Patents Examined by Priyank J Shah
  • Patent number: 11178389
    Abstract: A system is described for automatically calibrating a display device based at least on information relating to a user of the display device. The system obtains visual acuity information or pupillary information of the user. The system then determines a value of a display parameter of the display device based at least on the visual acuity information or the pupillary information of the user. The determined value is then provided for application to the display device. Other information may also be used in determining the value of the display parameter, such as user input, demographic information of the user, display device specific information, user environment information, displayed content information, or application context information. An algorithm may be used that determines the display parameter based on such information. The algorithm may comprise a model obtained through machine learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Praveen Sinha, Seema Lal Gulabrani, Ajay Vellanki, Rahul Agarwal, Arun Mudiraj
  • Patent number: 11163438
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for adjusting outputs of an electronic device by using a touch technology. The apparatus for adjusting outputs of the electronic device, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a touch input unit for sensing a touch input of a first figure and at least one second figure; and an output adjustment unit for generating at least one piece of adjustment information for adjusting at least one output of the electronic device according to a relative phase relationship (topology) of the first figure and the at least one second figure, and adjusting the at least one output of the electronic device. The output adjustment unit can generate the at least one piece of adjustment information when the relative phase relationship between the at least one first figure and the at least one second figure is the same even if the touch position and direction on the touch input unit are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Tae Ho Kang
  • Patent number: 11150754
    Abstract: A display device includes a window member, a display panel, a first adhesive member, and a reinforcing member. The display panel is disposed below the window member. The first adhesive member is disposed between the window member and the display panel. The first adhesive member overlaps the display panel. The reinforcing member is disposed below the display panel such that the display panel is disposed between the window member and the reinforcing member. On a plane of the window member, a first minimum distance from an outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the display panel is equal to a second minimum distance from the outermost portion of the window member to an outermost portion of the first adhesive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ah-ram Lee, Seongsik Ahn
  • Patent number: 11120749
    Abstract: A display device includes a driving circuit and a control circuit. The driving circuit is configured to receive a data voltage in response to a scanning signal, and to control the brightness of a light emitting element according to the data voltage. The control circuit is configured to provide a stop signal to the driving circuit in response to a digital signal and the scanning signal, so as to stop the light emitting element from emitting light, and in turn control the light emission period of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Feng Lin, Kai-Wei Hong, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Yi-Cheng Lin, Ming-Hsien Lee
  • Patent number: 11112883
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide a durable keyboard that provides haptic feedback and configurable surface display that is brightly lit. The keyboard includes microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for generating the key surface displays, such as one or more MEMS lasers and software-controllable scanning mirrors. The keyboard also includes an optical medium, having for example beam splitters, optical waveguides, and lenses, to divide each projected image among a number of keys, and route each divided portion to the correct key for display. Finally, the key contact circuitry and depressible keys themselves are designed to be transparent or translucent, so the respective image is shown with high contrast on the pressable surface of each key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Rangan Basu, Rohan Sharma, Shubham Gupta
  • Patent number: 11107441
    Abstract: A tone adjustment unit assumes that the following relationship is satisfied: LO=DO+Da=TD(I)+Da=TL(I), in which I represents a luminance value normalized to have a maximum value of one in first image data, DO represents a luminance value normalized to have a maximum value of one in second image data, Da represents a luminance value under ambient light during viewing, LO represents a luminance value of the second image data while taking into consideration effects of the ambient light during viewing, TD(I) represents a tone curve used for conversion, and TL(I) represents a tone curve taking into consideration the environment. The tone curve TD(I) is adjusted so that a function representing an inclination ?(I) after converting LO=TL(I) to a double logarithmic plot is non-zero over an entire dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventor: Sakuichi Ohtsuka
  • Patent number: 11093055
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a stylus to a capacitive sense array. The system including a capacitive sense array which includes a plurality of electrodes. A magnetic field is generated using the plurality of electrodes. The magnetic field is used to synchronize the operation of the stylus and the capacitive sense array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Viktor Kremin, Andriy Ryshtun
  • Patent number: 11087651
