Patents Examined by Priyank J Shah
  • Patent number: 10650405
    Abstract: A method for media content tracking is disclosed. The method includes receiving a user identifier and instructing display systems to display media content based on the user identifier. Each display system has a corresponding screen. The method also includes receiving image data from an imaging system configured to have a field of view arranged to capture images of a user. The method further includes determining gaze characteristics of the user including a gaze target of the user. The method further includes determining whether the gaze target corresponds to one of the screens. When the gaze target corresponds to one of the screens, the method includes determining a time period of gaze engagement with the corresponding screen. The method also includes storing at least one of the gaze characteristics and the media content or an identifier of the media content displayed on the screen corresponding to the gaze target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Kellogg Company
    Inventors: Gustav Hoffman, Ganapa Sashidhara Murthy
  • Patent number: 10650733
    Abstract: A light-emitting control signal generation circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided. The light-emitting control signal generation circuit includes a first control unit, a second control unit, and an output unit. The first control unit controls a potential-level on a first node under control of an effective pulse signal, a first clock signal, a second clock signal, and a first voltage signal. The second control unit controls a potential-level on a second node under control of the effective pulse signal, the first clock signal, the second clock signal, the first voltage signal, a second voltage signal, and the potential-level on the first node. The output unit transmits the first voltage signal to an signal output terminal under control of the potential-level on the first node, and transmits the second voltage signal to the signal output terminal under control of the potential-level on the second node, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingteng Zhai
  • Patent number: 10620720
    Abstract: A technique may include determining a cumulative movement of an input controller in a physical environment, determining a scaling factor based on the cumulative movement of the input controller in the physical environment, determining a current movement of the input controller in the physical environment for a time period, and registering, in a virtual environment, only a portion of the current movement of the input controller based on the scaling factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Per Karlsson, Matthew Seegmiller, Adam Glazier, Evan Hardesty Parker, Matthias Buhlmann, Dominik Philemon Kaeser
  • Patent number: 10620718
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes comprises identifying a pointer device associated with a pointer position identifier and a pointer direction identifier. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying a target device associated with a target position indicator and determining whether, within a tolerance margin, the pointer devices points at the target device. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Billau, John K. Gerken, III, Jeremy A. Greenberger, Ciaran E. Hannigan
  • Patent number: 10613668
    Abstract: A touch sensor is provided that includes a transparent, insulating substrate and at least one U-shaped electrically conductive micromesh that includes traces disposed on the substrate. The traces include an elemental metal or an alloy of elemental metal. The touch sensor may be configured to determine a location and a magnitude of a force of a touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew H. Frey, Robert R. Kieschke, Billy L. Weaver
  • Patent number: 10606107
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes an active area and a non-active area, and an afterimage removing device for adsorbing charged ions by forming a potential difference is provided in the non-active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Yudong Liu, Huanyu Li, Mo Chen, Yang Zhang, Jilei Gao
  • Patent number: 10607548
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels connected to first scan lines and data lines, a second pixel region including a second scan line and control line and at least one second pixel connected to the second scan line and the control line, a scan driver which drives at least the first scan lines, a sensor unit which is connected to the second pixel and senses current that flows through the second pixel in response to a sensing mode in a predetermined sensing period, and a timing controller which drives the sensor unit in response to the sensing mode, controls a driving order of the first scan lines in response to a first mode, and sets a division driving condition of the first scan lines in the first mode in response to a sensing signal input from the sensor unit in the sensing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10606419
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for display control are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: a touch screen surface comprising a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers; and a processing system coupled to the touch screen surface to excite all transmitters in the plurality of transmitters or a subset of transmitters in the plurality of transmitters during different scanning periods when scanning the plurality of transmitters to obtain input signals from the touch screen surface, the subset of transmitters being less than all transmitters in the plurality of transmitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shwetank Kumar
  • Patent number: 10599260
    Abstract: An exterior display apparatus for a vehicle comprises a first display panel in connection with a first door trim portion and a second display panel in connection with a second door trim portion. The first and second door trim portions are adjacent to each other. Each of the display panels comprises a touch sensor and a heater layer distributed over a corresponding display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Kristopher Karl Brown, Annette Lynn Huebner, David Brian Glickman, Cornel Lewis Gardner
  • Patent number: 10591729
    Abstract: A wearable device according to one aspect of embodiments includes a display unit arranged in front of eyes, and a detector configured to detect whether an electronic device is present in a predetermined space in front of the wearable device. If the another electronic device is present in the predetermined space and performs predetermined display, the wearable device displays additional information related to the displaying on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Watanabe, Osamu Hashimoto, Tomohiro Sudou
  • Patent number: 10585515
    Abstract: A display device with a position inputting function includes pixel electrodes, signal wiring, position detection electrodes, a position detection wiring, conductive structural objects, bridging wirings, and an insulating film. The signal wirings are disposed to sandwich the pixel electrodes. The position detection wiring includes at least first wiring portions and second wiring portions. The first wiring portions are sandwiched between the pixel electrodes and the signal wirings. Pairs of the first wiring portions are linearly disposed in an arrangement direction in which the pixel electrodes are disposed. The second wiring portions connect ends of the first wiring portions adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction. The bridging wirings are disposed to cross the conductive structural objects. The bridging wirings include sections connected to ends of the first wiring portions adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction on the same side through contact holes in the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10572056
