Patents Examined by Ram A Mistry
  • Patent number: 11340705
    Abstract: Implementations provided herein relate to correlating available input gestures to recently created application functions, and adapting available input gestures, and/or user-created input gestures, to be correlated with existing application functions. Available input gestures (e.g., a hand wave) can be those that can be readily performed upon setup of a computing device. When a user installs an application that is not initially configured to handle the available input gestures, the available input gestures can be correlated to certain functions of the application. Furthermore, a user can create new gestures for application actions and/or modify existing gestures according to their own preferences and/or physical capabilities. When multiple users elect to modify an existing gesture in the same way, the modification can be made universal, with permission from the users, in order to eliminate latency when subsequently adapting to preferences of other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ruxandra Davies, Lisa Takehana
  • Patent number: 11340555
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) holographic display system includes a projector that generates an image with a form of spatially varying modulation on a light beam; holographic processor that performs a holographic method on the image generated by the projector; and memory device that stores holographic data generated in a process of performing the holographic method by the holographic processor. An amplitude of a light field is adaptively replaced by the holographic processor according to significance of respective areas of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Che-Yung Shen, Shang-Hao Huang, Shang-Ting Wu, Shuo-En Lin, Yi Cheng, Yi-Pai Huang, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 11315474
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for driving display panel, and a display device. The method includes: comparing original data of current frame and original data of previous frame to obtain a first difference value, converting the first difference value into a standard difference value through standard conversion, comparing processed data of current frame corresponding to each stage of plurality of stages of color processing with processed data of previous frame, to obtain a second difference value corresponding to each stage, and comparing the standard difference value with the second difference value corresponding to each stage, then outputting processed data of current frame of one corresponding stage according to the comparison results. As such the driving chip (300) can drive the display panel according to the output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Mingliang Wang
  • Patent number: 11315517
    Abstract: A modulated data signal is generated so as to change such that a length of a data period indicative of a timing of writing of the gradation voltage signal to each of the pixel portions becomes a length according to a distance from the data driver to each of the pixel portions. The timing control unit writes a video data signal to a memory at a timing according to a data period of the video data signal. The timing control unit reads the video data signal from the memory at a timing according to a period as a result of correction of a data period of the modulated data signal on the basis of a difference between an average value of lengths of the data periods of the video data signals and an average value of lengths of the data periods of the modulated data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keita Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11302265
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes pixel groups disposed in parallel in a first direction and each including n1 pixel regions; driving voltage lines disposed between two adjacent pixel regions of the n1 pixel regions and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction to apply a driving voltage to the two adjacent pixel regions; initializing voltage lines extending in the second direction to apply an initializing voltage to the pixel groups; data lines extending in the second direction to apply a data voltage to the pixel groups; first driving low-voltage lines extending in the second direction to apply a driving low voltage to the pixel groups; and a scan line extending in the first direction and intersecting the driving voltage lines, the initializing voltage lines, the data lines and the first driving low-voltage lines, where 3×n2 pixel groups are disposed between two adjacent first driving low-voltage lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kye-Uk Lee
  • Patent number: 11302258
    Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a display driving circuit of the electronic device, main image data over a first channel from a first processor or a second processor of the electronic device, outputting, by the display driving circuit, a main image on a display panel of the electronic device based on the main image data, generating, by the display driving circuit, an additional image different from the main image, and merging, by the display driving circuit, the main image with the additional image and outputting, by the display driving circuit, the merged image on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Yo Han Lee, Dong Hwy Kim, Seung Hoon Ko, Tae Sung Kim, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11301045
