Patents Examined by T. Lam
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Patent number: 11675425Abstract: A personalisation system configured to perform head mounted display personalisation comprises a head mounted display ‘HMD’ includes: at least a first video camera, a simultaneous localization and mapping processor configured to detect feature points of a real world environment captured by the at least first video camera when the HMD is worn by a user, a user identification processor configured to identify the user responsive to at least a subset of the detected feature points of the real world environment, a personalisation processor configured to personalise at least a first aspect of presenting graphical content to the user with the HMD in response to identification of the user, and a storage processor operable to store, in a memory, personalisation information in association with the identification of the user for subsequent use.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: David Erwan Damien Uberti
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Patent number: 11675461Abstract: Disclosed are an infrared touch screen bezel for installing a functional assembly and a display terminal including the same. The infrared touch screen bezel (10) includes a frame body (11), a first infrared base panel (12), and a second infrared base panel (13); the first infrared base panel (12) and the second infrared base panel (13) are both arranged in a cavity (101) of the frame body (11), and a functional assembly (30) is arranged in a gap between the first infrared base panel (12) and the second infrared base panel (13); the first infrared base panel (12) and the second infrared base panel (13) are electrically connected through a first flexible circuit board (14). The above-mentioned infrared touch screen bezel (10) may greatly reduce the width of the frame required to install a functional assembly without affecting the infrared touch function.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN KTC COMMERCIAL DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Lu, Meng Yang, Zhenle Li, Zhifeng Lin, Wei Chen, Xiaolin Wan
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Patent number: 11671080Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes a level shifter coupled to receive a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage and configured to generate a first output signal and a second output signal in response to an input command signal and an edge detector configured to detect an edge on the second supply voltage and to sink a current from the level shifter in response to detection of the edge in order to prevent a change in logic state of the first output signal or the second output signal. The edge detector can include a positive edge detector configured to generate a positive edge signal in response to detection of a positive going edge of greater than a first predetermined slew rate and a negative edge detector configured to generate a negative edge signal in response to detection of a negative going edge of greater than a second predetermined slew rate.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLCInventors: Thomas Ross, James McIntosh
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Patent number: 11671103Abstract: A circuit for sensing local operating properties of an integrated circuit is disclosed. The circuit may include one or more sensor circuits configured to sense the local operating properties of the integrated circuit. The sensor circuits may receive a supply voltage with a magnitude in a limited range from a digital power supply that is different from the digital power supply that provides power to functional circuits in the integrated circuit. Level shifters may be coupled to the sensor circuits to shift output signals from the sensor circuits to levels that correspond to the digital power supply that provides power to functional circuits in the integrated circuit. Counters and a shift register may be coupled to the level shifters to receive the shifted output signals, the values of which may be used to determine the local operating properties of the integrated circuit as sensed by the sensor circuits.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ramy A. Ahmed, Bruno W. Garlepp, Jafar Savoj
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Patent number: 11670198Abstract: A flexible display panel and a rollable display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes: a base substrate having a display region, a pixel circuit disposed on the base substrate and located in the display region, and a first via hole defined in the display region. Wherein, at least one of the first via holes is provided between two adjacent pixel circuits.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Jianfeng Chen, Shuyuan Zhang
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Patent number: 11664857Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a monitoring signal associated with one or more antennas. The UE may identify, based at least in part on the monitoring signal, a blockage associated with the one or more antennas. The UE may perform a beam search using a decreased frequency of occurrence of tracking occasions for the one or more antennas based at least in part on the identification of the blockage associated with the one or more antennas. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jun Zhu, Mihir Vijay Laghate, Raghu Narayan Challa
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Patent number: 11656829Abstract: A control and display device for a vehicle includes a control element and an associated display area. In the display area are superimposed: a first layer that is opaque except for a translucent complex pictogram, the complex pictogram combining two separate elementary pictograms; two separate filtering areas, each filtering area having the shape of a corresponding single elementary pictogram, each filtering area transmitting wavelengths within a respective range, the respective ranges of wavelengths being disjoint; and a light source suitable for emitting within the respective different ranges of wavelengths, concomitantly or alternately. The two filtering areas are positioned between the light source and the complex pictogram on the opaque layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIEInventors: Christophe Cuvillier, Thibault Le Mesnil
