Patents Examined by Robert J Michaud
  • Patent number: 11340713
    Abstract: A system including a first device with a surface and an identification feature that includes or encodes machine-readable data related to the surface, and a second device including a sensor and one or more processors coupled to the sensor that are configured to determine a relative displacement of the second device as it is moved along the surface of the first device. The second device receives the machine-readable data related to the surface from the identification features from the first device and configures the second device to determine the relative displacement along the surface differently (e.g., improves displacement tracking) based on the machine-readable data related to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Chauvin, François Morier
  • Patent number: 11314332
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is connected to a device having a button that can be pressed within a prescribed movement range, detecting the push-in position when the button is pressed, and being capable of presenting a resistance force against a pressing force of the button and that determines control information indicating the magnitude of the resistance force to be presented, which relates to the push-in position of the button on the basis of a determination standard that includes at least one of the number of pressing actions, past maximum push-in position, and duration of pressing operation of the button of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Doucet, Masayuki Yamada, Hideyuki Uchida
  • Patent number: 11315515
    Abstract: A GOA circuit is provided according to implementations of the disclosure. The GOA circuit includes multiple cascaded GOA units. Each GOA unit includes a first pull-down control module, a second pull-down control module, and a pull-down holding module. A type of at least one thin film transistor (TFT) in at least one of the first pull-down control module or the second pull-down control module is different from that of a TFT in the pull-down holding module. A display panel and an electronic device are further provided according to implementations of the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Yin, Ji Ha Kim
  • Patent number: 11302282
    Abstract: A display apparatus, including a display; an interface configured to couple with a dongle, wherein the dongle and the display apparatus are configured to use different operating systems; a user input device; and at least one processor configured to, based on receiving a first execution image of an application from the dongle, display the first execution image on an area of the display, based on receiving a user operation at a point within the area, convert first coordinate information representing a location of the point relative to the display into second coordinate information representing the location of the point relative to the area, and transmit the second coordinate information to the dongle, and based on receiving a second execution image of the application from the dongle, display the second execution image, wherein the second execution image is generated by the dongle based on the second coordinate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunsok Kang
  • Patent number: 11296234
    Abstract: A display device includes a first transistor including a gate electrode, a second transistor including a lower gate electrode, an upper gate electrode, and a first end portion electrically connected to an end portion of the first transistor, a lower gate signal line extending in a first direction, an upper gate signal line disposed on the lower gate signal line and extending in a first direction, and a first connection pattern disposed on the upper gate signal line, electrically connecting the gate electrode and a second end portion of the second transistor, and intersecting the lower gate signal line and the upper gate signal line. An entirety of the upper gate signal line overlaps a part of the lower gate signal line in an overlapping area in which the lower gate signal line or the upper gate signal line overlaps the first connection pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Sik Joo, Seok Je Seong, Kyung Hyun Baek, Hyeon Woo Shin
  • Patent number: 11294516
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for detection of a protective cover film on a capacitive touch screen are described. A device may include a capacitive touch screen having a surface and a sensor grid underneath the surface having a set of conductive columns and a set of conductive rows. The device may measure a mutual capacitance between a subset of conductive columns or a subset of conductive rows associated with a sensor grid, and compare the measured mutual capacitance between the subset of conductive columns or the subset of conductive rows to a baseline mutual capacitance associated with the set of conductive columns and the set of conductive rows. According to the comparison, the device may determine a presence of a protective layer in contact with the surface of the capacitive touch screen, and adjust an operating characteristic of the sensor grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Stacy Withers, David Johnson, Hrishikesh Panchawagh
  • Patent number: 11270666
    Abstract: Method and system for synchronizing preferences between multiple displays, including receiving, at a first display device, a signal indicating a second display device is coupled to the first display device and in a powered-on state; receiving, at the first display device, model information of the second display device indicating that the second display device is supported; comparing, at the first display device, a supported protocol version of the first display device and the supported protocol version of the second display device to identify a lowest supported protocol version of the supported protocol version of the first display device and the supported protocol version of the second display device; setting, by the first display device, a lowest supported protocol version indicator as the lowest supported protocol version among the supported protocol version of the first display device and the supported protocol version of the second display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Vui Khen Thien, Dung Loung Hii
  • Patent number: 11257437
    Abstract: A pixel of a light-emitting display device includes a capacitor, a first transistor, a second transistor including a gate receiving a gate writing signal, a third transistor including a gate receiving a scan signal, a fourth transistor including a gate receiving a gate initialization signal, a fifth transistor including a gate receiving a first emission signal, a sixth transistor including a gate receiving a second emission signal, and a light-emitting diode. The scan signal and the gate writing signal may be provided at a first frequency, and the first emission signal, the second emission signal and the gate initialization signal may be provided at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Joon Kim, Jun Ki Jeong
  • Patent number: 11249312
    Abstract: An optical device includes a display that emits light toward a lightguide. Display light reflects from lightguide surfaces by total internal reflection (TIR). The display is mounted proximate to the lightguide. The optical device includes a first surface at an eye-side of the optical device and a second surface at a world-side. The optical device includes a first material having a first Abbe number and a second material having a second Abbe number different from the first Abbe number. The first material and the second material cause a color correction to light from the display or alters a chromatic aberration of the light from the display. A head mountable frame supports the display and the lightguide including the first and second materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ozan Cakmakci, Daniel Corbalan, Benjamin McLaughlin Gallant, Carlin Vieri, Juseok Lee
  • Patent number: 11244651