    Abstract: An underwater image projection system submerged in a body of water and projecting an image within the body of water. The system includes a submerged projection element, a light source steering device, a user interface, and a controller. The submerged projecting element includes a projecting light source that projects an image within the body of water. The light source steering device directs light from the projecting light source. The user interface receives data input from a user including at least one of an input of the image and instructions for displaying the image. The controller retrieves the data input from the user interface, accesses image data corresponding to the image, and controls the projecting light source and the light source steering device to project the image onto a target surface within the body of water based on the data input from the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
    Inventors: Rakesh Reddy, Bruce Johnson, Kevin Doyle
  • Patent number: 11086174
    Abstract: A display substrate, a display module and a control method are provided in the present disclosure. The display substrate includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a base substrate, conductive pads, a first switch unit group electrically connected to the conductive pads and signal wires, and a second switch unit group electrically connected to the conductive pads. The display substrate includes a substrate detection phase where all second switch units are cutoff, all first switch units are conducting, and an external detection device input a first detection signal to the substrate through the conductive pads and all first switch units. When the first switch unit group is conducting, the conductive pads are used for substrate detection, and when the second switch unit group is cutoff, the conductive pads in a same pad region are connected each other to be multiplexed as electrostatic conductive pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghua Li, Xiaoli Wei, Xiufeng Zhou, Guochang Lai, Shumao Wu, Boping Shen
  • Patent number: 11079858
    Abstract: A head-worn computer includes a camera system positioned to capture a surrounding environment in front of a user, a processor that identifies a position of a plurality of light emitters mounted on a hand-held controller from images captured by the camera system and tracks the position of the plurality of light emitters as the hand-held controller moves in the surrounding environment and interprets the tracked position as positional changes of the hand-held controller. The processor uses the position of the plurality of light emitters as markers in three dimensional space, the markers used as an anchor for virtual content presented in a see-through display of the head-worn computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Lohse, John D. Haddick
  • Patent number: 11042187
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) includes a set of one or more lenses defining an optical axis, a display configured to project light through the set of the one or more lenses, a voice coil actuator coupled with the display and configured to move the display along the optical axis, and a first guide that is separate from the first voice coil actuator and coupled with the first display to guide the movement of the first display. The HMD additionally includes a set of one or more position sensors configured to determine a position of the display long the optical axis and an electronic controller configured to receive information identifying a reference position of the display along the optical axis and generate one or more electrical signals for initiating a movement of the first display toward the first reference point along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joyce Fang, Nicholas Colonnese, Bruce A. Cleary, Ryan Michael Ebert, Douglas Robert Lanman
  • Patent number: 11016577
    Abstract: A keyboard for live streaming includes an alphanumeric part including from a plurality of keys including alphanumeric keys, modifier keys, and system commands, a plurality of scissor switches, a frame board, and a PCB; a handwriting screen including a capacitive screen and a capacitive pen configured to move on the capacitive screen for inputting letters or numbers; a function switch including a multimedia button for quickly switching between different operating systems; and an audio input assembly including an earphone port, a capacitor port, a mixer port, an output port, and a MIC port. The audio input assembly can be implemented by a live streaming sound card for stereo, volume, and sound mixing controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Ajazz Tongchuang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Jian, Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 11016661
    Abstract: A method for use with a reverse keyboard assembly to display a second set of icons on a second set of display zones of the reverse keyboard assembly based on an input corresponding to a first set of icons placed on a first set of display zones, the method comprising: identifying a first computer program executing on a computer to which the reverse keyboard assembly is communicatively connected to; displaying a first set of icons on the first set of display zones; receiving an input corresponding to one or more icons of the first set of icons; analyzing the input with respect of a set of rules associated with the first computer program; and, displaying a second set of icons on the second set of display zones using a second configuration, the display corresponding to results of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Finetune Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Shimon Sharbaf, Moria Benami
  • Patent number: 11016576
