Patents Examined by Vinh T Lam
  • Patent number: 11961822
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of emission areas respectively corresponding to a plurality of subpixels for displaying an image, a plurality of light emitting elements respectively located in the plurality of emission areas of a first surface of the substrate and respectively corresponding to the plurality of subpixels, a first planarization layer on the first surface of the substrate and covering the plurality of light emitting elements, and an array layer on the first planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Joon Kim, Jung Hwan Hwang, Kye Uk Lee, Sang Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 11954278
    Abstract: The present application provides a display panel and an electronic device. A functional region and a transition region of the display panel are located between two adjacent touch electrodes, each touch electrode is electrically connected to a first signal transmission line, first signal shielding lines are disposed between the first signal transmission lines of a same touch electrode group and the touch electrodes of an adjacent touch electrode group, and a part of the first signal shielding line is located in the transition region, so as to alleviate a problem of poor touch performance of an existing out-cut screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Fang, Ding Ding
  • Patent number: 11941167
    Abstract: A head-mounted VR all-in-one machine comprises a front cover plate. Four first tracking cameras are arranged on an outer side frame of the front cover plate, two second tracking cameras are respectively arranged at positions on an inner side of the front cover plate that are close to the left eye and the right eye of a user, and a third tracking camera is arranged at a position on the lower bottom of the front cover plate that is close to the mouth of the user, wherein the four first tracking cameras and an IMU sensor form a 6DoF user head tracking module, the two second tracking cameras form a user eyeball tracking module, the two second tracking cameras and the one third tracking camera form a user facial expression recognition module, and the four first tracking cameras form a user bare hand recognition tracking module in a multiplexed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: QINGDAO PICO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tao Wu
  • Patent number: 11928262
    Abstract: The combination of active and reference haptics on an electronic device, such as a wearable display device, can convey information to a user without requiring the user to look at the device. An electronic device may include a housing, a display disposed in the housing and including an interface surface arranged for user contact and a reference haptic. The interface surface includes an active haptic output that provides a time-dependent haptic output and a reference haptic disposed on the housing or the interface surface to provide a time-independent haptic output related to the time-dependent haptic output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hong Z. Tan, Zhaoyuan Ma
  • Patent number: 11918746
    Abstract: A system that enables remote adjustment of oxygen flow from an oxygen source includes a gas source device fluidly coupled to a gas source, a remote delivery device with an outlet for providing gas to a user and an inlet fluidly coupled to an outlet of the gas source device, wherein the gas source device has a control system. The control system determines a current control setting of the remote delivery device based on pneumatic feedback from the remote delivery device and modifies a pressure of gas flowing from the gas source device to the remote delivery device based on the current control setting of the remote delivery device, so that a target flow volume of supply gas associated with the current control setting is delivered to the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Inogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Allum, Gregory J. Kapust
  • Patent number: 11915607
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Brailleazy, Inc.
    Inventors: Abenezer Ayana, Mahamud Hussein, Lisan Hasnain
  • Patent number: 11915639
    Abstract: A display panel of a display device is divided into a first display region and a second display region. The second display region includes a boundary region adjacent to the first display region and a non-boundary region opposite to the first display region with respect to the boundary region. The driving controller outputs the voltage control signal, such that the first voltage in a first high voltage level and the second voltage in a first low voltage level are generated when the first display region is driven. The driving controller outputs the voltage control signal, such that the first voltage in a second high voltage level lower than the first high voltage level and the second voltage in a second low voltage level higher than the first low voltage level are generated, when the non-boundary region of the second display region is driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Seon Young Choi, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Jin-Wook Yang, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11914819
    Abstract: An assembly for holding and controlling curvature of a glass plate for an optical touch sensitive system is described. The assembly comprising a first frame element extending in a first plane and configured to extend at least partially around a panel; at least one second frame element extending in a second plane and forming a support portion for the plate, and at least one spacing element positioned at least partially between the support portion and the first frame element. The spacing element us configured to control a curvature of the first frame element and wherein the at least one second frame element is configured to engage the plate at the support portion. is attached to the first frame element, and is tiltable, by controlling the curvature of the rust frame element with said spacing element, to control a curvature of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories
    Inventors: Aleksander Kocovski, Hakan Bergstrom, Jens Thorvinger
  • Patent number: 11907975
    Abstract: A feedback button is configured to receive a feedback expression characterizing a user experience and submit information in a user interface with a single action. When the user hovers an input cursor near the feedback button, icons/text may be displayed that indicate different types of feedback expressions that may be submitted. As the user moves the cursor back and forth over the button, the icons for the different feedback expressions may be emphasized indicating locations where the button may be clicked to submit specific feedback. When the user is satisfied with the displayed feedback expression, the user may click the feedback button at the current location to submit the feedback expression and perform the final submit action for other data in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Lynn Ann Rampoldi-Hnilo, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Mahlon Connor Houk
  • Patent number: 11908370
    Abstract: A method of operating a display apparatus includes the following steps: calculating a first color reference luminance ratio, a second color reference luminance ratio, and a third color reference luminance ratio for a reference grayscale value; calculating first color target luminance ratios, second color target luminance ratios, and third color target luminance ratios for adjustment target grayscale values; generating first adjustment values, second adjustment values, and third adjustment values based on the first, second, and third color reference luminance ratios and the first, second, and third color target luminance ratios; performing gamma conversions of first, second and third colors using the first, second, and third adjustment values for the adjustment target grayscale values; using results of the gamma conversions to generate data voltages; and using the data voltage and a display panel of the display apparatus to emit or transmit light for displaying an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geonhwi Park, Hyunjoo Seo, Kihyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 11907480
