Patents Examined by Renan Luque
  • Patent number: 10836310
    Abstract: A light source control device for a vehicle is provided with a low beam and a high beam that are connected in series, an LED driving circuit that supplies electricity to the low beam and the high beam, and a first switch of which one end is connected to between the low beam and the high beam and the other end is connected to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuya Takagaki
  • Patent number: 10840604
    Abstract: An antenna system for receiving and transmitting wireless signals includes a first complex antenna including a first dielectric layer, a first metal grounding sheet, first to fourth antenna arrays and a first transmission line device for transmitting radio-frequency signals to the first to fourth antenna arrays, a second complex antenna including a second dielectric layer, a second metal grounding sheet, fifth to eighth antenna arrays and a second transmission line device for transmitting radio-frequency signals to the fifth to eighth antenna arrays, and a feeding device, for alternatively outputting radio-frequency signals to the first complex antenna and the second complex antenna via the first and second transmission line devices, and switching phases of the radio-frequency signals outputted to the first to eighth antenna arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Geng Jan, Chieh-Sheng Hsu
  • Patent number: 10834796
    Abstract: A method of controlling one or more luminaires arranged to illuminate an area covered by at least one presence sensor, the method comprising: receiving from a user a selection of a lighting scene to be rendered; controlling at least one of the luminaires to render the selected lighting scene; determining a timeout duration for the luminaires based on the selected lighting scene; using the at least one presence sensor to monitor the area for presence indicators when rendering the selected lighting scene; and automatically switching the luminaires to a low-power mode if no presence indicator is detected in the area for the determined timeout duration when rendering the selected lighting scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Remco Magielse, Daniel Martin Georgen, Leendert Teunis Rozendaal
  • Patent number: 10834794
    Abstract: An LED lighting device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an LED array; a first control unit for controlling the dimming of the LED array; a second control unit for transmitting, to the first control unit, a dimming control signal for controlling the dimming of the LED array; and a transformer comprising a primary coil and a secondary coil spaced apart from each other, wherein the first control unit is connected to the primary coil, the second control unit is connected to the secondary coil, the primary coil and the secondary coil are insulated from each other, the transformer transmits a pulse signal that repeats on/off at predetermined intervals from the first control unit to the second control unit, and, when the pulse signal transmitted from the first control unit to the second control unit via the transformer becomes off, the dimming control signal is transmitted from the second control unit to the first control unit via the transformer and is used to control the dimming of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Woong Jo, Jong Hyun Lee, Jae Ho Choi, Min Hak Kim, Min Su Seo, Seung Wan Baek
  • Patent number: 10827576
    Abstract: A control device may have a plurality of buttons that may be backlit to multiple levels, such as first, second, and third adjacent buttons positioned in order, and first, second, and third LEDs positioned to illuminate a respective button. The control device may be configured to illuminate the first LED to a first LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a first surface illumination intensity; illuminate the third LED to a second LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to a second surface illumination intensity; and illuminate the second LED to a third LED illumination intensity to illuminate the respective button to the second surface illumination intensity. The third LED illumination intensity may be less than the second LED illumination intensity, which may be less than the first LED illumination intensity, and the second surface illumination intensity may be less than the first surface illumination intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Philip McDonald, Daniel L. Twadell, Jason C. Killo
  • Patent number: 10827583
    Abstract: An apparatus for an LED driver with a silicon-controlled dimmer, can include: a bleeder circuit coupled to a DC bus of the LED driver, and being configured to draw a bleeder current from the DC bus; and a controller configured to adjust the bleeder current to decrease in accordance with a first current sampling signal that represents a drive current flowing through an LED load after the silicon-controlled dimmer transitions from an off state to an on state. A method of controlling an LED driver can include: drawing a bleeder current from a DC bus of the LED driver; and controlling the bleeder current in accordance with a first current sampling signal representing a drive current flowing through an LED load to decrease after the silicon-controlled dimmer transitions from an off state to an on state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventors: Longqi Wang, Jianxin Wang
  • Patent number: 10827595
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for transmission of control data is provided. Application software executed on a smart phone or other computing device communicates with lighting fixtures or other configurable devices to automatically detect and pair with the devices without requiring a user to go through a pairing process. Additionally, the application software automatically places the devices in groups to coordinate the operation of those devices without requiring any complicated programming effort by a user. Further, the application software instructs each group of devices to provide a particular output or result, which may be different from group to group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHAUVET & SONS, LLC
    Inventors: Allan Reiss, Raglan Jones, Toby Freeman
  • Patent number: 10819017
    Abstract: An antenna system and a mobile terminal are provided. The antenna system includes a metal frame, a mainboard received inside the metal frame, and a first feeding point, a second feeding point, a first grounding point and a second grounding point provided on the mainboard. The metal frame includes a bottom frame separated by the breach into a first radiation portion located at the bottom left corner and a second radiation portion located at the bottom right corner. A first antenna is formed by feeding of the first feeding point, a second antenna is formed by feeding of the second feeding point, a working frequency of the first antenna covers LTE low frequency, and the working frequencies of the first antenna and the second antenna cover LTE intermediate frequency and high frequency & 3.4-3.8 GHz & C frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Haichuan Gu
  • Patent number: 10814777
    Abstract: A sequential lighting device may include a power supply device configured for supplying the input power of a predetermined waveform, a sequential control circuit, which is an analog circuit, sequentially operated depending upon the input power to generate a sequential operation signal, and a switching circuit for turning on or off a plurality of light sources of a lamp module depending upon the sequential operation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Corporation, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Na, Dong-Jin Park, Seung-Jin Lee, Gwon-Hak Lee, Jung-Bin Kim, Sung-Uk Choi
  • Patent number: 10798792