    Abstract: A measurement system includes a motion capture system comprising at least one motion capture device configured to detect the motion of one or more body portions of a system user and generate output data; a sensory output device, the sensory output device configured to generate sensory feedback for delivery to the system user; and at least one data processing device operatively coupled to the motion capture system and the sensory output device, the at least one data processing device further configured to determine, by utilizing a trained neural network, one or more poses and/or movements of the one or more body portions of the system user from the motion capture output data, and to provide sensory feedback to the system user, by means of the sensory output device, as to conformity of the one or more poses and/or movements to one or more reference poses and/or movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bertec Corporation
    Inventors: Necip Berme, Jaswandi Tushar Pitale, Cameron Scott Hobson, Mohan Chandra Baro, Fernando Vanderlinde dos Santos
  • Patent number: 11297302
    Abstract: A naked-eye stereoscopic display device is provided herein, which includes: a display panel having a plurality of first pixel zones and second pixel zones, the first and second pixel zones are arranged alternately to be adjacent to one another and form an array; and a phase retardation film disposed on a surface of the display panel, the phase retardation film includes first and second retardation regions, each first retardation region has different value of phase retardation and is corresponding to one of the first pixel zones, and each second retardation region has different value of phase retardation and is corresponding to one of the second pixel zones. A naked-eye stereoscopic display system is also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11275240
    Abstract: Image light that travels between opposed parallel surfaces (100a, 100b) of the light guide (10) while being reflected by the opposed parallel surfaces is partially reflected by the outgoing-side reflection surfaces (102a, 102b) of a beam splitter. The image light took out from the light guide (10) is partially reflected by the two combiners (14, 15) and advances towards eyes of a user (E). The distance D of the combiners (14, 15) is set to be equal to or larger than A1/(2 cos ?·tan ?) and equal to or smaller than A2/(2 cos ?·tan ?), where ? is an incident angle ? of the image light to the combiner (14, 15), A1 is a light flux width of the image light reflected by one outgoing-side reflection surface, and A2 is a light flux width of the image light emitted from all of the outgoing-side reflection surfaces. This makes it possible to reduce the overlapping of images formed when viewed from the user, avoid the generation of partial image omission, and improve visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11269447
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a controller, a source driver, several multiplexers, and several touch sensors. The source driver is configured to output several data signals. The multiplexers are coupled to the controller and the source driver, and are configured to transmit the plurality of data signals to an active area according to at least one enable period of a multiplexing signal. The touch sensors are coupled to the controller, and are configured to receive a touch signal outputted from the controller. The touch signal includes a touch pulse. A touch pulse starting-time interval and a touch pulse ending-time interval of the touch pulse are located in at least one disable period of the multiplexing signal, and the touch pulse and the at least one enable period partially overlap in time sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Lai, Chia-Hsien Chu, Feng-Sheng Lin, Tsang-Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 11252826
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a first and second housing movable relative to each other. The second housing supports a flexible display which may be at least partially exposed to an exterior, and at least partially stowed within the first housing based on the movement of the housings. A processor implements the method including detecting movement of the housings such that a visible display area of the display is changed, detecting whether the resizing meets a predetermined condition, and if resizing does not meet the predetermined condition, executing image processing on a portion of the resized visible display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungsik Park, Youngsoo Chun, Woongeun Kwak, Seunghui Sunwoo, Dohun Cha, Gidae Kim, Junyun Kim, Jooho Seo, Hyoseok Na, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11237722
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit, a touch panel, and a controller. The display unit displays a pointer that points out an input location. The touch panel detects a touch operation on the display unit with one of a user's finger and a pointing device. The controller controls a display location of the pointer on the display unit and performs an input process in accordance with the touch operation on the touch panel. Moreover, the display unit displays a predetermined region for use in designating, as the display location of the pointer, a location different from a location of the touch operation. When the controller detects a continuous touch operation from an inside to an outside of the predetermined region, the controller moves the pointer at a location different from a touch location in the continuous touch operation, in accordance with movement of the touch location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Saito
  • Patent number: 11230169
    Abstract: Provided is a system for controlling transparency of a vehicle window according to recognition of a gaze of a driver, the system including: an electrochromic film provided on a vehicle window and configured to control transparency according to a transparency control signal; a gaze detector configured to detect a gaze of a driver; a gaze determiner configured to determine whether the gaze of the driver is directed at the vehicle window on which the electrochromic film is located; and a controller configured to transmit the transparency control signal according to the determined gaze of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11227528