    Abstract: An assembly for holding and controlling curvature of a glass plate for an optical touch sensitive system is described. The assembly comprising a first frame element extending in a first plane and configured to extend at least partially around a panel; at least one second frame element extending in a second plane and forming a support portion for the plate, and at least one spacing element positioned at least partially between the support portion and the first frame element. The spacing element us configured to control a curvature of the first frame element and wherein the at least one second frame element is configured to engage the plate at the support portion, is attached to the first frame element, and is tiltable, by controlling the curvature of the first frame element with said spacing element, to control a curvature of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Aleksander Kocovski, Hakan Bergstrom, Jens Thorvinger
  • Patent number: 11893162
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for capture actions of users participating within a virtual conference and conveying those actions to participants of the virtual conference. The systems and methods include connecting to at least one wearable device, connecting to a virtual conference device connected to a virtual conference hosted by a virtual conference provider, receiving sensor data from the at least one wearable device, identifying one or more expressions based on the sensor data, and transmitting the identified one or more expressions to the virtual conference device to be provided to the virtual conference provider for conveyance within the virtual conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Fang, Qijun Liu, Kaidong Pei, Zhenxi Wang
  • Patent number: 11893930
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a base substrate, a pixel circuit, a flexible layer, a lead structure, a control circuit and a planarization layer. The flexible layer includes a first substrate portion and a second substrate portion, and the lead structure includes a first lead portion and a second lead portion. The pixel circuit, the first lead portion and the first substrate portion are all arranged on a first side of the base substrate, the control circuit, the second lead portion and the second substrate portion are all arranged on a second side of the base substrate, and the second side is opposite to the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Zhu, Hua Huang, Guangcai Yuan, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 11893959
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a display having at least one hole disposed in at least a part thereof such that light from the outside can be transmitted therethrough; a light-emitting element disposed under the display and configured to output a first infrared ray to the outside; a first light-receiving element disposed under the display at a position corresponding to the at least one hole, and configured to receive a second infrared ray transmitted from the outside; a second light-receiving element disposed under the display at a position where light from the outside is shielded; and at least one processor configured to, based on that a first sensing value according to the second infrared ray, output from the first light-receiving element, satisfies a first specified condition, while the first infrared ray is output: based on that a second sensing value output from the second light-receiving element does not satisfy a second specified condition, identify that a proximate object exists, and based on that
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeonsoo Kim, Youngjae Kim, Minho Lee, Jaekwang Lee
  • Patent number: 11887537
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor has a first terminal connected to a first voltage level, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The second transistor has a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first transistor, a second terminal connected to a second voltage level, and a third terminal connected to the third terminal of the first transistor. The third transistor has a first terminal connected to the first terminal of the second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are low temperature poly-silicon transistors, and the third transistor is an oxide semiconductor transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lien-Hsiang Chen, Kung-Chen Kuo, Ming-Chun Tseng, Cheng-Hsu Chou, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11881117
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tablet with an improved Braille display. The Braille display employs a pin array that allows for the selective use of either six or eight pin cells. This is accomplished by turning off or on a pin pair adjacent to each cell. The spacing of the pins also allows capacitive sensors to be located adjacent to each Braille cell. These sensors are used to determine the location of the user's finger upon the display. The pin spacing further allows geometric shapes to be generated in additional to text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Conard, Patrick Murphy, Carl Edwin Wise
  • Patent number: 11868543
    Abstract: A gesture-enabled keyboard and method are defined. The gesture-enabled keyboard includes a keyboard housing including one or more keyboard keys for typing, a pair of stereo camera sensors mounted within the keyboard housing, a field of view of the pair of stereo camera sensors projecting substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the keyboard housing, and a pair of micro-electronic machines, each of the micro-electronic machines being coupled with, and adapted to adjust a position of a corresponding one of the pair of stereo cameras. A background of the field of view is updated when one or more alternative input devices are in use. A gesture region including a plurality of interaction zones and a virtual membrane defining a region of transition from one of the plurality of interaction zones to another of the plurality of interaction zones is defined within the field of view of the pair of stereo camera sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Edge 3 Technologies
    Inventor: Tarek El Dokor
  • Patent number: 11869923
    Abstract: A light-emitting array includes a semiconductor LED structure, multiple transparent dielectric bodies, a set of multiple, independent first electrical contacts, and a set of second electrical contacts. The LED structure extends contiguously over the array. The second electrical contacts are in electrical contact with the second semiconductor layer. Each dielectric body protrudes away from the first semiconductor layer and has on its surface an electrically conductive layer in electrical contact with the first semiconductor layer, forming a portion of a corresponding one of the first electrical contacts. Each dielectric body and corresponding first electrical contact define a corresponding discrete, circumscribed pixel region within the contiguous area of the array, each pixel region separate from the others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Antonio Lopez-Julia, Aimi Abass
  • Patent number: 11867580
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura, Ken Kobayashi, Tetsuro Goto, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Kei Tsukamoto, Hayato Hasegawa, Manami Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 11868568
    Abstract: A method for assembling a touch sensing apparatus comprising a display panel, a plate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a frame assembly, wherein the plate has a first curvature along at least a first edge of the top surface of the plate when uncoupled with the frame assembly. The method comprises the steps of arranging a plurality of light emitters alongside a periphery of the plate, the plurality of light emitters configured to emit light propagating over the top surface; arranging a plurality of detectors alongside the periphery of the plate, the plurality of detectors configured to receive light emitted from the plurality of light emitters; and coupling the display panel, the plate, and the frame assembly, wherein the step of coupling causes the first curvature of the plate to change to a second curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Aleksander Kocovski, Hakan Bergstrom, Jens Thorvinger