Patents Examined by William Boddie
  • Patent number: 11587492
    Abstract: A full-panel display with hybrid regional subpixel layouts is provided. The full-panel includes a display panel having a first region with an array of first subpixels of respective a first color, a second color, and a third color, and a second region with an array of second subpixels of respective the first color, the second color, and the third color. The array of first subpixels and the array of second subpixels are collectively configured to achieve a higher transmission rate in the first region to an accessory installed therein while keep a luminance ratio between the first subpixels unchanged from that between the second subpixels. Optionally, a number density and/or a unit subpixel area of the first subpixels of at least one color is smaller in the first region than that in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhenzhen Li
  • Patent number: 11579665
    Abstract: Knob on display (KoD) devices and related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. A KoD device includes a touch surface including a conductive material. The touch surface is configured to be positioned in a released position and in a depressed position. The touch surface is configured to be positioned in the depressed position responsive to pressure applied to the touch surface. The KoD device also includes a push electrode pad configured to be positioned in engagement proximity to a touch sensor of a touch screen device in both the released position and the depressed position. The push electrode pad is electrically connected to the conductive material of the touch surface responsive to the depressed position and electrically isolated from the conductive material of the touch surface in the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Nigel Hinson, Gareth Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11579471
    Abstract: Smart glasses are provided in the present disclosure, including a housing, a fixing bracket, a left lens barrel, a right lens barrel, an object distance adjustment mechanism including a left-eye object distance adjustment gear, a right-eye object distance adjustment gear, an object distance adjustment driving gear engaged with the left-eye object distance adjustment gear and the right-eye object distance adjustment gear and a driving motor driving the object distance adjustment driving gear to rotate and being capable of moving back and forth on the fixing bracket along a second direction; a pupil distance adjustment mechanism connected to at least one lens barrel, and configured to drive the lens barrel to move in the first direction when an external force is applied, and a linkage member arranged between the at least one lens barrel and the driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhanshan Ma, Yuhong Liu, Jinbao Peng, Bingxin Liu
  • Patent number: 11580921
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD includes: an LCD panel, a grayscale voltage output portion and a grayscale voltage adjusting portion. The LCD panel includes a deformation area formed by bonding of a driver integrated circuit, and the deformation area includes a first subpixel. The grayscale voltage output portion is configured to output a first grayscale voltage to the first subpixel. The grayscale voltage adjusting portion is configured to adjust the first grayscale voltage into a second grayscale voltage, so that a brightness of the first subpixel at the second grayscale voltage is less than a brightness of the first subpixel at the first grayscale voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianyong Gao, Shuai Hou, Xu Lu, Qiang Yu, Fanjian Zeng, Xinxin Wu, Fei Shang
  • Patent number: 11556006
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for detecting a shadow in an image of an eye region of a user wearing a Head Mounted Device, HMD. The method comprises obtaining, from a camera of the HMD, an image of the eye region of the user wearing a HMD and determining an area of interest in the image, the area of interest comprising a plurality of subareas. The method further comprises determining a first brightness level for a first subarea of the plurality of subareas and determining a second brightness level for a second subarea of the plurality of subareas. The method further comprises comparing the first brightness level with the second brightness level, and, based on the comparing, selectively generating a signal indicating a shadow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Yimu Wang, Ylva Björk, Joakim Zachrisson, Pravin Kumar Rana
  • Patent number: 11543663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for alignment between real and virtual objects in a head-mounted optical see-through display. In an embodiment, the system includes a tracking system including a processor, a headgear attached with the head-mounted optical see-through display, the 5 head-mounted optical see-through display includes at least two cameras mounted on a rigid frame, at least one object may be fixed or mobile including a plurality of marker points, the tracking system is operatively coupled to the headgear and the object, the processor is configured for: capturing two perspective images of the substantially circular entrance pupil of at least one 0 eye and relaying the image data to the processor, a memory device coupled to the processor and containing the geometric calibration data of the at least two cameras and the pre-calibrated transformation between the cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CARTOSENSE PVT. LTD.