    Abstract: A method for setting a display white point comprises displaying images with a display including at least a first light source and a second light source. The first light source is configured to emit light having a first color and having a first temperature-dependent luminance change. The second light source is configured to emit light having a second color and having a second temperature-dependent luminance change. An internal display temperature is measured. Based on the internal display temperature being a first temperature, a first target white point is set to prioritize color accuracy. Based on the internal display temperature being a second temperature, greater than the first temperature, a second target white point is set to prioritize luminance output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Abhijit Sarkar, Dmitry Reshidko, Tuomas Heikki Sakari Vallius
  • Patent number: 11215822
    Abstract: A head up display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a picture generation unit producing a light field. A digital micromirror device is positioned to reflect the light field. The digital micromirror device includes an array of mirrors each having an individually adjustable orientation. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the digital micromirror device and individually adjusts the orientation of each mirror such that the light field reflected by the digital micromirror device is visible to the driver as a virtual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventors: Edo Omanovic, Patrick O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11216070
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for controlling an actuator. The present invention can detect a haptic generation event through a sensor unit, check data of an actuator and data of a human receptor stored in a memory in response to the haptic generation event, calculate a driving voltage of the actuator on the basis of the checked data of the actuator and the checked data of the human receptor, and drive the actuator with the calculated driving voltage. Other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yudong Bae, Jeongseok Lee, Jaeyoung Huh, Donggyu Kim, Ilyoung Kim, Kwonho Song, Yanghee Lee
  • Patent number: 11216095
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system may include a display device and a head-mounted device. The display device includes a touch screen surface exposed to an outside and including an active region which displays an image and senses a user input. The head-mounted device includes a frame, in which a reception space allowing the display device to be mounted therein is defined, and an optical system disposed in the frame. The active region of the display device includes a first active region, which is exposed to the outside and receives the user input for controlling the head-mounted device, when the display device is coupled with the head-mounted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11209942
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing capacitive touch control panel and a capacitive touch control panel are provided. The method includes forming a sensing circuit on a substrate and then forming a communicating structure on the substrate. The communicating structure is conductive, and is disposed to be near at least two adjacent side walls of the substrate. A gap is formed between the communicating structure and the plurality of the sensing electrodes that are near the communicating structure. The next step is to form a plurality of bridging structures for connecting the plurality of the sensing electrodes and the communicating structure. The last step is to remove a portion of the communicating structure by laser cutting to form a plurality of output cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HIGGSTEC INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Yeh, Sheng-Liang Lin, Yi-Han Wang, Hung-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11199934
    Abstract: A display device with a position input function includes a pixel electrode, a common electrode, position detection electrodes, a position detection line, a pixel connection line, and a shield electrode. The common electrode is overlapped with the pixel electrode on an upper layer side or a lower layer side. The position detection electrodes are formed by dividing the common electrode by a partition opening and form a capacitance with a position input body and detect an input position. The position detection line is arranged on an upper layer side or a lower layer side with the common electrode and connected to the position detection electrode. The pixel connection line extends in parallel with the partition opening and is connected to the pixel electrode. The shield electrode extends overlapping with the partition opening and is on a same layer as the position detection line and connected to the position detection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11183136
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including gate lines, data lines, and pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines and a driving circuit which controls the display panel in response to an image signal, a control signal, and a mode signal from an outside to display an image through the display panel. The driving circuit converts the image signal to data voltage signals corresponding to a first gamma curve to apply the data voltage signals to the data lines when the mode signal represents a normal mode and converts the image signal to data voltage signals corresponding to a second gamma curve different from the first gamma curve to apply the data voltage signals to the data lines when the mode signal represents a frequency variable mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongkeon Kim, Seonghyeon Kim, Suji Han