Patents Examined by Vinh T Lam
  • Patent number: 11164480
    Abstract: A braille terminal (2) which extends in a transverse direction (6) and which has a plurality of cells (26), wherein each cell (26) has a plurality of pins (28) that can be felt by a user and are arranged in a plurality of columns (32) and a plurality of rows (30), and wherein the cell (26) is designed to represent an individual character, wherein a respective pin (28) can be actuated in each case individually by means of a piezoelectric bending transducer (54), and the piezoelectric bending transducers (54) are secured on a plurality of printed circuit boards (52) has a plurality of modules (4) which are juxtaposed in the transverse direction (6) and which each have a module housing (12), wherein a plurality of cells (26) are integrated in the module (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Piezo Products GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Guenther, Stefan Klump, Daniel Kuegel, Martin Ruettel, Daniel Schneiderbanger
  • Patent number: 11163362
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing (100), a display (102) disposed in the housing (100) and including an interface surface (112) arranged for user contact and a reference haptic (108). The interface surface (112) includes an active haptic output that provides a time-dependent haptic output and a reference haptic (108) disposed on the housing or the interface surface to provide a time-independent haptic output related to the time-dependent haptic output. 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hong Z. Tan, Zhaoyuan Ma
  • Patent number: 11158251
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) pixel driving circuit and a display panel are disclosed. The OLED pixel driving circuit is a 7T1C type pixel driving circuit consisting of a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, a capacitor, and an organic light emitting diode. Each of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh transistors has a control end, a first end, and a second end, wherein the control end and the second end of the seventh transistor are coupled, the control end and the second end of the fourth transistor are coupled, and the second end of the fourth transistor and the second end of the seventh transistor are not connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Caiqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11157118
    Abstract: An electronic panel including a base substrate, a display unit including pixels and an encapsulation layer, a sensing unit including first and second conductive patterns disposed on different layers with a sensing insulating layer therebetween, a planarization portion disposed between the display unit and the sensing unit and including a flat surface, an inclined surface, and a recess portion, and a crack sensing portion spaced apart from the first and second conductive patterns and including a crack sensing pattern overlapping with the planarization portion, a first connection line connected to one end of the crack sensing pattern and extending in a first direction, and a second connection line connected to the other end of the crack sensing pattern, spaced apart from the first connection line, and extending in the first direction, in which at least one of the first and second connection lines overlaps with the recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyeongnam Bang, Wonkyu Kwak, Dongjin Moon, Chung Yi
  • Patent number: 11145233
    Abstract: Implementations for masking for mitigating visual contrast of a camera region of a display are described. Generally, the described techniques provide ways for mitigating visual differences between a camera region and other regions of a display. For instance, visual masks can be generated and displayed overlapping and/or peripherally to a camera region of a display to smooth a visual transition between the camera region and other regions of the display. The masks, for example, are displayed in regions of the display that surround the camera region. Further, color attributes of the masks can be configured to provide a gradual visual transition from color output at the camera region to color output at other regions of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Ha Dao
  • Patent number: 11138943
    Abstract: An electronic cover according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a light-transmissive first electrode layer, a light-transmissive second electrode layer disposed below the first electrode layer, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and including a liquid crystal reacting to an electrical field generated when power is supplied to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, a color layer disposed below the second electrode layer and including a light-transmissive color material, and a reflective layer disposed below the color layer and including a light-reflective material. Various other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Na-Kyoung Lee, Harim Kim, Min-Sung Lee, Song Hee Jung, Na-Young Kim, Dong Hun Kim, Youngsang Jang, Seongwon Cha, Hyun Soo Kim, Dong-Hyun Yeom, Chang-Ryong Heo
  • Patent number: 11137848
    Abstract: A display device, including a substrate; a pixel electrode and an opposing electrode on the substrate; an encapsulation portion on the opposing electrode, the encapsulation portion including at least one organic layer and at least one inorganic layer alternately deposited; and a planarization layer on the encapsulation portion, the planarization layer including a portion covering an edge portion of the encapsulation portion, a first angle between an edge side surface of the planarization layer and a surface of the substrate being larger than a second angle between an edge side surface of the encapsulation portion and the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Hwan Park, Mi Young Kim, Chi Wook An, Seong Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11137836
