Patents Examined by Patrick N. Edouard
  • Patent number: 11907443
    Abstract: An information handling system mouse includes an acoustic isolation enclosure coupled proximate a switch and having a first position that suppress actuation sound of the switch and a second position that directs actuation sound of the switch out from the mouse. In one embodiment, the acoustic isolation enclosure has a first portion in a fixed position around the switch and a second portion in sliding engagement with the first portion and having an opening that is blocked in the first position and exposed in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Peng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 11908387
    Abstract: A display with multiple light sources sharing a device driver is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention a display includes a first device driver, a first light source, a second light source and a first light-source selection circuit which is coupled to the first device driver, the first light source and the second light source. The first light-source selection circuit is configured to pair the first device driver with the first light source during a first time interval and to pair the first device driver with the second light source in a second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Syndiant, Inc., XDMicro (Zhongshan) Optoelectronics Semiconductor Co., LTD
    Inventors: Chun Chiu Daniel Wong, Craig Michael Waller
  • Patent number: 11908415
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for brightness control for under-display fingerprint sensor are disclosed. A method includes receiving, at a computing device, an indication to activate an under-display sensor that is located underneath a display of the computing device; activating a collection of LEDs of the display to provide illumination for the under-display sensor, including activating an LED in the collection of LEDs by: establishing, by drive circuitry of the LED, a first overdriven voltage across an LED-driving transistor that is arranged to energize the LED; establishing a second overdriven voltage across the LED-driving transistor; and establishing a steady state voltage across the LED-driving transistor; and activating the under-display sensor by reading a signal from the under-display sensor once the collection of LEDs has activated, including once the steady state voltage has been programmed across the LED-driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sang Young Youn, Chien-Hui Wen
  • Patent number: 11908362
    Abstract: A display device includes first lead lines connecting the circuit signal lines with the driving integrated circuit, and second lead lines connecting the panel signal lines with the driving integrated circuit, wherein the second lead lines comprise a 2-1 sub-lead line configured to supply a scan-high voltage signal from the driving integrated circuit to the panel signal lines, and a 2-2 sub-lead line configured to supply a scan-low voltage signal from the driving integrated circuit to the panel signal lines, wherein the first lead lines comprises a 1-1 sub-lead line connected to the driving integrated circuit, a 1-1-1 sub-lead line separated from the 1-1 sub-lead line in a first direction, a 1-2 sub-lead line spaced apart from the 1-1 sub-lead line in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a 1-2-1 sub-lead line spaced apart from the 1-2 sub-lead line in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Hwan Eom, Hyung Jun An, Ji Phyo Hong, Jong Won Moon, Hyea Weon Shin
  • Patent number: 11900846
    Abstract: The present application provides a chrominance visual angle correction method for a display, and an intelligent terminal and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring brightness data of different primary colors varying with the gray scale at a vertical visual angle and a squint visual angle, and generating a search database; splitting, according to the search database and a preset rule, a pixel gray scale of the display into a plurality of high and low gray scale combinations composed of high gray scales and low gray scales; calculating a scale of brightness of the plurality of high and low gray scale combinations, and acquiring a scale of brightness of high and low gray scale combination closest to a scale of vertical vision brightness as a primary color pixel gray scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daxue Xia, Lin Chen, Renli Xie
  • Patent number: 11899855
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes changing a mode of operation of a computing device using signals from a pen device. The pen device obtains gesture input data from at least one sensor of the pen device and the obtained gesture input data is compared to at least one gesture pattern. Based on the gesture input data matching the at least one gesture pattern, the pen device transitions to an active state. The pen device detects, via an electrostatic communication channel, an uplink signal from the computing device and sends a signal to change a mode of operation of the computing device by at least one of a network interface or a communication channel, other than the electrostatic communication channel. Changing modes of operation of a computing device provides a flexible, stream-lined way to enhance the user experience of using a computing device with a pen device (e.g., performing an initial pairing process).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ilan Geller, Nadav Linenberg, Eran Arbel, Uri Ron, Amir Zyskind
  • Patent number: 11900896
    Abstract: A source driver includes a plurality of output terminals and a plurality of driving channels. Each of the plurality of driving channels is coupled to an output terminal among the plurality of output terminals and includes an output buffer, an output enable switch and a charge sharing circuit. The output enable switch is coupled between the output buffer and the corresponding output terminal. The charge sharing circuit is coupled to the corresponding output terminal. Wherein, the charge sharing circuits of at least two of the plurality of driving channels are commonly coupled to a charge sharing bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yen-Kai Chen, Jui-Chan Chang, Chih-Hsien Chou
  • Patent number: 11900891