    Abstract: A control device for controlling power delivered to an electrical load may illuminate an area around a button of the control device, such as a gap formed between the button and an opening of a faceplate of the control device. The control device may illuminate the gap to provide a nightlight feature, to provide feedback (e.g., a status of the electrical load), and/or to indicate a selected preset. The button may have a cap portion that may be actuated by a user and a diffuser portion that may contact a rear surface of the cap portion and may conduct light emitted by an internal light source to illuminate the gap around the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthew P. McDonald, Sean Tucker
  • Patent number: 10791605
    Abstract: A lamp module includes a drive circuit; a first light source; a second light source; and a switching circuit configured to receive a switching signal for indicating switching between a first function and a second function, and to control a first switch and a second switch such that the first switch is in an on state and the second switch is in an off state while the first function is indicated, the first switch is in an off state and the second switch is in an on state while the second function is indicated, and both the first switch and the second switch are in the on states at a time of switching between the first function and the second function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Hironori Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10773640
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for dynamically controlling the luminance of a tail light of a vehicle tail lamp in response to a change in the difference of speed between a vehicle and a vehicle therebehind, and for preventing a collision between the traveling vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventor: Gyeongjune Park
  • Patent number: 10779374
    Abstract: A driving device for driving a light-emitting element includes a bridge rectifier, a first capacitor, an inductive control circuit, a transformer, a power switch element, an output stage circuit, and a controller. The bridge rectifier generates a rectified voltage. The inductive control circuit includes an inductor, and adjusts an inductive current through the inductor according to the rectified voltage and a first control voltage. The first control voltage is selectively used to perform a PFM (Pulse Frequency Modulation) operation. The transformer generates a transformation voltage according to the inductive voltage of the inductor. The output stage circuit generates an output voltage according to the transformation voltage. The light-emitting element determines whether to generate light according to the output voltage. The controller detects the rectified voltage, and determines the first control voltage according to the rectified voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Tzu-Tseng Chan
  • Patent number: 10763081
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods that manipulate the amplitude and phase of the voltage or current of an edge ring. The apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck having a chucking electrode embedded therein for chucking a substrate to the electrostatic chuck. The apparatus further includes a baseplate underneath the substrate to feed RF power to the substrate. The apparatus further includes an edge ring disposed over the electrostatic chuck. The apparatus further includes an edge ring electrode located underneath the edge ring. The apparatus further includes a radio frequency (RF) circuit including a first variable capacitor coupled to the edge ring electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Linying Cui, James Rogers
  • Patent number: 10763085
    Abstract: Plasma source assemblies comprising an RF hot electrode having a body and at least one return electrode spaced from the RF hot electrode to provide a gap in which a plasma can be formed. An RF feed is connected to the RF hot electrode at a distance from the inner peripheral end of the RF hot electrode that is less than or equal to about 25% of the length of the RF hot electrode. The RF hot electrode can include a leg and optional triangular portion near the leg that extends at an angle to the body of the RF hot electrode. A cladding material on one or more of the RF hot electrode and the return electrode can be variably spaced or have variable properties along the length of the plasma gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kallol Bera, Dmitry A. Dzilno, Anantha K. Subramani, John C. Forster, Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10763070
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low pressure wire ion plasma discharge source including an elongated ionization chamber housing at least two parallel anode wires extending longitudinally within the ionization chamber. A first of the at least two anode wires is connected to a DC voltage supply and a second of the at least two anode wires is connected to a pulsed voltage supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LASER SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS OF EUROPE
    Inventors: Paul Ceccato, Hervé Besaucèle
  • Patent number: 10757786
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling irradiated light of a forklift according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in including: a lamp driving unit for controlling an illumination angle of a lamp that illuminates a forklift; a fork position sensing unit provided at one side of the forklift or a carriage, and sensing a lifted position of a fork; and a control unit for controlling the illumination angle of the lamp through the lamp driving unit according to the lifted position of the forklift, when the lifted position is input from the fork position sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: DOOSAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jin Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 10750594
    Abstract: A switched capacitor array having a plurality of capacitors arranged in a plurality of branches having different numbers of capacitors, and a plurality of switches connected to selectively couple the capacitors across the input or the output may be used for powering a variety of loads. A switched LED array may be dynamically configured based on a voltage supplied thereto, which may be supplied by a switched capacitor array. A lighting apparatus may be provided with first and second blocks, each block comprising a switched capacitor array, a switched LED array, and a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Milen Moussakov, Gregory Bernard Sheehan
  • Patent number: 10750598
    Abstract: Lighting systems and methods for lighting fixture location mapping, for example, using a combination of photosensing readings and/or other sensors to identify a correct mapping. These systems and methods may be used to resolve ambiguities that could not be resolved using other processes, such an auto-commissioning method that identifies more than one possible mapping of the lighting fixtures to spatial locations. Such ambiguities are typically found in floor plans that are symmetrical. The systems and methods of the present invention record and utilize environmental profiles, such as ambient lighting levels and occupancy patterns, to match lighting fixtures to their respective spatial locations and provide resolution to ambiguities in an auto-commissioning method that identifies more than one possible mapping of the lighting fixtures to spatial locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Mathan Kumar Gopal Samy, Jia Hu, Maulin Dahyabhai Patel
  • Patent number: 10748738
    Abstract: Provided herein are approaches for increasing efficiency of ion sources. In some embodiments, an apparatus, such as an ion source, may include a chamber housing having a first end wall and a second end wall, and an extraction plate coupled to at least one of the first end wall and the second end wall. The extraction plate may include an extraction aperture. The apparatus may further include a tubular cathode extending between the first end wall and the second end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Bon-Woong Koo, Svetlana Radovanov, Frank Sinclair, You Chia Li, Peter Ewing, Ajdin Sarajlic, Christopher A. Rowland, Nunzio Carbone