Patents Examined by Priyank J Shah
  • Patent number: 10509464
    Abstract: A system including a plurality sensor modules, each having an inertial measurement unit and attached to a portion of a user (e.g., upper arm, hand, and/or head) to measure the current orientation of the corresponding portion of the user. A computing device coupled to the sensor modules is configured to identify a type of the current pose of the user, compute a front facing direction of the torso of the user from the sensor measurements, select a torso leaning model based on the pose type, project onto a vertical plane the lengthwise directions of the arms of the user as tracked by the sensor modules attached to the upper arms of the user, and calculate a torso leaning angle from the projected lengthwise directions of the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: FINCH TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Viktor Vladimirovich Erivantcev, Rustam Rafikovich Kulchurin, Alexander Sergeevich Lobanov, Iakov Evgenevich Sergeev, Alexey Ivanovich Kartashov, Daniil Olegovich Goncharov
  • Patent number: 10504434
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes a plurality of converters and a discharging circuit. The converters convert an input power voltage from an input terminal to a plurality of output power voltages for output to a plurality of output terminals. The discharging circuit is between the input terminal and the converters and discharges of voltages of the output terminals based on a discharging control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hak-Ki Choi
  • Patent number: 10490146
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel arranged with first subpixel, second subpixel and third subpixel, the second subpixel is arranged adjacent in the same row direction as the first subpixel, the third subpixel is arranged in a row adjacent to the row direction, and the third subpixel is arranged between the first subpixel and the second subpixel, and an image processing circuit converts first input image signal corresponding to the first subpixel, second input image signal corresponding to the second subpixel, third input image signal corresponding to the third subpixel, and fourth input image signal to a signal for driving a subpixel of the display panel, the fourth input image signal corresponds to any one subpixel among the first subpixel, the second subpixel and the third subpixel, and the fourth input image signal is input between the first input image signal and the second input image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 10490131
    Abstract: A driving control circuit with a compensating circuit detects pixel driving circuits in a display apparatus for compensating a threshold voltage in the pixel driving circuits. The compensating circuit electrically connects with the pixel driving circuits through a corresponding monitoring line. The pixel driving circuit sequentially operates during a detecting time period and a displaying period. Each pixel driving circuit comprises a driving transistor and an OLED. During the detecting time period, the compensating circuit charges a node in each pixel driving circuit by a constant current for speeding up a time of the detecting time period. The node is connected between a terminal of the driving transistor and the OLED in each pixel driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Fitipower Integrated Technology (Shenzhen) Inc.
    Inventors: Yung-Hung Chen, Chang Zhu, Hong-Yun Wei
  • Patent number: 10481719
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device comprising a display panel, a force sensing unit and a processing unit, the display panel comprises a display portion and a non-display portion; the force sensing unit is provided in a non-wiring portion of the non-display portion, and the force sensing unit is configured to sense a force applied on the display panel and output a force signal corresponding to the force; and the processing unit is connected to the force sensing unit and is configured to control the display portion to display a preset functional interface according to the force signal output from the force sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaolong Ma, Liang Liu, Feng Lu, Qijun Yao
  • Patent number: 10474291
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving device for driving a sensing device having a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes. The driving device includes a signal processing circuit and a readout circuit. The signal processing circuit is electrically connected to the plurality of driving electrodes of the sensing device. The signal processing circuit is configured to generate a plurality of driving signal to drive the sensing device. The signal processing circuit selects a plurality of Walsh codes from a plurality of rows or columns of a Walsh matrix to serve as a plurality of driving signals. The readout circuit readouts the sensing device to generate a plurality of sensing signals and provides the plurality of sensing signals to the signal processing circuit, so that the signal processing circuit demodulates the plurality of sensing signals. In addition, a driving method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Chuan Lu, Heng-Yin Chen, Chang-Po Chao, Guan-Jung Luo
  • Patent number: 10466835
    Abstract: A disclosed display method includes: projecting data of a space that includes a first display provided by a first display device to a perspective view; causing a second display device to display the perspective view on a second display; accepting a designation of a first position on the second display; converting the first position into a second position on the first display, upon detecting that the first position is inside an area that corresponds to the first display; and operating an image displayed on the first display based on the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Bin Chen, Yusuke Yasukawa, Yoshihiko Murakawa, Keiju Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 10467937
