer in distance and the magnetic fluid moving from this distance-reduced location.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: NETAPPLI CO., LTD.Inventor: Makoto Nishida