Patents Examined by Tony O Davis
  • Patent number: 10914957
    Abstract: A mixed reality system including a head-mounted display (HMD) and a base station. Information collected by HMD sensors may be transmitted to the base via a wired or wireless connection. On the base, a rendering engine renders frames including virtual content based in part on the sensor information, and an encoder compresses the frames according to an encoding protocol before sending the frames to the HMD over the connection. Instead of using a previous frame to estimate motion vectors in the encoder, motion vectors from the HMD and the rendering engine are input to the encoder and used in compressing the frame. The motion vectors may be embedded in the data stream along with the encoded frame data and transmitted to the HMD over the connection. If a frame is not received at the HMD, the HMD may synthesize a frame from a previous frame using the motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Stahl, Avi Bar-Zeev
  • Patent number: 10915286
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, methods, and computer program products that can include and/or provide individualized display layouts in multi-person, multi-display collaborative environments are disclosed herein. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory configured to store code executable by the processor. The code is executable to identify multiple different users participating in a communication session for multiple communication devices in which each communication device includes a display device and is associated with a different user. The code is further executable by the processor to display shared content on each respective display device in accordance with a respective set of user preferences for displaying the shared content for each different user. Systems, methods, and computer program products may include and/or are configured to perform the functions and/or operations of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Hong Xiong, Song Wang, Mengnan Wang, Zhenyu Yang
  • Patent number: 10908730
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of wirings. Each of the plurality of first electrodes has a first portion formed on a layer different from that on which the second electrodes are formed and intersecting the second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as that on which the second electrodes are formed, but separated from the second electrode. The second electrode and the second portion of the first electrode are formed on a layer different than the layer where the wiring is formed. The first portion of the first electrode is connected to the second portion through a contact portion formed in an insulating film made of a negative resist between the first portion and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiro Teramoto
  • Patent number: 10902783
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting display device and a method of driving the same. The light emitting display device includes: a display panel in which pixel lines including a plurality of pixels are divided into at least one area A and at least one area B; a panel driver connected to the pixel line; and a timing controller for controlling operation of the panel driver to perform image data writing (IDW) driving for sequentially writing input image data to a plurality of pixel lines included in one of the area A and the area B and to perform sensing data writing (SDW) driving for writing sensing data to a pixel line included in one of the area A and the area B in a vertical blank period in which image data writing driving is not performed. The timing controller writes coupling compensation data during the vertical blank period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joonmin Park, Shinji Takasugi
  • Patent number: 10902787
    Abstract: An apparatus for display includes an active region, a gate scanning driver, and light emitting driver. The active region includes a plurality of subpixels. The gate scanning driver is operatively coupled to the active region and configured to scan the plurality of subpixels in a first period of each frame at a first rate. The light emitting driver is operatively coupled to the active region and configured to cause the plurality of subpixels to start emitting light in a second period of each frame at a second rate. The second rate is higher than the first rate. The second period overlaps the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI YUNYINGGU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsun Peng, Shih-Wei Tseng, Jing Gu
  • Patent number: 10902627
    Abstract: A head mounted device for virtual or augmented reality including: a display element configured to display content; at least one infrared camera module configured to operate at a predetermined bandwidth; an illuminator having a wavelength of operation inside the bandwidth of the infrared camera, and having a field of view before the camera module; and a control unit implementing a six degrees of freedom (6DoF) algorithm to determine 6DoF poses from data including image data of the camera module, and implementing a gesture tracking algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HINS SAS
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Guignard
  • Patent number: 10902822
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first memory storing mura correcting data respectively corresponding to a plurality of reference pixels, each of the plurality of reference pixels comprising (n×m) pixels, the mura correcting data configured to correct mura of a reference pixel (‘n’ and ‘m’ are natural numbers being equal to or more than 2); a first correction controller configured to generate mura correcting data of a pixel using the mura correcting data of the reference pixel stored in the first memory; a second memory storing spot correcting data respectively corresponding to a plurality of spot-muras; a second correction controller configured to output the spot correcting data from the second memory based on a position data of the spot-mura; and an operation part configured to correct pixel data of the pixel using the mura correcting data and the spot correcting data of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Lid.