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a shift register unit, a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register unit comprises an input circuit, a reset circuit, a control circuit, a pull-down circuit and an output circuit, a first control terminal of the output circuit is coupled to a first node, its first input terminal is coupled to a second clock signal terminal, its first output terminal is coupled to a signal output terminal, both terminals of the pull-down circuit are coupled to a first clock signal terminal and the first node, respectively, and the pull-down circuit may pull down the potential of the first node via the first clock signal terminal, which may thus avoid that the potential of the first node also rises when the potential of the second clock signal terminal rises, and the signal of the second clock signal terminal is mistakenly provided to the signal output terminal to cause various poor display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dianzheng Dong, Bin Zhang, Ming Tian, Qiang Zhang, Guangxing Wang, Kan Zhang, Pengming Chen
  • Patent number: 10453264
    Abstract: A method for execution by a mobile communications device includes generating display data, where a display device of eyewear, worn by a user performing a fitness activity, displays a virtual fitness partner in accordance with the display data to virtually superimpose the virtual fitness partner upon physical surroundings viewed by the user through at least one translucent lens of the eyewear to simulate performance of the fitness activity by the virtual fitness partner along a virtual transit within a physical vicinity of the user throughout the transit of the user. The virtual fitness partner is displayed in accordance with perspective data generated based on the user's transit velocity and head orientation, determined based on sensor data collected by at least one motion sensor. The virtual fitness partner is further depicted to perform one of a plurality of fitness partner actions in accordance with event trigger monitoring data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Stone Patents
    Inventor: Mark Wayne Hogue
  • Patent number: 10453387
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device, a pixel driving circuit, and a control method for the pixel driving circuit. The pixel driving circuit includes a data writing module for transmitting signal of the data signal end to the first node in response to enable signal of the first control signal end; a coupling writing module for transmitting signal of the first power source voltage end to the first node in response to enable signal of the second control signal end; a storage capacitor; a driving transistor; a first switch unit; a second switch unit; a reset module for transmitting signal of the reset signal line to the fourth node in response to enable signal of the fifth control signal end; and a light emitting element, an anode thereof being electrically connected to the fourth node, an cathode thereof being electrically connected to a second power source voltage end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingyao Zhou, Chang-ho Tseng, Yuan Li
  • Patent number: 10437060
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an image display system that displays an image with a wide field of view while reducing VR sickness. [Solution] When a field of view FOVO of an original image provided by an image output device (200) is greater than a field of view FOVD of an image viewed by a user wearing an image display device (300), the image output device (200) cuts out a region with the field of view FOVD from the original image for delivery to the image display device (300). Also, when the field of view FOVO of the image viewed by the user wearing the image display device (300) is equal to or greater than the field of view FOVD of the original image provided by the image output device (200), the image output device (200) delivers the original image as-is to the image display device (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Hasegawa, Yasunori Kamada, Eiichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10439610
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a force touch detection circuit, a force touch detection circuit method and a display panel. The force touch detection circuit includes: n force-sensing sensors, n first switches, a first end of the ith first switch being electrically connected with a first end of the ith force-sensing sensor, a second end of the ith first switch being electrically connected with a first test connection terminal; n second switches, a first end of the ith second switch being electrically connected with a second end of the ith force-sensing sensor, a second end of the ith second switch being electrically connected with a second test connection terminal; n control signal connection terminals, the ith control signal connection terminal is electrically connected with a control end of the ith first switch and a control end of the ith second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Feng Lu, Conghua Ma, Shaolong Ma, Zaiwen Zhu, Qitai Ji, Yuheng Zhang, Shui He, Yong Yuan, Qijun Yao
  • Patent number: 10416548
    Abstract: A general purpose image and visual effects display apparatus, with associated methods, which is comprised of an array of independently angled reflective or refractive elements wherein the varying angle pattern of each element across said array is designed to reflect or refract specifically designed light and color sources as well as fortuitously located existing colors, in precisely determined patterns, to make apparent to designated viewing or receiving locations a wide range of complex visual effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: James Yett