    Inventors: Hem Rampal, Nikhil Chandwadkar, Bhargava Chintalapati
  • Patent number: 11538418
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method are provided. The display device includes a display panel and a control IC. The display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. The control IC is configured to control the plurality of light-emitting elements to be turned on at a first frequency so as to display display-related data, and control at least two light-emitting elements of the plurality of light-emitting elements to be turned on and off at a second frequency greater than the first frequency so as to transmit visible light data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianguang Yang, Xiuyun Chen, Zongze He, Liang Zhang, Zhenghua Lu, Yuxuan Chen, Shuo Li, Feng Long
  • Patent number: 11532267
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit includes a light-emitting control sub-circuit and a plurality of display control sub-circuits. The light-emitting control sub-circuit is connected to a light-emitting control signal terminal, a power supply signal terminal and a light-emitting control node, and is configured to transmit a power supply signal from the power supply signal terminal to the light-emitting control node in response to a light-emitting control signal received from the light-emitting control signal terminal. Each display control sub-circuit is connected to the light-emitting control node, a scan signal terminal, a data signal terminal, and a light-emitting element. Each display control sub-circuit is configured to, in response to a scan signal received from the scan signal terminal, output a driving signal according to the power supply signal and a data signal from the data signal terminal, so as to drive the light-emitting element to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11532285
    Abstract: A display device and controlling method are provided. The display device includes a display including a display panel and a backlight unit arranged on the rear surface of the display panel, a light emitting frame including a plurality of light emitting elements, the light emitting frame being arranged on at least one edge of the display, a backlight driver, and a processor configured to control the backlight driver so as to supply power to the backlight unit based on an event for turning on the display occurring, and supply power to the light emitting frame based on an event for turning off the display occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jeongil Kang
  • Patent number: 11531508
    Abstract: A sensor data providing unit included in a control device provides, when an HMD is connected, detection data acquired by a sensor driver as standard sensor data, and continues an operation of acquiring detection data of a first sensor by the sensor driver, and provides, when the HMD is not connected, detection data acquired by a built-in sensor driver as standard sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya Torii
  • Patent number: 11532259
    Abstract: An electronic display includes an active area including multiple pixels. The electronic display also includes a first row driver set including a first column of row drivers and a second column of row drivers. A first active row driver in the first column of row drivers drives a first portion of the multiple pixels, and a first spare row driver in the second column of row drivers is in an inactive state. The electronic display also includes a second row driver set including a third column of row drivers and a fourth column of row drivers. A third active row driver in the third column of row drivers drives a second portion of the multiple pixels, and a second spare row driver in the fourth column of row drivers is inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammad B Vahid Far, Hopil Bae, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11521556
    Abstract: A channel control unit and a display device using the same are provided. The channel control unit can include a data driver that converts pixel data into data voltages and supplies the data voltages to data lines, and an ineffective channel controller that receives channel data, generates dummy data during an ineffective channel section indicated by the channel data, and sends the dummy data to the data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwon Lee, Suhyuk Jang, Hyojin Kim
  • Patent number: 11514869
    Abstract: The present application discloses an over-current protection method for display panel and a display device. The over-current protection method for display panel includes the following steps: calculating current input by a level shifter during a first preset time of a first clock signal after the first clock signal is received; determining whether the current input by the level shifter during the first preset time is larger than a first preset current; controlling the level shifter to stop running in determining that the current input by the level shifter during the first preset time is larger than the first preset current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Bin Qiu
  • Patent number: 11513755
    Abstract: In a display control device, a first display control unit displays values of a plurality of molding conditions in a first display area, on the basis of layout information including a display size and a display position of the plurality of molding conditions. A data setting unit sets as molding data the values of the plurality of molding conditions that are displayed in the first display area. On the basis of the layout information, and in the same layout as that of the first display area, a second display control unit displays for inspection in a second display area the values of the plurality of molding conditions based on the molding data which are stored in a storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junpei Maruyama, Akimasa Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11506905