    Inventors: Byoung Seok Yoo, Hoi Sik Moon, Jeongwoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10885851
    Abstract: An AMOLED display panel includes a pixel display array including a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array. A gate driving circuit is adapted to provide a gate scan signal to the pixel circuits. The gate scan signal is used to control an operation stage of the pixel circuits. A source driving circuit is provided with a digital video signal and adapted to generate a data voltage in accordance with the digital video signal. The data voltage is used to control a light-emitting state of a light-emitting element in the plurality of pixel circuits. The pixel display array, the gate driving circuit and the source driving circuit are integrated on the same chip substrate. The source driving circuit is adapted to be coupled to a panel control circuit external to the chip substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SeeYA Optronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Qian, Tieer Gu, Tong Wu, Qi Li
  • Patent number: 10885842
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including: a scan line, a data line, and an emission control line; a pixel including: a plurality of transistors connected to the scan line, the data line and the emission control line; and an organic light-emitting diode driven by the plurality of transistors, and a scan driver configured to: in response to an image mode being a moving image mode, generate a first mode scan signal having a turning-on voltage of a transistor for a plurality of horizontal periods; and in response to the image mode being a static image mode, generate a second mode scan signal having the turning-on voltage for a single horizontal period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Kyu Kang, Sang Moo Choi, Dongsun Lee
  • Patent number: 10885872
    Abstract: A display device and screen displaying method are provided in this disclosure. The screen displaying method includes the following operations: detecting whether a noise signal on a conducting wire by a detecting unit; outputting a horizontal synchronizing signal and a data signal to a source driving circuit by a timing controller; wherein the data signal includes a first frame data voltage and a second frame data voltage according to the timing sequence; and receiving the first frame data voltage and the second frame data voltage by the source driving circuit, when the detecting unit is configured to detect the noise signal, the processor is configured to selectively output the first frame data voltage or the second frame data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tzu-Hui Hsu
  • Patent number: 10877280
    Abstract: A near-eye display includes a light source assembly, a first waveguide, an output waveguide, and a controller. The light source assembly emits image light including light within a first band and a second band. The first waveguide receives the image light, expands the received image light in at least one dimension, and outputs an image light. The output waveguide includes an output area and a plurality of input areas. Each input area receives the image light from the first waveguide. The output waveguide includes a holographic Bragg grating and the output waveguide expands the image light at least along two dimensions to form an expanded image light, and outputs the expanded image light toward an eyebox. The controller controls the scanning of the light source assembly and the first waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hee Yoon Lee, Wanli Chi, Pasi Saarikko
  • Patent number: 10877540
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for reducing display image power consumption while maintaining a consistent, objectively measurable, level of image distortion that comports with a display image quality metric. Raw image data is converted to an HSV format. “V” values are extracted from the HSV format raw image data and a histogram generates a plurality of “V” values. HSV format raw image data is provided to at least one layer of a trained CNN to extract a plurality of features. The plurality of “V” values and the plurality of features are provided to an AI circuit to generate a plurality of distortion class value pairs. Each of the distortion class value pairs is weighted based on proximity of display image distortion and the display image quality metric. The distortion class pair providing a display image distortion close to the display image quality metric is applied to the raw image data to generate the display image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shravan Kumar Belagal Math, Tamoghna Ghosh, Sherine Abdelhak, Junhai Qiu
  • Patent number: 10871856
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a display device for a vehicle includes: a display module configured to be installed in the vehicle and configured to display a GUI (Graphical User Interface); and a processor configured to change a touch area corresponding to the GUI according to a motion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chui Hee Lee, Hyunkyu Kim, Kibong Song, Sangkyeong Jeong, Jun Young Jung
  • Patent number: 10868273
    Abstract: Display panel and display device are provided. The display panel includes: a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The display region includes a light-emitting layer above a substrate, and a thin-film encapsulation layer is on a side of the light-emitting layer away from the substrate; the thin-film encapsulation layer includes at least one organic layer extending to the non-display region; and in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate, a height of the at least one organic layer at a corner of the display region is greater than a height of the at least one organic layer at a side of the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Linshan Guo, Jun Yan, Wenxin Jiang, Xiao Li
  • Patent number: 10861908
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel; a first force sensor disposed under the display panel; and a waterproofing member disposed under the display panel and disposed adjacent to the first force sensor, a part of the first force sensor and a part of the waterproofing member overlap each other in a height direction of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Seomoon, Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Bong Hyun You, Tae Hee Lee, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 10847159
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting information and executing a task. In an aspect, when a user gazes at a display of a standby device, location related information is presented. In another aspect, when a user utters a voice command and gazes at a device, a task is executed. In some aspects, device names and/or gestures are detected and utilized for implementing tasks. In some other aspects, a voice input, a gesture, and/or user information is used to determine a user command inside an autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Chian Chiu Li
  • Patent number: 10825421
    Abstract: An electronic device photographing method includes, after the electronic device enters a photographing screen, determining a folding angle of the flexible display screen based on a pixel coordinate parameter of a photographed object on the photographing screen; and/or determining target luminance of a display screen; and when detecting that a photographing button is pressed, adjusting luminance of the display screen to the determined target luminance. In this way, when the electronic device is used to take an image, fill-in light can be implemented for the photographed photo by improving target luminance of the display screen based on the pixel coordinate parameter of the photographed object on the photographing screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honglei Luo, Feng Gao, Dede Jiang, Jianjun Xu
  • Patent number: 10824186
    Abstract: A user interface device for controlling a robot manipulator having an end effector comprising at least one movable element, the user interface device comprising: a body for being held by a user, the body comprising an elongate grip portion configured to be gripped by one or more of a user's second to fourth fingers; a trigger extending transversely to the direction of elongation of the grip portion, the trigger being supported by the body so as to be capable of rotating relative to the body about a rotation axis passing through the grip portion; and a drive mechanism at least partially housed in the grip portion, the drive mechanism being coupled to the trigger for applying a torque to the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CMR SURGICAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Rebecca Anne Cuthbertson
  • Patent number: 10825381
    Abstract: A display system includes: a display device that transits from a power-off state to a power-on state; and a brightness calculation device that calculates a brightness setting sequence based on a humidity amount over a first period in which the display device is in the power-off state, the brightness setting sequence being a sequence of a setting value of a brightness of the display device during a second period, the second period starting from when the display device transits to the power-on state, the setting value changing in time series. The display device displays an image signal at a brightness according to the brightness setting sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Jo, Hironori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10817111
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a touch sensor. The touch sensor may include a plurality of horizontally-positioned electrode chains and a plurality of vertically-positioned electrode chains overlapping the plurality of horizontally-positioned electrode chains. Each electrode chain from the plurality of horizontally-positioned electrode chains and the plurality of vertically-positioned electrode chains may operate as a drive electrode and a reception electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Takayasu Otagaki, Kazuyoshi Ishikawa