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Patent number: 11658647Abstract: A switched delay section for an integrated circuit device is disclosed. The switched delay section includes a segmented inductor loop comprising a plurality of segments separated by nodes. A plurality of capacitors are coupled between the segmented inductor loop to provide a plurality of delay sections. An image loop is in electrical communication with the segmented inductor loop. The image loop includes a switch configured to place the plurality of capacitors in one of a high capacitance or a low capacitance state to provide a variable delay value.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: INTRINSIX CORP.Inventors: Kathiravan Krishnamurthi, Finbarr McGrath
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Patent number: 11658753Abstract: A signal measurement method and a communication apparatus to measure a downlink angle of departure (DAOD) more accurately. The method includes: receiving resource configuration information, where the resource configuration information includes configuration information of a first reference signal set, the first reference signal set includes M reference signals, N reference signals in the M reference signals are reference reference signals, M is greater than 1, and N is greater than or equal to 1; receiving the M reference signals; determining N first paths corresponding to the N reference reference signals, and separately determining M*N received powers of the M reference signals on the N first paths; and reporting a measurement result, where the measurement result includes K*N received powers in M*N received powers, K?M, and the first path is one of a plurality of paths corresponding to a reference reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Su Huang, Lei Chen
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Patent number: 11658723Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may operate in accordance with a full-duplex communication mode and may be scheduled for an uplink transmission without a simultaneous downlink reception. For example, the UE may actively operate both a first one or more antenna panels for transmission and a second one or more antenna panels for reception and, in scenarios in which the UE is performing an uplink transmission without simultaneously receiving a downlink transmission, the UE may use self-interference from the uplink transmission at the second one or more antenna panels for energy harvesting. For example, the UE may receive the self-interference associated with the uplink transmission at the second one or more antenna panels, may refrain from applying interference cancellation, and may instead use a received energy from the self-interference to power one or more components of the UE.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl, Ahmed Elshafie, Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, Muhammad Sayad Khairy Abdelghaffar
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Patent number: 11652533Abstract: Currently, user devices in a 5G/6G wireless network must perform a complex iteration procedure to align their directional transmission/reception beams toward the base station. Disclosed is a faster, simpler procedure to enable users with beamforming capability to align their beams. The base station transmits a series of sequential signals, all with the same amplitude, modulation, and spatial distribution. A user device can receive the signals using directional reception beams oriented in various directions, measuring the signal quality for each of the reception beams. The user device can then select the reception beam with the best signal quality, or it can interpolate between the two best beams to determine the optimal alignment direction toward the base station. A single user device (such as a new arrival) can align its beam, or all of the user devices in the network can optimize their beams simultaneously, saving time at very low resource cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLCInventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
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Patent number: 11650622Abstract: The present invention is a lighting device attached to the front of a camera device, such as a smartphone, and connected to the camera device to produce an appropriate lighting environment for the acquisition of good quality animal nose pattern images by taking into consideration such factors and ambient lighting as well as the color of the nose.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: ISCILAB CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeong In Choi, Stephanie Sujin Choi
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Patent number: 11652531Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to determining one of multiple antenna panels to use to receive downlink beams based on whether a configuration from a base station indicates an antenna panel associated with the downlink beam or in determining a number of repetitions of a downlink beam to receive in beam refinement.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yan Zhou, Tianyang Bai, Tao Luo