    Abstract: A backlight unit of the present disclosure includes: a backlight including a plurality of light-emitting devices that are allowed to emit light at mutually different timings and include a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device; and a controller that controls a light emission operation of the backlight to cause the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device to emit light with mutually different average light emission intensities in a first sub-frame period of a plurality of sub-frame periods provided corresponding to a frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Norimasa Furukawa, Shingo Kimura, Kazuhiro Horiuchi, Kenichi Nakaki
  • Patent number: 11893147
    Abstract: An occupant support system is disclosed for controlling a computer-generated representation of an object, comprising: (i) a support device comprising a plurality of support members configured to support an occupant, and a corresponding plurality of independently movably supported suspension systems such to provide at least one independent motion selected from vertical, lateral, tilt and azimuthal motions and longitudinal roll motion of the support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LIMBIC LIFE AG
    Inventor: Patrik Kunzler
  • Patent number: 11893189
    Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed comprising a panel having a touch surface, emitters and detectors arranged along a perimeter, a light directing portion arranged adjacent the perimeter and comprising a light directing surface, the emitters and/or the detectors are arranged opposite a rear surface of the panel to emit and/or receive light through a channel in a frame element, the channel is arranged opposite the rear surface and extends in a direction of a normal axis of the touch surface, the light directing surface and the channel are arranged on opposite sides of the panel and overlap in the direction of the plane, the light directing surface receive light from the emitters, or direct light to the detectors, through the panel and through the channel, in the direction of the normal axis. A method of manufacturing a frame element for a touch sensing apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Håkan Bergström, Tomas Svensson
  • Patent number: 11881158
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a light-emitting element and a pixel drive circuit electrically connected to the light-emitting element. The pixel drive circuit includes a drive transistor and a first reset module. The drive transistor is configured to control a drive current. The first reset module is connected to a first node and configured to provide a first reset voltage to the first node. The light-emitting element is connected to the first node. A working mode of the display panel comprise a first drive mode. A display frame in the first drive mode includes a valid frame and an invalid frame. In the first drive mode, a first reset voltage for the valid frame is different from a first reset voltage for the invalid frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Ding, Jujian Fu
  • Patent number: 11868578
    Abstract: A detector includes a frame that is at least partially formed from metal, electrodes arranged in a coordinate planar direction of an operating surface, the operating surface being at least partially in contact with the frame, the electrodes detecting a user operation that is an approach or contact of a body of a user toward or with the operating surface, and a calculator that obtains a calculation coordinate by calculating an operation position of the user operation on the operating surface based on an electrostatic capacity change in each of the electrodes. The operating surface is divided into areas. The calculator converts the calculation coordinate to a correction coordinate shifted from a boundary of one of the areas toward an inner portion of one of the electrodes in which the electrostatic capacity change is larger than other electrodes, thereby determining that the correction coordinate is the operation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Syogo Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11868554
    Abstract: A pressure sensor comprises a first sensing module comprising a first negative electrode and first support structures arranged at intervals on the first negative electrode. A first flexible insulating layer covers an upper surface of the first support structures and first positive electrodes are arranged at intervals on a lower surface of the first flexible insulating layer and distributed between the first support structures. A second sensing module comprises a second negative electrode disposed on the first flexible insulating layer and second support structures are arranged at intervals on the second negative electrode. A second flexible insulating layer covers an upper surface of the second support structures. Second positive electrodes are arranged on a lower surface of the second flexible insulating layer at intervals and distributed between the second support structures. The first support structures are offset from the second support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Peratech Holdco Limited
    Inventors: Xu Feng, Cao Jin, Sun Kun, Wei Xin
  • Patent number: 11871624
    Abstract: A display device includes a first semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer; a scan line disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer on the scan line; an inverted scan line on the second insulating layer; a third insulating layer disposed on the inverted scan line; a second semiconductor layer disposed on the third insulating layer; a fourth insulating layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer; an initializing voltage line disposed on the fourth insulating layer and overlapping the scan line; a first transistor including a channel disposed in the first semiconductor layer and receiving a gate signal through the scan line; and a second transistor including a channel disposed in the second semiconductor layer and receiving a gate signal through the inverted scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Wan Son, Moo Soon Ko, Kyung Hyun Baek, Seok Je Seong, Jae Hyun Lee, Jeong-Soo Lee, Ji Seon Lee, Yoon-Jong Cho
  • Patent number: 11868567
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch recognition method and device having a lidar sensor, and an objective of the present disclosure is to recognize a touch and determine the motion of a touch by using the lidar sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PIXELSCOPE INC.