    Abstract: A reversed keyboard assembly is provided. The keyboard assembly includes a display unit, a touch screen placed on top of the display unit; and a top cover placed on top the touch screen, wherein top cover covers the touch screen and the display unit, wherein the top cover includes a plurality of transparent keys located in a predetermined distance above the touch screen for enabling a viewing of images displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Finetune Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Shimon Sharbaf, Moria Benami
  • Patent number: 11009967
    Abstract: A method for scanning a keyboard circuit is provided. The keyboard circuit includes a keyboard array, output wires, input wires, and a scanning circuit. Each of the output wires is electrically coupled to a corresponding column of key units of the keyboard array, respectively. Each of the input wires is electrically coupled to a corresponding row of key units of the keyboard array, and is provided with a pull-up resistor. The method includes: turning on and connecting open-drain transistors to the ground in a scanning interval to clean charges on the output wires; turning on the open-drain transistors and connecting the open-drain transistors to the ground sequentially in a scanning duration; and receiving detected electrical levels through the input wires, and when one of the detected electrical levels is substantially equal to the electrical level of the ground, determining that the corresponding key unit is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Zheng, Zuo-Hui Peng, Li Tong, Zhao-Ming Li, Jie-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 10997919
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area of various shapes, has a reduced dead space, and displays an image. Further, the display device includes a display unit including a rounded corner portion, a first driving voltage supply line arranged in a first direction in a non-display area on one side of the display unit, a plurality of first driving voltage lines which supplies a driving voltage to a plurality of pixels and is arranged in a second direction that intersects with the first direction and being connected to the first driving voltage supply line, and a plurality of second driving voltage lines disconnected from the first driving voltage supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanghee Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Byungsun Kim, Bongwon Lee, Sujin Lee
  • Patent number: 10991323
    Abstract: A control circuit, a testing apparatus and a method for testing a liquid crystal display panel are provided. The control circuit includes a current sensor and a discharge signal generation circuit. The current sensor is configured to detect a change in an input current of the liquid crystal display panel to generate an indication signal, the indication signal being indicative of switching of image frames displayed by the liquid crystal display panel. The discharge signal generation circuit is configured to receive the indication signal from the current sensor, and the discharge signal generation circuit generates a discharge signal in response to receiving the indication signal, so that a liquid crystal capacitor including the common electrode and the pixel electrode in the liquid crystal display panel is discharged. Hence, the quality of images displayed by the liquid crystal display panel can be improved and the product yield can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiwei Wang, You Zheng, Wenhua Fu, Yanli Lou, Qing Wang, Xiaofen Wang, Xin Shao, Gan Ren, Jian Zhang
  • Patent number: 10984708
    Abstract: To manufacture a display using light emitting diodes (LEDs), the LEDs are transferred from fabrication substrates where they are fabricated to a target substrate (e.g., a backplane) that forms part of a display. The LEDs are transferred in three stages: first from fabrication substrates to hard handles, subsequently from the hard handles to a carrier substrate, and last from the carrier substrate to the target substrate. The LEDs are placed onto the carrier substrate to form pixel arrangements. One or more pick-up tools are used to transfer the LEDs. Switchable adhesives are used to facilitate the transfer of the LEDs from the fabrication substrates to the target substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Allan Pourchet, Pooya Saketi
  • Patent number: 10976548
    Abstract: A display system, a mobile object, and an optical element. The display system includes an optical device through which light diverges, a light deflector configured to scan a light emitted from a light source in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction to form an intermediate image on the optical device, and an imaging optical system configured to project diverging light diverging through the optical device to form an image. An effective diameter a of a mirror of the light deflector for the intermediate image and a ratio c of a size of an image formed by the imaging optical system to the effective diameter a satisfy a condition in an equation given below. 2?0.007a?2c2+0.75a?0.75c+0.5a?0.5 The mobile object includes the display system, and the reflector is a front windshield. The optical element is used for the display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Shimpei Ogino
  • Patent number: 10976858
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a first substrate that has a display region having an outer periphery with a recess; a plurality of first electrodes provided in the display region; a plurality of second electrodes provided facing the first electrodes; and a wiring line. At least one of the first electrodes has a shape formed along an outer periphery of the recess in the display region. At least one of the second electrodes includes a first partial electrode and a second partial electrode provided in a manner separated from the first partial electrode with the recess interposed therebetween. The wiring line extends along the outer periphery of the recess to couple the first partial electrode and the second partial electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masaki Kubo