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Patent number: 11652476Abstract: The present invention provides an output buffer including a first transistor, a second transistor and a pad-tracking circuit is disclosed. The first transistor is coupled between a supply voltage and an output node, wherein the output node is coupled to a pad. The second transistor is coupled between the output node and a reference voltage. The pad-tracking circuit is coupled to the control circuit and the first transistor, and is configured to generate a gate control signal to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The output buffer is selectively operated in an input mode and a fail-safe mode, and when the output buffer switches between the input mode and the fail-safe mode and the supply voltage of the first transistor ramps up or ramps down, the pad-tracking circuit generates the gate control signal to the gate electrode of the first transistor according to the voltage of the pad.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Hsin-Cheng Hsu, Chien Wu
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Patent number: 11646301Abstract: A display device includes a circuit board and a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the circuit board. The circuit board includes a substrate and a plurality of signal lines disposed on the substrate. Each light-emitting unit includes a base board, at least one light-emitting element and a driving circuit layer. The light-emitting element is between the base board and the substrate. The driving circuit layer is between the light-emitting element and the base board, and electrically connected to the light-emitting element and the signal line.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chi-Ho Chang, Yang-En Wu
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Patent number: 11644522Abstract: In 5G and 6G, beam alignment remains an arduous, time-consuming process. Procedures are disclosed herein for rapid and efficient beam alignment, by configuring a phased-array antenna to emit a “triangular beam”, which is a wide beam that varies in angle from a high power at angle-1 to a low power at angle-2, with a ramp-like intensity variation in the region between the two angles. Then a second signal is emitted, with the triangular distribution reversed (higher power at angle-2). A receiver can then measure the as-received amplitudes from the two triangular beams, calculate the ratio of signal reception from the two beams, and thereby determine the alignment angle. In another version, the transmitter transmits two non-directional pulses, and the receiver detects them using a triangular sensitivity distribution versus angle. By either method, the devices can align their beams using just two triangle beam pulses, saving substantial time, resources, and background generation.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Ultralogic 6G, LLCInventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
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Patent number: 11645948Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tactile displays, for example electro-magnetic Braille displays. In certain disclosed embodiments, tactile displays may comprise capture plate assemblies. Such capture plate assemblies may be removable from tactile displays to facilitate cleaning and/or maintenance of the tactile display.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Tactile Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Moon, Thomas Baker, David A. Schleppenbach
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Patent number: 11647174Abstract: A method for testing crosstalk of a screen. The method includes when a main screen and a secondary screen simultaneously display pictures of different grayscales, determining a standard parameter value of crosstalk for each of the secondary screen and the main screen caused by the other; determining an actual parameter value of crosstalk for each of the secondary screen and the main screen caused by the other; calculating a degree of crosstalk for each of the secondary screen and the main screen caused by the other, according to the standard parameter value of crosstalk and actual parameter value of crosstalk for each of the secondary screen and the main screen caused by the other, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Shuanzhu Dong
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Patent number: 11640769Abstract: This specification generally discloses an apparatus, system and method for refreshable braille display. The apparatus can include a first base having a contact surface and a plurality of cavities. The contact surface can be configured to receive fingertips. The plurality of cavities can be recessed from the contact surface. A plurality of pins can be housed within the plurality of cavities and configured to move in the plurality of cavities to selectively extend from the contact surface of the first base. A plurality of solenoids can be configured to at least partially operably connect to the plurality of pins. A controller can be configured to selectively provide a first electric current to the plurality of solenoids to generate first magnetic fields through the plurality of solenoids. The first magnetic fields can be configured to selectively move the plurality of pins to extend from the contact surface of the first base.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Inventors: Abenezer Ayana, Mahamud Hussein, Lisan Hasnain
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Patent number: 11640201Abstract: A virtual reality-based eyeball tracking method and system are provided. Eyeball calibration data is presented to eyes of a user through a display, and then a binocular pupillary distance of the user is obtained through the eyeball calibration data. A left tracking camera captures reflected infrared light of a turned on left infrared light source, and a right tracking camera captures reflected infrared light of a turned on right infrared light source, so that tracking data of one eye is formed in each specific frame. Tracking data of the other eye in the specific frame is calculated according to the binocular pupillary distance and the tracking data of one eye. The tracking data of one eye and the tracking data of the other eye are arranged according to a time sequence of the specific frame to form binocular tracking data so as to complete eyeball tracking.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: QINGDAO PICO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Tao Wu