    Inventors: Gee Hwan Kwon, Kyung Mo Koo, Sang Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11867989
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel including a substrate and a plurality of scan lines disposed on the substrate and extending in a first direction, a backlight module disposed under the display panel, and an optical film disposed above the backlight module and including a plurality of light-blocking portions and a plurality of light-transmission portions which are arranged alternately. The light blocking portions extend in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are not parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong-Sheng Hsieh, Hao-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11847269
    Abstract: A stylus and a touch interactive device is provided. The stylus includes a pen holder, a cover plate, and a circuit control assembly. The pen holder includes a pen head, a pen wall, and an accommodating space. A groove is defined in the pen wall and communicates with the accommodating space. The pen head is arranged at one end of the pen holder. The cover plate is arranged corresponding to the groove and covers the groove. The circuit control assembly is received in the accommodating space. The circuit control assembly includes a mainboard and a touch sensing module connected to the mainboard. The touch sensing module is attached to the pen wall or a first inner wall of the cover plate to form a touch sensing area. The touch sensing module is used to receive and sense at least one touch command of fingers in the touch sensing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Min-han Lee
  • Patent number: 11843487
    Abstract: A receiver, which is compatible with a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) C-PHY physical layer, includes a plurality of variable-gain amplifiers responsive to respective multi-level signals (e.g., 3-level signals), and a plurality of filters having variable cutoff frequencies. The plurality of filters are responsive to respective signals generated by the plurality of amplifiers. An array of comparators is provided, which is responsive to signals generated by the plurality of filters. A jitter detection circuit is provided, which is configured to set respective gains of the plurality of variable-gain amplifiers and respective cutoff frequencies of the plurality of filters (e.g., high-pass filters), in response to signals generated by the array of comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Seongkwan Lee, Minho Kang, Cheolmin Park
  • Patent number: 11842007
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a substrate, a display module, a light-sensing module, and a touch control module. The light-sensing module includes light-sensing units disposed between pixel units and in an array and data lines electrically connected to the light-sensing units in a same column or a same row. The touch control module includes first antennas extending along a first direction and second antennas extending along a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengqin Lian, Ru Ge, Ying Lu, Lixia Li
  • Patent number: 11842022
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device, which includes a plurality of driving coils that are sequentially arranged in a first direction in a plan view, a plurality of sensing electrodes that are spaced and insulated from the plurality of driving coils and are sequentially arranged in a second direction orthogonal or pseudo-orthogonal to the first direction in a plan view, and a processor that is electrically connected with the plurality of driving coils and the plurality of sensing electrodes. At least one of the plurality of sensing electrodes is electrically coupled with a stylus excited by a magnetic field generated by the plurality of driving coils. The processor applies a driving signal to the plurality of driving coils, receives a response signal to the driving signal from the plurality of sensing electrodes, and identifies a contact location of the stylus based on the response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Chulwoo Kim, Soonsung Ahn