Patents Examined by William Boddie
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Patent number: 12044857Abstract: A hybrid reflective/refractive HMD includes a structural frame, refractive optical lens elements, and optics housings coupled to the structural frame and positioned in front of a user's first and second eyes. Light-emitting visual sources and reflective optical surfaces are contained in the optics housings. Visual content is transmitted from light-emitting visual sources to the reflective optical surfaces. The visual content is reflected within the reflective optical surfaces at least four times without passing through a refractive optical lens element. The visual content is transmitted to the user's first eye or the user's second eye. Simultaneous with the transmission of the visual content to the user's first eye or the user's second eye, a real-world view of the outside surrounding environment is transmitted to the user's first eye or the user's second eye. The visual content is overlaid onto the real-world view of the outside surrounding environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Inventor: Douglas Peter Magyari
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Patent number: 12033595Abstract: An embodiment is able to improve the pure-color brightness ratio by compensating for image data of a current pixel on the basis of a result of comparing image data of a current pixel with image data of a previous pixel.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Hee Kim, Jung Eun Baek, Jin Woo Park, Ji Won Lee, Do Seok Kim, Young Gi Kim
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Patent number: 12027127Abstract: A control method for a backlight circuit includes: obtaining a plurality of pieces of dimming data in a preset period of time; determining total accumulated electric energy received by the backlight source according to the plurality of pieces of dimming data in the preset period of time; and generating a first voltage control signal when the total accumulated electric energy reaches a preset electric energy threshold. The dimming data is used to control a backlight source to emit light. The preset period of time is from an initial moment of continuous light emission of the backlight source to a current moment. The first voltage control signal is used to reduce the working voltage of the backlight source. When the total accumulated electric energy reaches the preset electric energy threshold, reducing the working voltage of the backlight source does not affect a light emitting brightness of the backlight source.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: BEIJING XIANXIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Kiwon Lee, Youngjin Lim, Chenghui Yan
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Patent number: 12019248Abstract: Systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device with a head securement element that allows a user to adjust both the magnitude, location, and direction of forces applied to the face of the user. Examples of adjustment mechanisms described herein allow a user to control the tilt of the head-mountable device relative to a head securement element, as well as the tightness of the head securement element. Accordingly, the user can select a fit that distributes forces widely, maximizes comfort, allows the user to enjoy the head-mountable device for longer durations of time.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dustin A. Hatfield, Geng Luo, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Julian Jaede, Nicolas Lylyk, Paul X. Wang, Trevor J. Ness
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Patent number: 12020654Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image display device and method for controlling the same, by which a display brightness may be appropriately adjusted in accordance with a change in an ambient light brightness irrespective of an average ambient light brightness. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, provided is an image display device including a display, an ambient light detecting sensor, and a controller configured to determine a brightness of the display according to an ambient light brightness detected in real time by the ambient light detecting sensor based on a first graph line for a display brightness over an ambient light brightness and determine whether to adjust the first graph line based on a maximum brightness operation time of the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sungwoo Tak
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Patent number: 12013996Abstract: An electronic device displays content on a touch-sensitive display. A movement of a contact is detected. The movement of the contact is in a direction substantially perpendicular to an edge of the touch-sensitive display. A dock overlaying at least a portion of the content is displayed upon determining that movement of the contact satisfies a first movement-based threshold. The dock includes a number of affordances that, when selected, cause the electronic device to open a respective application that is available on the electronic device. While displaying the dock and in accordance with a determination that movement of the contact satisfies a second movement-based threshold greater than the first movement-based threshold, an application-switcher user interface is activated. The application-switcher user interface includes respective selectable representations of at least some applications that were recently used on the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Brandon M. Walkin
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Patent number: 12008960Abstract: A pixel driving circuit includes a data writing circuit, a light-emitting control circuit and a light-emitting diode chip. The data writing circuit is electrically connected to a first scanning signal terminal, a data signal terminal and a first node. The light-emitting control circuit is electrically connected to the first node, an enable signal terminal, a first voltage signal terminal and a second node, and is configured to transmit a first voltage signal received at the first voltage signal terminal to the second node. The light-emitting diode chip is electrically connected to the second node and a second voltage signal terminal. The light-emitting diode chip includes a plurality of light-emitting portions. The light-emitting diode chip is configured to drive the plurality of light-emitting portions to emit light in different periods of time respectively or drive at least two light-emitting portions to emit light in a same period of time.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Weixing Liu, Kuanjun Peng, Bin Qin, Xue Dong, Fangzhen Zhang, Wanpeng Teng, Tieshi Wang, Wanzhi Chen, Kai Guo, Chunfang Zhang
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Patent number: 12008195Abstract: An apparatus for sensing includes a computer. The apparatus includes one or more individual sensing tiles in communication with the computer that form a sensor surface that detects force applied to the surface and provides a signal corresponding to the force to the computer which produces from the signal a time varying continuous image of force applied to the surface, where the surface is contiguous, and detected force can be sensed in a manner that is geometrically continuous and seamless on a surface. A method for determining locations of tiles of a sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: New York University, Tactonic Technologies, LLCInventors: Kenneth Perlin, Charles Hendee, Alex Grau, Gerald Seidman
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Patent number: 12002420Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a compensation circuit, a driving method and a display panel. In the compensation circuit, the driving method and the display panel, the compensation circuit with a 6T2C (6 transistors and 2 capacitors) structure is used to compensate the threshold voltage of the driving transistor in the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuwen Chen, Zhongzhi Shen
