Patents Examined by Patrick N. Edouard
  • Patent number: 11341903
    Abstract: A sub-pixel for an LED display, the sub-pixel comprising a first light emitting device having a first emission beam angle and a second light emitting device having a second beam angle, the second emission beam angle being different to the first emission beam angle. There is also described a display using a plurality of the sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Padraig Hughes, Joseph O'Keeffe, William Henry
  • Patent number: 11340744
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a base layer including a first to third sensing region and a non-sensing region surrounding the first to third sensing region; a plurality of touch electrode rows provided in the first to third sensing regions and including a plurality of first touch electrodes connected in a first direction; and a plurality of touch electrode columns including a plurality of second touch electrodes connected in a second direction crossing the first direction. At least one of the first to third sensing regions has an area larger than that of other sensing regions. The non-sensing region includes an additional non-sensing region disposed between the second sensing region and the third sensing region and a bridge line provided in the additional non-sensing region and electrically connecting the first touch electrodes of the second sensing region to the first touch electrodes of the third sensing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Jae Moon, Hwan Hee Jeong, Won Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11341931
    Abstract: A projector includes a projection section, a first connector to which an image outputting apparatus that outputs first image information is connectable, an activation instructor that instructs activation of the image outputting apparatus, a detector that detects that the activation of the image outputting apparatus has been completed, an image storage that stores second image information, and a display controller that causes the projection section to display a second image corresponding to the second image information when the detector does not detect that the activation of the image outputting apparatus has been completed and causes the projection section to display a first image corresponding to the first image information when the detector detects that the activation of the image outputting apparatus has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 11335289
    Abstract: A blur eliminating circuit and a display device are provided. The blur eliminating circuit includes a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit generates a control signal after detecting and determining that the display device is shut down. The control unit controls a gate low voltage level outputted from a gate driving unit of the display device to be a predetermined voltage level according to the control signal, and thus turns on an active switch of the display device, thereby speeding up a discharging of a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor of the display device, and eliminating a shutdown blur phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11325472
    Abstract: A line-of-sight guidance device includes a vehicle peripheral state acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a peripheral state of a vehicle; a line-of-sight acquisition unit configured to acquire information on line of sight of the driver driving the vehicle; and a display control unit configured to control two or more display units included in a predetermined visual field in association with the line of sight among a plurality of display units mounted on the vehicle, to display a line-of-sight guidance display that is a display for guiding the line of sight of the driver from a first attention target indicated by the line of sight to a second attention target associated with the peripheral state of the vehicle. The first target is an attention target actually watched by the driver. The second attention target is an attention target to be watched by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Rena Nishiyori, Toshiyasu Shimbo, Satoshi Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: 11327622
    Abstract: A flexible display and manufacturing method for the same are disclosed. The flexible display includes a flexible display panel, a conductive layer, an insulation layer, and a touch electrode layer. Wherein the flexible display panel includes multiple sub-pixels, the touch electrode layer includes multiple touch sensing electrodes and multiple touch driving electrodes, the touch sensing electrodes and the touch driving electrodes are intersected and insulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Ye
  • Patent number: 11322097
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a display part comprising a plurality of pixel circuits, a pixel circuit from among the pixel circuits comprising: an organic light emitting diode; and a first transistor, the first transistor comprising a first electrode configured to receive a power source voltage and a second electrode connected to the organic light emitting diode; an initial voltage determiner configured to change a level of an initial voltage using image data of a frame; a sensor configured to apply the initial voltage to the second electrode of the first transistor; and a data driver configured to apply a data voltage to the control electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heesoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11320701
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can reduce occurrence of quality problems and improve adhesive strength between substrates. The present invention is a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a seal. The first substrate includes a shift register monolithically formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of bus lines, a first end, and a display region. The shift register includes a plurality of multistage-connected unit circuits and wiring connected to the plurality of unit circuits, and is arranged in a region between the first end and the display region. At least one of the unit circuits includes a clock terminal, an output terminal, an output transistor, a second transistor, and a bootstrap capacitor. The output transistor and the bootstrap capacitor are arranged in a region between the first end and one of the wiring and the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Mori
  • Patent number: 11310002
    Abstract: An electronic device is described which has a sensor panel comprising a plurality of receive electrodes configured to measure signals received from one or more transmit electrodes. The device has a sensor panel control module configured to: receive signals from the plurality of receive electrodes in the presence of at least one tone interferer. The module is configured to convert the received signals from a time domain into a frequency domain; and to process the received signals in the frequency domain in order to mitigate the effect of the tone interferer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Imanilov
  • Patent number: 11288030
