Patents Examined by Robert J Michaud
  • Patent number: 11209657
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking the position of a head-mounted display (HMD) system component, such as a wearable HMD device or a hand-held controller. The HMD component may include a support structure that carries a plurality of angle sensitive detectors that are able to detect the angle of arrival of light emitted from a light source. A processor causes light sources to emit light according a specified pattern, and receive sensor data from the plurality of angle sensitive detectors. The processor may process the received sensor data using machine learning or other techniques to track a position of the head-mounted display component based on the processing of the received sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Hudman, Alan Yates, Gordon Wayne Stoll, Evan Fletcher
  • Patent number: 11181975
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for assigning security profiles comprises receiving bounded region information that is located within a defined region associated with a user from an augmented reality device (ARD) associated with the user. A bounded region is created from the bounded region information. A first set of selectable entities, such as subjects for whom the security profile is being applied and/or secure elements, such as cabinets, doors, or computer resources, are selected as those being within the bounded region information. A security profile to the first set of selectable entities is then applied relative to a second set of selectable entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Ghuge, Sasikanth Eda, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11181992
    Abstract: Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for computing. An apparatus may include a display screen of a computing device, and an on-screen input interface controller co-located with the display screen. The apparatus may also include a receiver co-located with the display screen to wirelessly receive an off-screen input from an off-screen input support device of the computing device. The off-screen input support device may be separately located from the display screen. The on-screen input interface controller may process an on-screen input provided via an interaction between an on-screen input device and the display screen. In addition, the on-screen input interface controller may further process the off-screen input received by the receiver. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Vinaya Kumar Chandrasekhara
  • Patent number: 11176907
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a video data display device including a plurality of driving circuit. Each driving circuit includes a status controller, a data receiver, an output data generation unit, and an output buffer. The status controller couples with the data receiver, the output data generation unit, and the output buffer. The status controller generates a status signal based on the operation information of the data receiver, the output data generation unit, or the output buffer. The status controller transmits the status signal to the status controller of other driving circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Chyun Chen, Chih-Hsiung Lin, Shu-Yang Lin, Shang-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 11176892
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including first and second display regions and first and second non-display regions; a plurality of first pixels in the first display region; a plurality of second pixels in the second display region; a plurality of first scan stage circuits in the first non-display region, the first scan stage circuits configured to provide a scan signal to the first pixels; a plurality of second scan stage circuits in the second non-display region, the second scan stage circuits configured to provide a scan signal to the second pixels; a plurality of dummy scan stage circuits in the second non-display region, the dummy scan stage circuits being between the second scan stage circuits; and a scan bridge line in the second non-display region, the scan bridge line connecting one second scan stage circuit among the second scan stage circuits and a dummy scan stage circuit adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Taeg Jung, Hyun Chol Bang, Ju Hee Hyeon
  • Patent number: 11175875
    Abstract: Provided are an eyeglass-mounted image display device capable of adjusting the interval between, height of, and elevation/depression angle of viewers detachably attached to eyeglasses, and an image display system using the eyeglass-mounted image display device. The eyeglass-mounted image display device includes: viewers 7 displaying an image from an endoscope serving as an image output apparatus; and eyeglasses 1 to which the viewers 7 are detachably attached via an attaching member 8. The viewers 7 are disposed in front of lenses 3 of the eyeglasses 1, and the interval between, height of, and elevation/depression angle of the viewers 7 are adjustable with the attaching member 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HOGY MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Nagai
  • Patent number: 11169598
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to: present a virtual reality space having at least one defined and non-defined region; control a point-of-view location and a direction-of-view orientation based on sensors configured to sense the user in a real-world play space; receive input to move by means other than said sensors; determine if the requested point-of-view location is allowed or not allowed wherein a location is not allowed if any physical locations in the play space correspond to point-of-view locations in the virtual reality space that lie within a non-defined region and if the requested point-of-view location is not allowed, determine at least one of: (i) a compromise point-of-view location; (ii) a compromise direction-of-view orientation; (iii) a compromise point-of-view location and direction-of-view orientation; (iv) a compromise physical position of the user in the real-world play space; and present the virtual reality space from/with the at least one of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jussi Artturi Leppänen, Sujeet Shyamsundar Mate
