Patents Examined by Toan H Vu
  • Patent number: 11216076
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for multi-screen interaction are described. Content and objects from a first display on a first screen may be transferred to other displays on other screens using various gestures. In some embodiments, active regions on the first display correspond to various other displays, and gestures corresponding to the active regions allow content or objects on the first display to be transferred to the other displays. In some embodiments, the content may include audio content, which may be reproduced at various audio output devices selected from the first display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Vizetto Inc.
    Inventor: Avanindra Utukuri
  • Patent number: 11216035
    Abstract: A cover board and a display panel are provided. The cover board used for the display panel includes a cover board body and reinforcing ribs. The cover board body is made of a flexible material. The reinforcing ribs are disposed within the cover board body. An extension direction of at least part of the reinforcing ribs is perpendicular to a bending direction of the cover board body. The cover board body is provided with the reinforcing ribs to allow the extension direction of the part of the reinforcing ribs to be perpendicular to the bending direction of the cover board body, thereby improving a bending performance of the cover board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xia Chen
  • Patent number: 11216148
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for dynamically displaying database containers. A display packet including a first container and a second container may be received for display via a document. A display indication including a first display requirement for the first container and a second display requirement for the second container may be received. A display size of the document may be determined. A display status may be determined based on the display size, the display status corresponding to one of being greater than a breakpoint or being less than or equal to the breakpoint. The first container and the second container may be provided to the document. A determination may be made, based on the display status and the display indication, to hide the first container and display the second container. The second container may be displayed via the document while hiding the first container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MicroStrategy Incorporated
    Inventors: Keng-Fu Chu, Amy Dina Laresch, Yung-Sheng Chen, Rujun Dai, Zhili Cheng, Alejandro Olvera Velasco
  • Patent number: 11210049
    Abstract: A display control method and a terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input of a user on a first screen; switching a first program interface of a first program from being displayed on a second screen to being displayed on the first screen in response to the first input; and displaying a first floating window on the second screen. A first display content in the first floating window is updated synchronously with a second display content of the first program interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liuqing Gong, Qinghu Cui
  • Patent number: 11209970
    Abstract: The present application discloses methods, devices, and a system for an interaction between a terminal and a user. A method includes obtaining, by one or more processors, a first input, the first input being input via a first interaction mode, providing, by the one or more processors, an interface, the interface being displayed based at least in part on the first input, obtaining, by the one or more processors, a second input, the second input being input via a second interaction mode, the second interaction mode being different from the first interaction mode, and performing, by the one or more processors, a function corresponding to the interface, the function being based at least in part on one or more of the first input, the first interaction mode, the second input, and the second interaction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BANMA ZHIXING NETWORK (HONGKONG) CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Kan Xu, Wei Yao
  • Patent number: 11199954
    Abstract: A customized interactive computing environment may allow for a customized interactive user experience. The interactive computing environment may be defined by session parameters to customize a session of the interactive computing environment. The session parameters may include customized interactive user objectives that may be defined by a user. Each objective may be defined with a number of points awarded to a user for completing the objective. Real-time interactive user data may be received from user devices for completion of the custom objectives. Custom profile information may be defined by a user to customize user interfaces provided to users that log into a session of the interactive computing environment. Data analysis about the session and/or the defined objectives may be generated and displayed to users to indicate progress or other data about the session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: James L. Moran, Stephen G. Pjura, Bradley D. Moran, Jesse T. Rendell
  • Patent number: 11200072
    Abstract: A foldable computing device is disclosed that is configured to determine a user interface (UI) component rendering mode based on content occlusion and a prediction of user intent. The foldable computing device is configured to increase, maintain, or reduce prominence of a UI component based whether and where the UI component occludes an underlying application window or other existing UI. The foldable device may also determine an existing UI component's rendering mode based on an anticipated location of an application window associated with an application that was just launched. Furthermore, the foldable device may predict what a user is going to do with the application window, including causing any future occlusion, and adjust the UI component's rendering mode accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Klein, Ryan Pendlay, Lauren Edelmeier, Peter Hammerquist, Christoffer Peter Hart Hansen, David Carl Naber
  • Patent number: 11200740
    Abstract: User interfaces that prioritize the presentation of images over other content are generated to facilitate user understanding of available items, especially in cases where a user is accessing a website using a mobile device or other device having a limited display area. When an interface containing images and non-image content is presented, such as a search result output, the user may select an image view in which each image is presented in association with a category of the image, while excluding output of non-image content. User interaction with a particular image may be used to access the non-image content associated with that image. In some cases, user interaction with an image may cause presentation of a three-dimensional model of the depicted item, which may be rotated and magnified through additional user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLGOIES, INC.