    Abstract: Disclosed is a color gamut matching method. The method includes: obtaining image data to be matched of a source terminal; establishing a preliminary matching relationship between the image data to be matched and image data to be output of a display terminal according to color gamut data coordinates of the source terminal and color gamut data coordinates of the display terminal; obtaining preliminary image data to be output of the display terminal according to the preliminary matching relationship; and accurately matching the preliminary image data to be output of the display terminal according to a 3D look-up table to obtain accurate image data to be displayed of the display terminal. Further disclosed are a color gamut matching device, a display terminal and a readable storage medium. The present disclosure can solve the color distortion of the display color gamut and improve the display effect of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhang, Renli Xie
  • Patent number: 11244997
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate, a plurality of data lines disposed in a display area on the base substrate, wherein at least a portion of the data lines extend to a first peripheral area adjacent to the display area, a plurality of detour lines disposed in the display area, wherein at least a portion of the detour lines extend to the first peripheral area, and a data driver electrically connected to the data lines and the detour lines, wherein at least one of the data lines electrically contacts at least one of the detour lines in the first peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minjae Jeong, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Meehye Jung
  • Patent number: 11239399
    Abstract: For small, high-resolution, light-emitting diode (LED) displays, such as for a near-eye display in an artificial-reality headset, LEDs are spaced closely together. A backplane can be used to drive an array of LEDs in an LED display. A plurality of interconnects electrically couple the backplane with the array of LEDs. As spacing between LEDs becomes smaller than interconnect spacing, a thin-film circuit layer can be used to reduce a number or interconnects between the backplane and the array of LEDs, so that interconnect spacing can be larger than LED spacing. This can allow LEDs in the LED display to be more densely arranged while still allowing use of a silicon backplane with drive circuitry to control operation of the LEDs in the LED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, John Goward, Chloe Astrid Marie Fabien, Michael Grundmann
  • Patent number: 11237790
    Abstract: An image display device and a video wall including the same are disclosed. The image display device includes a housing, a display configured to display an image, a first wireless communication module disposed on one surface of the housing, and a second wireless communication module disposed at a position on an opposite surface of the housing corresponding to a position of the first wireless communication module. The first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module transmit and receive a signal through the same short-range communication method. Various other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daeseong Seo, Yanghyun Kim, Wonsik Kim, Jonggon Shin, Jongjin Woo
  • Patent number: 11232739
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device of the present disclosure comprises a communication unit, and a processor for: when receiving measurement information including color coordinate values of a display through the communication unit, calculating an average adjustment value for color coordinate values of a first region among multiple regions constituting the display by using the received measurement information; if color coordinate values at a boundary between the first region and a second region adjacent to the first region are continuous, adjusting, for each pixel, an adjustment value so that an adjustment amount of color coordinate values of the first region decreases as the adjustment amount gets closer to the boundary with reference to the average adjustment value; and if color coordinate values at the boundary between the first region and the second region are discontinuous, maintaining the adjustment amount at the average adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Howoong Kang
  • Patent number: 11222577
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and compensation method and driving method thereof, and a display device. The shift register unit includes: a shift register circuit having a detection node, the shift register circuit is configured to receive an input signal and a clock signal, and generate an output signal based on the clock signal under control of the input signal; and a detection circuit coupled to the detection node of the shift register circuit, the detection circuit is configured to generate a detection signal based on a potential of the detection node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE JOINT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li, Xing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11216086
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a user interaction system having a head unit for a user to wear and a totem that the user holds in their hand and determines the location of a virtual object that is seen by the user. A fusion routine generates a fused location of the totem in a world frame based on a combination of an EM wave and a totem IMU data. The fused pose may drift over time due to the sensor's model mismatch. An unfused pose determination modeler routinely establishes an unfused pose of the totem relative to the world frame. A drift is declared when a difference between the fused pose and the unfused pose is more than a predetermined maximum distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheng Wan
  • Patent number: 11216180
    Abstract: A rear seat entertainment (RSE) remote controller and a method thereof are provided. The RSE remote controller includes a sensing module provided with a sensing surface including a biometric sensor and configured to sense a biometric signal and a finger gesture of a user, a main processor configured to provide an AC current to the sensing module, and a short-range wireless communication module configured to transmit one of the sensed biometric signal or the sensed finger gesture to a rear seat monitor through wireless communication depending on an operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
  • Patent number: 11216130
    Abstract: Provided are a touch display panel and a method for preparing the touch display panel. The touch display panel includes a base substrate, a display substrate disposed on the base substrate, and a touch substrate disposed on the display substrate, wherein the display substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix, the pixel units each comprise a plurality of sub-pixels, the touch substrate comprises a touch electrode layer, the touch electrode layer comprises a plurality of hollow regions, and an orthographic projection of a hollow region on the base substrate contains an orthographic projection of at least one sub-pixel or at least one pixel unit on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Tan, Fei Yu
  • Patent number: 11216137
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a light emitting region defined by a pixel defining layer; and a touch sensor which is disposed on one surface of the display panel and includes a plurality of sensing electrodes and a plurality of sensing lines connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes. At least two sensing lines are disposed between light emitting regions adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Neung Kim, Chang Yong Jung, Do Hyun Kwon, Choong Youl Im
  • Patent number: 11210985
    Abstract: A signal processing method for maintaining a signal relative relationship and an electronic device thereof are provided. The signal processing method includes: detecting that a current input period of a vertical synchronization signal changes relative to a previous input period; determining whether a frequency difference between a pulse width modulation signal and the vertical synchronization signal is within an acceptable range, and when the frequency difference is not within the acceptable range, performing a frequency adjustment stage to adjust a period of the pulse width modulation signal to be close to the current input period; selectively performing a phase adjustment stage to adjust a phase of the pulse width modulation signal to a phase of the vertical synchronization signal; and maintaining a relative phase relationship between the pulse width modulation signal and the vertical synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Tzu-Min Yeh, Po-Hsien Wu