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Patent number: 12002395Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of display panels, a current sensor, a driving controller and a data driver. The current sensor is configured to sense a current of each of the display panels. The driving controller is configured to generate a compensation value of each of the display panels based on the current of each of the display panels and to generate a data signal of each of the display panels based on the compensation value. The data driver is configured to convert the data signal into a data voltage and to output the data voltage to each of the display panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Seokha Hong
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Patent number: 12001748Abstract: A display apparatus and a display panel are provided in the present disclosure. The display apparatus includes a plurality of display panels. A display panel of the plurality of display panels includes a display region and a binding region; the display region includes a first side and a second side which are opposite to each other; the binding region is on the first side; the plurality of display panels includes a first display panel and a second display panel; and a second side of the first display panel is spliced with a second side of the second display panel, where the plurality of display panels includes redundant electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center of Advanced Display Co., LTD.Inventor: Donghua Chen
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Patent number: 11996066Abstract: Alpha values from an image frame buffer are used to control one or more of a transparent display and an occlusion screen adjacent to the transparent display to render images with coloring perceptible to a person viewing the transparent display.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Yutaka Yokokawa, Jeffrey R. Stafford
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Patent number: 11988840Abstract: A wearable image display device includes: a wearing member worn on a head of a user; a supporting member configured to support a display device that displays video; a coupling member that is coupled to the wearing member and the supporting member and that is configured to move the display device and the like from a first position enabling the user to visually recognize the video to a second position; and a control device configured to control an output of sound output from a speaker disposed at the supporting member. The control device makes the sound output from the speaker when the display device and the like are located in the second position louder than the sound output from the speaker when the display device and the like are located in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Takehiro Fujiwara
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Patent number: 11984068Abstract: A display device according to an example can include a display panel including a plurality of sub pixels to display an image, a memory configured to store a look-up table including a gain value, and a deterioration compensating unit configured to compensate the deterioration of the deteriorated sub pixel based on a sensing voltage input from the display panel and update the look-up table by measuring a luminance of the image displayed on the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Won-Hee Lee
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Patent number: 11967363Abstract: A display controller includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip is configured to control a display device. The second chip is externally coupled to the first chip, and configured to be a random access memory and. The first chip is further configured to provide a first supply power to the second chip and to access the second chip during the controlling of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AP MEMORY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Wenliang Chen, Girish Nanjappa, Lin Ma, Hung-Piao Ma, Keng Lone Wong, Chun Yi Lin
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Patent number: 11966048Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure. Gaze tracking systems may be supported by the support structure so that the gaze of a user may be monitored. Lenses may be supported by the support structure. Display systems may provide computer-generated images to the user while the user is viewing real-world objects through the lenses. The gaze tracking systems may include image-sensor-based systems such as glint-based systems. A glint-based gaze tracking system may include light-emitting devices that emit light beams that create eye glints on the surface of a user's eyes and may include an image sensor that measures the eye glints to gather information on the user's gaze. A low-power gaze tracking system may be included in the head-mounted device. The low-power gaze tracking system may use light detectors to measure the magnitudes of respective light reflections of the light beams.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Oudenhoven, Brian S. Lau, David A. Kalinowski
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Patent number: 11967260Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a display panel on which one or more sub-pixels including a light emitting device and a driving transistor for driving the light emitting device are disposed in a display area, and whose shape is changed during a transforming period, a timing controller for receiving image data and a command signal defining the transforming period, and converting the image data to output converted image data, and a data driving circuit for receiving the converted image data and outputting a data voltage, wherein, in the transforming period, at least one sub-pixel emits light based on the image data input to the timing controller, and emits light with a luminance lower than a luminance corresponding to a grayscale of the image data. Accordingly, there may be provided a display device capable of changing a shape during an image display period.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jinwon Kim, MooKyoung Hong
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Patent number: 11960671Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including an opening defined therein, a display area adjacent to the opening, and a non-display area extended along the opening to be disposed between the opening and the display area; a display element with which an image is displayed, on the substrate in the display area thereof; and a metal layer including a plurality of segments spaced apart from each other, each segment disposed in the non-display area of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Inyoung Han, Jonghwa Kim
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Patent number: 11960669Abstract: Disclosed is a an in-cell type display device including a touch screen function which is capable of preventing a luminance from being changed in accordance with a viewing angle, and omitting a process of connecting touch electrodes provided in an upper substrate with Tx driver and Rx driver connected with a lower substrate, wherein the display device includes a lower substrate, a thin film transistor layer including thin film transistors provided on the lower substrate, an encapsulation layer provided on the thin film transistor layer, color filters provided on the encapsulation layer, a black matrix provided between the color filters and provided on the encapsulation layer, and first touch electrodes overlapped with the black matrix.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: HeeSeok Yang, ChoongKeun Yoo, Jiho Ryu, Jang Jo
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Patent number: 11953378Abstract: A control device includes: a warm-up determiner which determines, when color calibration of a display device is to be performed, whether a warm-up of a colorimeter is necessary, based on a predetermined condition; a display controller which causes, when the warm-up determiner determines that the warm-up of the colorimeter is necessary, a predetermined image, which indicates an attachment position of the colorimeter onto the display device, to be displayed on the display device; and a warm-up controller which starts, when the colorimeter is determined as being attached at the attachment position, the warm-up of the colorimeter by using the display device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yohko Seike