    Inventor: Sunil Samuel
  • Patent number: 11188212
    Abstract: A method implemented in a computing-device with a display screen for image inspection. The method comprises displaying a distribution of a quality-indicia of at least one object in each of a plurality of images to be inspected, within a first area of the display screen. Within a second area of the display screen, a user-control is displayed to adjust a threshold-value with respect to an acceptance of at least one object in said plurality of images to be inspected. The threshold-value may be determined manually or automatically. A change in or update of threshold value is determined based on a user-operation performed over the user-control for adjusting the threshold value. Thereafter, a quality-indicia of at least one object in each the plurality of images is determined. Acceptable objects in respect of an image inspection procedure based on the updated threshold value and the determined quality-indicia are indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vasileios Vonikakis, Yao Zhou, Chandra Suwandi Wijaya, Ariel Beck
  • Patent number: 11188291
    Abstract: An audio signal processing apparatus includes a preset setting task that receives setting of a preset that defines a parameter to be copied, a copy-source selecting task that receives a selection of a copy-source channel, a preset selecting task that receives a selection of the preset, a copy-destination selecting task that receives a selection of a copy-destination channel, and a copying task that copies the parameter of the selected preset to be copied from the copy-source channel to the copy-destination channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Saito, Minoru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11175818
    Abstract: A controller for controlling the display of secondary digital content displayed in an overlay above a primary video stream. The controller includes a touch interface device, a processor, and a memory storing non-transitory instructions. These instructions, when executed, can include (i) detecting a first input gesture by a user on the touch interface device, (ii) in response to detecting the first input gesture, selecting an application for display, (iii) detecting a second input gesture by the user on the touch interface device, (iv) in response to detecting the second input gesture, scrolling through a currently-displayed layer of the selected application displayed, (v) detecting a third input gesture by the user on the touch interface device, and (vi) in response to detecting the third input gesture, scrolling between layers of the selected application in a simulated Z-space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SEESPACE LTD.
    Inventors: Dale Alan Herigstad, Nam Hoai Do, Nhan Minh Dang, Hieu Trung Tran, Quang Sy Dinh, Thang Viet Nguyen, Long Hai Nguyen, Linh Chi Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11175502
    Abstract: Provided is a head-up display with enhanced manufacturability when attaching a translucent sheet. This head-up display is provided with: a display device for outputting display light; a translucent sheet that is translucent and comprises a sheet having a sheet peripheral edge; a case that accommodates the display device and has an opening that is covered by the translucent sheet and through which the display light is emitted outside through the translucent sheet, and a sheet holding part that is at an opening peripheral edge and holds the sheet peripheral edge; and a fixing frame that covers the sheet peripheral edge and fixes the translucent sheet to the sheet holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiko Mizuochi
  • Patent number: 11170959
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a base having a receiving space, an electromagnetic unit disposed outside of the receiving space, a magnetically attractive member magnetically attractable by the electromagnet unit, a first stationary contact disposed in the receiving space, a second stationary contact, a movable terminal member and a movable contact. When the electromagnetic unit is energized, the movable terminal member is pushed by the magnetically attractive member and the movable contact contacts one of the first and second stationary contacts. When the electromagnetic unit is de-energized, the movable contact contacts the other one of the first and second stationary contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: EXCEL CELL ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Chang Kuo, Rong-Hong Lai
  • Patent number: 11169566
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing having a first housing structure and a second housing structure that is foldable relative to the first housing structure about a first axis, a foldable display including a first portion disposed in the first housing structure and a second portion disposed in the second housing structure, the first portion being foldable relative to the second portion about a second axis parallel to the first axis, a first motion sensor disposed in the first housing structure, a second motion sensor disposed in the second housing structure, a processor located in the housing and operatively coupled with the foldable display, the first motion sensor, and the second motion sensor, and a memory operatively coupled with the processor. When folded, the electronic device may change the direction of a user interface output through the display, depending on a user's intent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jongjin Kim, Daehan Wi, Oheon Kwon, Jeongmin Park