  • Patent number: 11169643
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a touch panel and a controller for the touch panel. The touch panel includes a support substrate, a plurality of X electrodes disposed on the support substrate, a plurality of Y electrodes disposed on the support substrate in such a manner that each of the plurality of Y electrodes intersects the plurality of X electrodes and is isolated from the plurality of X electrodes, and an insulating layer covering the plurality of X electrodes and the plurality of Y electrodes. A mutual capacitance generated between an X electrode and a Y electrode decreases when a surface of the second insulating layer is touched by a pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haga, Daisuke Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11163366
    Abstract: A sensor detects contact of a finger of a user who grips a casing. A determination unit determines whether sensor information on a contact position of the finger detected by the sensor matches preset reference position information. A notification unit notifies the user of at least one of an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger is shifted from a reference position and an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger matches the reference position when the sensor information matches the reference position information. A tactile stimulus generation unit 105 provides a tactile stimulus for the user gripping the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsufumi Shoji, Toshiki Wada
  • Patent number: 11158266
    Abstract: A display device includes a frame frequency detector, a data generator, a data driver, and a plurality of pixels. The frame frequency detector is configured to detect a varied frame frequency to generate frame frequency information. The data generator is configured to receive an image signal and the frame frequency information, confirm an expanded frame period exceeding a reference frame period in one frame from the frame frequency information, and correct an image data signal corresponding to the image signal to correspond to a luminance changed according to the expanded frame period. The data driver is configured to output a data voltage corresponding to the image data signal. The plurality of pixels is configured to emit luminance corresponding to the data voltage. The reference frame period is a period in which the plurality of pixels is configured to emit light with a constant luminance corresponding to the data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Yeol Baek, Weon Jun Choe, Kwang Suk Shin
  • Patent number: 11151924
    Abstract: A display driver includes a still image detector configured to receive a compressed image bitstream at an input frame frequency from a host processor, and to detect a still image by comparing the compressed image bitstream of a current frame and the compressed image bitstream of a previous frame, a driving frequency changer configured to output the compressed image bitstream at a first output frame frequency equal to the input frame frequency when the still image is not detected, and to output the compressed image bitstream at a second output frame frequency lower than the input frame frequency when the still image is detected, and a decoder configured to generate original image data at the first output frame frequency and the second output frame frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Roh, Sangan Kwon, Sehyuk Park, Hyo Jin Lee, HongSoo Kim, Sukhun Lee
  • Patent number: 11145274
    Abstract: A color difference adjustment image data generation method includes generating a color signal conversion table, generating adjusted image data, and generating color difference adjustment image data. The color signal conversion table is used for converting color signals in one of a color difference adjustment image data generating device and a display device into color signals in the other. The adjusted image data is generated by adjusting image data of a display object so that color of an image of the display object being displayed by the color difference adjustment image data generating device according to the image data matches color of the display object. The color difference adjustment image data is generated based on the adjusted image data and the color signal conversion table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SANYO-CYP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Yamamura
  • Patent number: 11144136
    Abstract: A mouse capable of receiving a stylus pen, characterized in that: a housing space capable of receiving a stylus pen is provided in the mouse, where the housing space forms an opening at a side of the mouse, and the stylus pen is placed inside the opening and is fixed in the housing space. An objective of the present invention is to provide a mouse capable of receiving a stylus pen, to store the stylus pen into the mouse, so as to reduce space occupied by peripheral devices and avoid making a working environment in a mess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: DEXIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ho Lung Lu
  • Patent number: 11144091