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device, including a body and a mouse body. The body includes an accommodating area. The mouse body includes a touch surface and is detachably disposed in the accommodating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Pin-Tang Chiu, Yung-Shen Hsu, Ping-Chang Huang, Ling Tien
  • Patent number: 11132895
    Abstract: A sensor controller includes a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink signal including a first partial signal and a second partial signal. The transmitter is configured to transmit the first partial signal by direct spreading using a first spread code and transmit the second partial signal by direct spreading using a second spread code which is different from the first spread code and which has an identical chip time length to the first spread code. An active stylus includes a receiver configured to receive an uplink signal including a first partial signal and a second partial signal. The receiver is configured to synchronize with the uplink signal by detecting the first partial signal using a first spread code and thereafter detect the second partial signal using a second spread code, which is different from the first spread code and has an identical chip time length to the first spread code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Yamamoto, Hideyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 11119587
    Abstract: An image sensing system control method, comprising: (a) predicting a first velocity of the image sensor; (b) calculating a first time duration between a first frame time and a first polling time after the first frame time, wherein the image sensor captures a first frame at the first frame time and receives a first polling from the control circuit at the first polling time; and (c) calculating a first predicted motion delta of the first time duration according to the first velocity and the first time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Shang Chan Kong
  • Patent number: 11100879
    Abstract: Disclosed are a driving circuit of a display panel, a display apparatus, and a driving method of a display panel, as well as a computer storage medium. The driver circuit includes a sub-pixel unit and a driving line, the driving line is connected to first ends of a plurality of sub-pixel units. The driver circuit further includes a compensation unit, the driving line is defined with the compensation unit. The compensation unit includes: a voltage compensation module, configured to provide a compensation voltage for the output of the driving line; and a switch module, the switch module controlling the voltage compensation module to discharge, when the driving line outputs a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. :
    Inventor: Dongsheng Guo
  • Patent number: 11099697
    Abstract: Provided is an input detection unit with a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes insulated from the first electrodes. Dummy patterns are disposed between the patterns and the detection patterns. A secondary dummy pattern is disposed adjacent to the dummy patterns. Signal lines overlap the non-detection area. The signal lines include a first signal line connected to the patterns and a second signal line connected to the detection patterns. The plurality of patterns includes a row of patterns closest to the non-detection area. The secondary dummy pattern overlaps a portion between the row of patterns closest to the non-detection area and the second signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Hwa Kim, Il-Joo Kim, Duckjoong Kim, Kyungsu Lee
  • Patent number: 11093063
    Abstract: A system for presenting an electronic device on a display table is disclosed. The system includes a table, a processor, an electronic device, and a cable. The table includes a display screen, and the display screen is operably connected to the processor. The electronic device is disposed on the table and includes a touch screen. The cable connects the electronic device to the processor. The touch screen of the electronic device is configured to display an image that changes in response to an input to the touch screen. The display screen of the table is configured to display an image that changes in response to the input to the touch screen of the electronic device. A change in the display screen image comprises a graphical continuation of a change in the touch screen image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alice Marlin Brugger, Tracey Adam Finger, Daniel Satoru Hamaguchi, Yang Liu, Steven Charles Michalske, Israel Pastrana Vicente
  • Patent number: 11087673
    Abstract: An image apparatus and a method of preventing burn in are provided. The image apparatus includes a comparison circuit, a stress level circuit and an image processing circuit. The comparison circuit compares a difference between a current block in a current frame and the current block in a previous frame to obtain difference information corresponding to the difference, wherein the current block includes at least one pixel. The stress level circuit is coupled to the comparison circuit to receive the difference information corresponding to the current block of the current frame, and estimates a stress status of the current block of the current frame according to the difference information. The image processing circuit is coupled to the stress level circuit to receive the stress status, and determines whether to downgrade a stress of the current block according to the stress status to prevent occurrence of burn in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11073952