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a flexible, modular head-mounted display is provided. The head-mounted display system may comprise a base member and one or more arm members that are coupled to the base member. The arm member(s) may be coupled to the base member via a hinge system that allows the arm member(s) to move with respect to the base member. Interior walls of the hinge system may define a passage therethrough such that wiring may extend throughout the head-mounted display system. The head-mounted display system may further include a cover that encloses at least a portion of the hinge. The cover may overlap with the base member or the one or more arm members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: RealWear, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Pombo, Nima Lahijani Shams, George Henry Hines
  • Patent number: 11501713
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, a display device. The pixel circuit includes: a storage capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first node and a second terminal coupled to a second node; a light emitting diode having a first electrode coupled to a third node and a second electrode coupled to a second power supply terminal; a data writing circuit configured to write a data voltage into the second node; a compensation circuit configured to write a voltage of the third node, as a compensation voltage, into the first node; a driving transistor having a control terminal coupled to the first node, a first electrode coupled to a first power supply terminal and a second electrode coupled to the light emitting control circuit; a light emitting control circuit configured to control the light emitting diode to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Yue, Can Zhang, Can Wang, Minghua Xuan
  • Patent number: 11500214
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) device includes a main body, a support element, and a lens module. The main body includes a base, a projector, and a first pivot portion. The projector is pivoted to the base by using the first pivot portion, so that the projector is capable of rotating relative to the base by using the first pivot portion as a first rotation axis. The support element is pivoted to a first end portion of the base and is configured to wear on a head of a user. The lens module is pivoted to a second end portion of the base and the second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The lens module is capable of rotating relative to the base and being overlapped under the base. Through a rotatable and foldable accommodation structure, the augmented reality device is easier to be carried and accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Chung, Hsiao-Cheng Chen, Cheng-Yi Lee
  • Patent number: 11488525
    Abstract: Disclosed are a driving method for a display panel and a drive circuit. The drive circuit includes: a power circuit, configured to output a power-off signal; a pixel control circuit, configured to turn on an active switch corresponding to a pixel; and a power-off circuit, configured to close a display panel, where the pixel control circuit includes: a first logical circuit, configured to output a first control signal for turning off the active switch; a second logical circuit, configured to output a second control signal for turning on the active switch; and a switching circuit, configured to switch the first logical circuit and the second logical circuit, the active switch corresponding to the pixel being turned on when the display panel is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Bin Qiu
  • Patent number: 11488560
    Abstract: Provided is a data integrated circuit including: a data driving circuit, a shift register configured to output a plurality of latch clock signals, a latch configured to latch a plurality of image signals in response to the plurality of latch clock signals and output a plurality of digital image signals in response to a plurality of latch output signals, and a clock generator configured to divide a main clock signal into the plurality of latch output signals and output the plurality of divided latch output signals to the latch. At least two of the latch output signals are activated at different time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Sooyeon Kim, Young-Il Ban, Sunkyu Son
  • Patent number: 11488529
    Abstract: A current-voltage (IV) relationship of a pixel having a diode is initially determined. A first voltage is determined that does not cause the diode to emit light, and a first current across the diode is sensed by applying the first voltage. A predetermined current is determined based on the first voltage and the IV relationship. A ratio is determined based on the first current, a target current, and the predetermined current. A ratio voltage is determined by applying the ratio to a predetermined target voltage. If the first current is less than the predetermined current, then the ratio voltage is applied to supply a target current to the diode. If the first current is greater than the predetermined current, then a second voltage is determined by averaging the first test voltage and the ratio voltage, and the second voltage is applied to supply the target current to the diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Injae Hwang, Jesun Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunsoo Kim, Junhua Tan, Myungjoon Choi, Rebecca Park, Shiping Shen, Sun-Il Chang, Shengkui Gao, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Changki Min, Yifan Zhang, Jiye Lee, Chaohao Wang