  • Patent number: 11157163
    Abstract: Techniques for ensuring fabricability of segmented designs are provided. In some embodiments, a computing system receives a design specification to be used to create a proposed segmented design. Each segment of the proposed segmented design indicates a material within the segment. The proposed segmented design includes segments that indicate at least two different materials. The computing system chooses a segment to touch with a paintbrush pattern for a first material. The computing system updates a set of material statuses for each material based on the chosen segment. The computing system updates a set of touch statuses for each material based on the chosen segment. The choosing and updating actions are repeated until all segments are associated with a material. The computing system generates the proposed segmented design based on the sets of material statuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Lu, Martin Schubert
  • Patent number: 11150775
    Abstract: A background image is displayed on a touch screen of an electronic device. Overlapped with the background image, a semitransparent layer is displayed. When a touch and drag action is detected from the semitransparent layer, the transparency of a touch and drag region is changed. Transparency of the semitransparent layer may be changed according to temperature or humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boyoung Lee, Hyebin Park, Jiyoung Kang, Minwook Na, Jongwoo Shin, Yumi Ahn, Hyunwoo Yoo, Jungwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11144178
    Abstract: Provided is a method for providing contents for a mobile terminal on the basis of user touch and hold time, the method including the step of: recognizing a user's touch on a display screen through the mobile terminal and determining whether a position where the user's screen touch is recognized is constantly maintained for a given period of time; setting a popup region on a position spaced apart from the position where the screen is touched through the mobile terminal and displaying previously set contents corresponding to the touch and hold time on the popup region; and determining whether the touch is finished or not through the mobile terminal, and if it is determined that the touch is not finished, displaying the contents corresponding to the touch and hold time on the popup region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventor: Minsung Kim
  • Patent number: 11138257
    Abstract: Object search techniques for digital images are described. In the techniques described herein, semantic features are extracted on a per-object basis form a digital image. This supports location of objects within digital images and is not limited to semantic features of an entirety of the digital image as involved in conventional image similarity search techniques. This may be combined with indications a location of the object globally with respect to the digital image through use of a global segmentation mask, use of a local segmentation mask to capture post and characteristics of the object itself, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Midhun Harikumar, Zhe Lin, Pramod Srinivasan, Jianming Zhang, Daniel David Miranda, Baldo Antonio Faieta
  • Patent number: 11132106
    Abstract: Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing user-specific applications on a shared user device. The user device can receive a first instance of an application having a Package ID that includes an identification of a first user. When the first user is logged in, the user device can display an icon associated with the first instance of the application, based on the Package ID including an identification of the first user. When the first user is not logged in, the user device can hide the first instance of the application. When a second user is logged in, the device can display a second instance of the application based on the Package ID of the second instance including an identification of the second user. The user device can also display the same instance of a shared application to both the first and second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Swarnadeep Banerjee, Ashish Maan, Arvind Maan
  • Patent number: 11134042
    Abstract: A greeting system for sending a let's meet greeting to another user. A computer, such as a cell phone, runs an application that creates a map of a room showing people in the room, and allows identifying another user in the room to whom a user of the application wants to send a greeting by selecting the another user from the map of the room. The user can then send an image of a body part communicating body language to the other user from the application. The body part images, can be a kiss or a wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Scott C Harris