  • Patent number: 10417960
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an organic electroluminescent display panel and a display panel, where initialization transistor and the control transistor are connected by a second power source signal line, and if the initialization transistor is turned on by first scan signal line, and if the control transistor is turned on by light emitting control line, then different electrical signal will be loaded on the second power source signal line to thereby reset the gate of a drive transistor in an initialization stage, and to load power source voltage to the source of the drive transistor for light emission and displaying, in a light emitting stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxu Xiang, Yue Li, Renyuan Zhu, Yana Gao
  • Patent number: 10409062
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle display device capable of providing a user with appropriate information, without being affected by changes in the position of the viewpoint of the user. This vehicle display device is provided with: an image display unit having a display screen capable of displaying images on at least part thereof; an image generating unit which generates images to be displayed by the image display unit; a viewpoint position acquiring unit which acquires a viewpoint position of a user seated on a driver's seat of a vehicle; and a projecting unit which projects the images toward a transparent front windshield of the vehicle in such a way that the images are reflected in the transparent front windshield of the vehicle, thereby allowing the user seated in the driver's seat to visually recognize a virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ayako Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10401986
    Abstract: A pointer includes: a pointer tip having a tip configured to point a position; a transmitter configured to emit a signal from the pointer tip; and a main body connected to the pointer tip. The main body includes: an exterior housing forming an exterior; a detector configured to detect displacement of the exterior housing and output a detection signal; and a controller configured to change an operation state of the pointer in accordance with the detection signal. The detector includes: a detection device provided on an inner surface of the exterior housing and configured to detect the displacement; and a signal outputter configured to output the detection signal in the case where the detection device detects the displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daigo Yamano, Shingo Wakimoto, Takashi Kihara, Masamichi Ando, Hiroaki Kitada, Jun Endo, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10379692
    Abstract: A circuit having a resistive touch screen, a medical imaging appliance having a resistive touch screen and a method for operating a resistive touch screen are provided. The circuit has a resistive touch screen with a resistive first layer and a resistive second layer that are arranged parallel above one another. Voltage dividers of the first and second layers are formed by contact with the touch screen and are extended by electrical resistors arranged at edges of the first and second layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Greif, Harald Karl, Lennart Kilian, Torsten König
  • Patent number: 10365486
    Abstract: A head up display (HUD) includes a housing having an opening, a transmission mechanism disposed in the housing, a cover connected to the transmission mechanism and a drive mechanism configured to drive the transmission mechanism. The cover is movable between a closed position wherein the cover hides the opening and an opened position wherein the cover is located within the housing by the transmission mechanism. While the cover moves from the closed position to the opened position, the cover moves to an intermediate position below the opening in a vertical way, and moves away from the intermediate position below the opening to the opened position in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Wei Huang, Chun-Yu Lee, Hui-Ching Tsai
  • Patent number: 10365756
    Abstract: A hybrid transmitter driver works in a first operation mode or a second operation mode and includes an operational amplifier, a pre-driver, a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer and an output stage driver. After receiving a signal from the first signal generator, the operational amplifier outputs a first driving signal and a third driving signal. After receiving a signal from the second signal generator, the pre-driver outputs a second driving signal and a fourth driving signal. In the first operation mode, the first multiplexer outputs the second driving signal and the second multiplexer outputs the fourth driving signal to make the output stage driver output a first transmission signal. In the second operation mode, the first multiplexer outputs the first driving signal and the second multiplexer outputs the third driving signal to make the output stage driver output a second transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Kok-Siang Tan, Kei-Tee Tiew
  • Patent number: 10360827
    Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more unit pixels and threshold voltage (Vth) sensing circuitry. The threshold voltage sensing circuitry senses Vth of the one or more unit pixels, by: sampling a charge of a capacitor of the one or more unit pixels, transitioning from the sampling, and reading out the threshold voltage based upon a change in the charge of the capacitor, such that an operation of the one or more unit pixels may be modified based upon the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yafei Bi, Xiaofeng Wang, Haifeng Li, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Hopil Bae, Hung Shen Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Wei H. Yao