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display panel having a built-in touchscreen includes a plurality of subpixels defined therein by a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, an encapsulation layer having an encapsulating function, and a color filter layer located on the encapsulation layer. An organic light-emitting display device includes the organic light-emitting display panel. Both the organic light-emitting display panel having a built-in touchscreen and the organic light-emitting display device having a built-in touchscreen is provided with a structure enabling a touchscreen disposed therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyangmyoung Gwon, SeungHee Nam, Kwon-Shik Park, DeukSu Lee, BuYeol Lee, Yangsik Lee
  • Patent number: 10573232
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides conversion circuit and operation method thereof, compensation device, and display apparatus. The conversion circuit includes a conversion unit connected between an output terminal and a first voltage terminal, and an input unit connected with an input terminal and the conversion unit respectively; the input unit is configured to receive current signal from the input terminal and supply the current signal to the conversion unit, and the conversion unit is configured to convert the current signal supplied by the input unit into voltage signal and output the voltage signal from the output terminal; and an equivalent resistance of the conversion unit is configured such that preset voltage corresponding to standard current is output from the output terminal when the standard current is input from the input terminal. With the technical solutions of the present disclosure, drive current for pixel can be accurately converted into voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Song, Zhongyuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10549639
    Abstract: A control element for a motor vehicle provides a palpable response when touched. The control element includes a sensor, a touch-sensitive surface, which when touched causes the sensor to respond. An inert surface surrounds the touch-sensitive surface, which when touched does not cause the sensor to respond. An actuator is disposed between the touch sensitive surface and the inert surface and includes two components that can move relative to each other. One component is connected with the touch-sensitive surface, and the other component is connected with the inert surface. The actuator drives a motion of the touch-sensitive surface relative to the inert surface once a contact has been acquired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Peter Brandt, Aydin Kaya
  • Patent number: 10545715
    Abstract: A splicing-screen display system and a splicing display method. The system includes: a display array formed by M×N display panels; and an image sending device. Each display panel includes a radar chip, a radar chip corresponding to a reference display panel is a primary chip, and other radar chips are secondary chips. The primary chip is configured to: acquire position information of each secondary chip; and send size information of each display panel, chip information of each secondary chip and position information of each secondary chip to the image sending device. The image sending device is configured to: calculate a panel coordinate of each display panel; divide a display image into M×N sub-images, and calculate an image coordinate of each sub-image; and send each sub-image to a corresponding display panel based on corresponding relationship between image coordinates of the M×N sub-images and panel coordinates of the M×N display panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiqing Guo
  • Patent number: 10540006
    Abstract: A system including: two arm modules each having an inertial measurement unit and attached to an upper arm of a user to measure the current orientations of the upper arms of the user; a head module having an inertial measurement unit and attached to the head of the user to measure the current orientation of the head; and a computing device coupled to the arm modules and the head module to calculate, based on the current orientations of the upper arms and the current orientation of the head, the current orientation of the torso of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: FINCH TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Viktor Vladimirovich Erivantcev, Rustam Rafikovich Kulchurin, Alexander Sergeevich Lobanov, Iakov Evgenevich Sergeev, Alexey Ivanovich Kartashov
  • Patent number: 10540046
    Abstract: A micro LED touch display pane of reduced thickness includes a substrate, a display driving layer, micro LEDs on the display driving layer, and common electrodes connecting to the micro LEDs. The micro LEDs are spaced apart from each other and coupled to the display driving layer. The common electrodes cover the micro LEDs. The touch display panel further includes first and second electrodes. The common electrodes and the first electrodes are defined in one layer, insulated from the second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes cooperatively form mutual-capacitance touch sensing structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Lai, Wei-Chih Chang
  • Patent number: 10540050
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuation device (10) comprising: detection means configured to supply a position of an object interfering with at least one electromagnetic field; a means for determining a speed of motion of the object according to the position of the object supplied by the detection means; and actuation means configured to actuate an action if: the detection means supply a position of the object, and the speed of the object is lower than a predefined speed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEQUERIS
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Falco, Sebastien Philippe
  • Patent number: 10534489
    Abstract: A capacitive discharge circuit includes a line having a capacitance, a switched capacitor circuit including a capacitor, a switched circuit coupled to the line, and a voltage regulator coupled between the switched capacitor circuit and the switched circuit. A controller operates the switched capacitor circuit and switched circuit to in a first phase, charge the capacitor by coupling the capacitor between a common mode and a power supply, and in a second phase, discharge the capacitor by coupling the voltage regulator in series with the capacitor between the power supply node a ground. The controller is also configured to in a third phase, charge the capacitor by coupling the capacitor between the common mode and the power supply, and in a fourth phase, share charge between the line and the capacitor by coupling the voltage regulator and the capacitor in series between the line and the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Chee Weng Cheong, Dianbo Guo, Kien Beng Tan, Yannick Guedon
  • Patent number: 10509495
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polarizer and touch display device having the same. The polarizer includes a first adhesive film adhering to a liquid crystal display module, a first base material film arranged on the first adhesive film, a polarizing film arranged on the first base material film, a second base material film arranged on the polarizing film, and a second adhesive film adhering to a touch panel arranged on the second base material film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Xu