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection apparatus includes: a detection electrode block including detection electrodes arranged in a first direction; a detection circuit configured to be coupled to the detection electrodes to detect detection signals; and a coupling circuit. The coupling circuit has a first mode of coupling the detection electrodes to the detection circuit by r coupling patterns corresponding to a first row to an r-th row of a Walsh Hadamard matrix in a first period, and a second mode of coupling the detection electrodes to the detection circuit by n coupling patterns (n>r) corresponding to the first row to an n-th row of the Hadamard matrix in a second period longer than the first period. The coupling circuit does not couple the detection electrodes to the detection circuit by a coupling pattern corresponding to an (r+1)-th row of the Hadamard matrix in the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshinori Uehara
  • Patent number: 11074881
    Abstract: A novel and highly convenient or reliable display panel is provided which includes a first driver circuit, a second driver circuit, a first scan line, a second scan line, and a first signal line. The first driver circuit supplies a selection signal. The second driver circuit supplies a predetermined voltage, first data using a voltage greater than or equal to the predetermined voltage, and second data using a voltage less than or equal to the predetermined voltage. The first scan line is selected in a first period. The second scan line adjacent to the first scan line is selected in a third period. The first signal line receives the first data in the first period, the predetermined voltage in a second period, and the second data in the third period. The second period is provided between the first period and the third period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Susumu Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11075365
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a display panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device. The method includes: forming a pattern of an electrode lead line layer on a substrate; forming connection structures on the pattern of the electrode lead line layer; forming a pattern of an intermediate layer including a light-emitting function layer on the connection structures and the light-emitting areas; forming a pattern of cathodes on the pattern of the intermediate layer; and irradiating the connection structures using laser from a side of the substrate so that the material of the connection structures is melt, and forming through-holes at positions on the intermediate layer corresponding to the connection structures so that the melted material is connected with the cathodes through the through-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Lei Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Minghua Xuan, Dongni Liu, Li Xiao, Ming Yang, Han Yue, Shengji Yang
  • Patent number: 11067723
    Abstract: An optical touch film includes a sensor layer, an optical film, an adhesive layer, a separation layer, and a refractive insulating layer. The sensor layer includes touch electrodes forming a sensor. The adhesive layer is between the sensor layer and the optical film. The separation layer is on a surface of the sensor layer. The separation layer includes an organic polymer material. The refractive insulating layer is on the touch electrodes. A refractive index of the refractive insulating layer is greater than a refractive index of the separation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Nam Lee, Young Seok Yoo, Kang Won Lee, Hyun Jae Lee, Seung Hwan Chung
  • Patent number: 11061519
    Abstract: A pseudo-piezoelectric d33 vibration device includes transistors and receivers electrically connected to the transistors. Each transistor controls a corresponding one of the receivers to receive a second vibration wave, generated after an object reflects a first vibration wave, and to generate a sensing signal. Each receiver has a first electrode, a second electrode and a nano-gap, which is created between the first and second electrodes after a semiconductor-metal compound is formed. A display integrating the pseudo-piezoelectric d33 vibration device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MAY SUN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bruce C. S. Chou
  • Patent number: 11061512
    Abstract: A projector includes an image projection section projecting an image on a projection surface, an imager capturing a surface image to produce a captured image, a controller causing the image projection section to project a calibration image and causing the imager to capture the projected calibration image, a computing section calculating conversion information for converting a position in the captured image into a position in the projection image based on the captured image as a result of the calibration image imaging, and a detector searching the projection image and detecting a pointing position at which a light emitting pen pointing at the projection surface has pointed based on the conversion information and captured image as a result of the light emitting pen imaging, and the computing section calculates a projection distance between the projector and projection surface based on the captured image as a result of the calibration image imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Senshiki