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using one or more sensors, an orientation of a wearable device; determining, using a processor, whether the orientation corresponds to an inactive orientation; and providing, responsive to determining that the orientation corresponds to the inactive orientation, a power off notification to a user of the wearable device. A method, including: detecting, using an audio capture device operatively coupled to a wearable device, environmental audio, wherein the wearable device is an augmented reality device; identifying, using a processor, augmented reality contents presented on a display of the wearable device; determining, using a processor, whether the environmental audio and the augmented reality contents correspond to a similar context; and presenting, responsive to determining that the environmental audio and the augmented reality contents do not correspond to the similar context, a power save option to a user. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Song Wang, Mengnan Wang, Hong Xiong, Zhenyu Yang
  • Patent number: 11137606
    Abstract: There are provided an image element configured to emit imaging light, a case member configured to house the image element, and a light shielding plate that is attached to a positioning portion provided on the case member and that defines an emission region for imaging light from the image element, thereby attaching the light shielding plate to the case member with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Takagi, Yoshitaka Hama, Takuya Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11132938
    Abstract: A display device includes: pixels; and a power converter for receiving a first voltage, converting the first voltage to a second voltage, and providing an output terminal with the second voltage to control the pixels. The power converter includes: a first variable load connected to the output terminal of the power converter; a first comparator for providing a comparison result by comparing a difference between a first feedback voltage of the first voltage and a second feedback voltage of the second voltage; and a gap controller for controlling a magnitude of the first variable load to maintain the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage to be greater than or equal to a gap, based on the comparison result received from the first comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Yang Uk Nam
  • Patent number: 11132981
    Abstract: The present disclosure disclosed a display information processing device and method suitable for a host system, the method comprises: determining whether specification of interfaces of a plurality of extended display devices connected to extension interfaces conforms to the default specification of interfaces of the host system; calling drivers corresponding to a plurality of extended display devices from the host system to drive the plurality of extended display devices with the specification of interfaces conforming to the default specification of interfaces of the host system; obtaining resolution information from the plurality of extended display devices, respectively; determining a common resolution from the resolution information of the plurality of extended display devices; and outputting display information of a main display device to the plurality of extended display devices based on the common resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: DongFang Huang, PingQiang Ning, Arthur Lee
  • Patent number: 11093209
    Abstract: In a collaborative virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) session, different users wearing head-mounted devices HMDs may leave the xR session and new HMD-wearing users may join. The HMD worn by the joining user may be calibrated based on the physical characteristics, such as ambient noise and interference, of physical environment in which the xR session is conducted. An HMD may generate a profile of the noise and interference in the environment that adversely affects the ability for the communicating directly via supported transmission mechanisms. The profile may be provided directly to the joining HMD, allowing the joining HMD to quickly calibrate the transmission mechanisms included in the received profile to the particular sources of noise and interference in the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Anantha K. Boyapalle, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Philip M. Seibert, Karthikeyan Krishnakumar
  • Patent number: 11094244
    Abstract: A scanning circuit, a driver circuit, a touch display panel, a receiving switching circuit and a driving method are disclosed. The scanning circuit includes a function switching circuit and a plurality of shift register units that are cascaded. Each shift register units includes a control terminal and a shift scanning output terminal, and is configured to output a first output signal at the shift scanning output terminal; the function switching circuit includes a mode switching input terminal, a control signal output terminal and a mode scanning output terminal, and the control signal output terminal and the mode scanning output terminal are respectively connected to the control terminals and the shift scanning output terminals of the plurality of shift register units. The function switching circuit is configured to output the control signal to the control terminals or to output a second output signal to the shift scanning output terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shifeng Xu, Xiaodong Xie, Min He, Tengfei Zhong, Xinxiu Zhang, Bin Pang, Yuan Li
  • Patent number: 11086441
    Abstract: The smartphone includes an I/F unit that can be coupled with an HMD, a touch sensor, and a mode switching unit. The mode switching unit is configured to switch, depending on whether the I/F unit is coupled with the HMD, between a first mode in which an input detected by the touch sensor is received as an input in an absolute coordinate, and a second mode in which an input detected by the touch sensor is received as an input in a relative coordinate, to execute the first mode or the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Okano, Shinichi Kobayashi