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: displaying content on a display screen of a first device; determining a position of a second device relative to the display screen of the first device; selecting a portion of the display screen of the first device based on a determined position of the second device; and transferring the portion of the display screen selected to one or more devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Howard Locker, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, John Weldon Nicholson, Steven Richard Perrin, Scott Edwards Kelso
  • Patent number: 11287947
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to contextual input in a three-dimensional (3D) environment. In an example, a 3D environment is authored using an authoring application, wherein the author selects and positions one or more content items within the 3D environment. The 3D environment has a set of possible environment events that are associated with user input events. As a result, an environment event is generated when a user input event is received from an input device. An author uses the authoring application to associate an environment event with an action of the content item. A user is able to use a variety of input devices to interact with the 3D environment. When an input event is received from an input device, an environment event is generated accordingly, and a content item action associated with the environment event is performed in response to the environment event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Vidya Srinivasan, Andrew John Howe, Michael Lee Smith, Harold Anthony Martinez Molina, Nathan Bradley Duke, Amy Scarfone, Purnima Rao, Colton Brett Marshall, Aniket Handa
  • Patent number: 11282478
    Abstract: An image data correcting device included in a display device includes a correction data memory and a correction calculator. The correction data memory stores sampling window select information indicating a sampling window selected from a plurality of sampling windows that are different from each other, and correction data obtained utilizing the selected sampling window with respect to the display device. The correction calculator receives image data, and corrects the image data based on the correction data for pixels at positions corresponding to the selected sampling window indicated by the sampling window select information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Seok Yoo, Hoi Sik Moon, Jeongwoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11282431
    Abstract: A system and method for updating a display of a display device. The display device may include a plurality of subpixels, and a display driver coupled to the plurality of subpixels. The display driver may be configured to compare a first data signal of a first statistically selected subpixel of the plurality of subpixels to a first statistically selected threshold, increase a value of a first counter corresponding to the first statistically selected subpixel in response to the first subpixel data signal exceeding the first statistically selected threshold, adjust the first subpixel data signal in response to the first counter value satisfying a second threshold, and drive the first statistically selected subpixel based at least in part on the adjusted first subpixel data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Damien Berget, Joseph Kurth Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11281292
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus connected to a first device fixed to a left hand of a user and a second device fixed to a right hand of the user: detects positions of the first device and the second device; and calculates information associated with sizes of the hands of the user on the basis of the difference between the detected positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yoichi Nishimaki, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11276356
    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: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Norimasa Furukawa, Shingo Kimura, Kazuhiro Horiuchi, Kenichi Nakaki
  • Patent number: 11269428
    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: September 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ilan Geller, Nadav Linenberg, Eran Arbel, Uri Ron, Amir Zyskind
  • Patent number: 11270613
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a first display portion including, the first display portion including a first area and a second area alternately arranged in one direction, a first emission device being disposed in the first area and the second area being located adjacent to the first area and configured to transmit external light, an electronic component facing one surface of the display panel and arranged corresponding to at least the second area, and a transmittance control component between the display panel and the electronic component and configured to control transmittance of the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Joohyuk Bang, Sungjin Ma, Yijoon Ahn, Inho Cho
  • Patent number: 11270609
    Abstract: A system and method for generate mura correction data comprises obtaining brightness values of a pixel-existing area and a pixel-absent area of a display panel. Further, updated brightness values are generated by replacing the brightness value of the pixel-absent area with a suitable value. Mura correction data is generated using the updated brightness values. A display driver is configured with the mura correction data for updating a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Tomoo Minaki
  • Patent number: 11272152
    Abstract: The orientation and/or position estimation system includes: a movable operating unit configured to be held by a user and having an image capturing section; and a stereoscopic image providing unit including a display portion configured to display a stereoscopic image, a contact portion configured to come into contact with a part of a face of a user who is viewing the stereoscopic image, and a detection subject portion configured to be captured by the image capturing section. A detection subject portion image in the image captured by the image capturing section is detected and the position and the orientation of the movable image capturing unit are estimated on the basis of the detection subject portion image. On the basis of a result of the estimation, the stereoscopic image is generated and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro Goto, Hideaki Shimizu, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Kenji Iwata
  • Patent number: 11269427
    Abstract: An optical navigation device comprising: a first optical sensing region, having a first power consumption rate; and a second optical sensing region, having a second power consumption rate higher than the first power consumption rate. The optical navigation device applies the first optical sensing region to sense first optical data when the optical navigation device moves for a first speed, and the optical navigation device applies the second optical sensing region to sense second optical data when the optical navigation device moves for a second speed higher than the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Chun Heap Leow