Patents Examined by Ryan A Lubitz
  • Patent number: 11829677
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting, by a plurality of drive sense circuits of an interactive display device, a plurality of signals on a plurality of electrodes of the interactive display device. A writing passive device is identified based on a first plurality of changes detected in the electrical characteristics of the set of electrodes. Written user notion data is determined based on detecting movement of the writing passive device in relation to the interactive display device, and the written user notation data is displayed. An erasing passive device is identified based on a second plurality of changes detected in the electrical characteristics of the set of electrodes. Erased portions of the written user notation data is determined based on detecting movement of the erasing passive device in relation to the interactive display device, and the updated written user notation data is displayed based on no longer displaying the erased portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Kevin Joseph Derichs
  • Patent number: 11662850
    Abstract: A solid-state switch for an external system includes a cover member, a first solid-state transducer, a second transducer, a microcontroller, a user feedback device, and a switching circuit. The first transducer is mechanically coupled to the cover member and configured to generate first signals in response to a perturbation at the cover member. The second transducer is configured to generate second signals in response to the perturbation. The microcontroller is configured to obtain first data from the first signals, second data from the second signals, and determine user inputs in accordance with at least the first data, the second data, and an operational state of the solid-state switch. The user feedback device is configured to provide feedback to a user of the switch in accordance with a switching behavior of the switching circuit. The second transducer is configured as a proximity sensor for detecting proximity of an object to the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: UltraSense Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Wright, Hao-Yen Tang, Chien-Te Lee, Mo Maghsoudnia
  • Patent number: 11580874
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for automated attention assessment. According to one method, a method for automated attention assessment includes obtaining head and iris positions of a user using a camera while the user watches a display screen displaying a video containing dynamic region-based stimuli designed for identifying a neurodevelopmental and/or psychiatric (neurodevelopmental/psychiatric) disorder; analyzing the head and iris positions of the user to detect attention assessment information associated with the user, wherein the attention assessment information indicates how often and/or how long the user attended to one or more regions of the display screen while watching the video; determining that the attention assessment information is indicative of the neurodevelopmental/psychiatric disorder; and providing, via a communications interface, the attention assessment information, a diagnosis, or related data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Guillermo Sapiro, Geraldine Dawson, Matthieu Bovery, Jordan Hashemi
  • Patent number: 11579702
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel including a folding area and non-folding areas on both sides of the folding area. The display device also includes a support substrate disposed under the display panel. The support substrate includes a plurality of openings disposed in the folding area, and a plurality of press structures disposed in the non-folding areas. Therefore, it is possible to implement a display device that provides a tactile feedback for each touch input area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangmin Woo, JunHyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 11543881
    Abstract: A system for displaying an image of a virtual space on a display obtains detection data from position detection sensors, the position detection sensors including a position detection sensor attached to a user. The system calculates a distance between a pair of the position detection sensors based on the detection data, and sets, based on the distance, a boundary for determining a motion of the user. The system determines, when the motion of the user occurs, whether a positional relationship between one of the position detection sensors and the boundary satisfies a condition, and, responsive to the positional relationship satisfying the condition, executes an action corresponding to the motion of the user in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventor: Robin Boucher
  • Patent number: 11429208
    Abstract: A display device may include a display part, a sensor, an actuator, and a control device. The display part may include an operation surface on which a touch operation is performed by a user. The sensor may detect a displacement of the display part by the touch operation. The actuator may be configured to vibrate the display part. The control device may be configured to vibrate the display part with the actuator when the displacement of the display part by the touch operation is detected. The display part may be displaceable between a restriction position for restricting the displacement of the display part via the actuator and an allowance position for allowing the displacement of the display part via the actuator. The control device may be further configured to adjust the display part into the allowance position when a user operation for the touch operation is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Yoshitani, Tatsuo Nakaya
  • Patent number: 11366519
    Abstract: A relative position based eye tracking system includes a light source to illuminate a portion of the eye and an optical sensor to capture a sequence of samples of the portion of the eye. The system further includes a sample comparator to compare two samples and a relative position calculator to calculate a change in the position of the eye based on data from the sample comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Baker Ngan, D. Scott Dewald, Andrew John Gross, Edward Chia Ning Tang, Jindrich Semenec, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, William Tze-Tse Chien
  • Patent number: 11347353
    Abstract: Provided is a method of performing a half-shutter function using optical object recognition, the method including: displaying a shutter button on a display panel by driving a portion of a plurality of light sources included in the display panel, the portion of the plurality of light sources being disposed corresponding to an object recognition window of the display panel; obtaining a first image based on reflected light received by an object recognition sensor through the object recognition window while driving the portion of the plurality of light sources; determining whether the first image includes a first object, the first object having a half-shutter state; and based on a determination that the first image includes the first object having the half-shutter state, performing a half-shutter process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moonkyu Song, Seongwook Song, Soongeun Jang
  • Patent number: 11231800
    Abstract: A touch substrate includes a base, a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in an array on the base, and a plurality of signal lines disposed on a side of the plurality of touch electrodes proximate to or away from the base. The plurality of signal lines include a plurality of touch lines and a plurality of dummy touch lines. At least one of the plurality of touch electrodes is coupled to at least one of the plurality of touch lines. The at least one touch line is configured to transmit touch signals. The at least one touch electrode is coupled to at least one of the plurality of dummy touch lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinguo Wu, Fengguo Wang, Zhixuan Guo, Hong Liu, Bo Ma, Yu Feng, Shicheng Song