Patents Examined by Wing H Chow
  • Patent number: 11942015
    Abstract: A source driver, including a plurality of channel circuits, each of the plurality of channel circuits including a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a second DAC, a first switch, a second switch and an output buffer circuit, is provided. The output terminal of the output buffer circuit is configured to be coupled to a data line of a display panel. An output terminal of the first DAC is coupled to a first input terminal among the input terminals of the output buffer circuit. An output terminal of the second DAC is coupled to a second input terminal among the input terminals of the output buffer circuit. The first switch is disposed along a first signal path between the output terminal of the first DAC and the output terminal of the output buffer circuit. The second switch is disposed along a second signal path between the output terminal of the second DAC and the output terminal of the output buffer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Cheng Cheng, Hsiu-Hui Yang
  • Patent number: 11893190
    Abstract: The logic of a handheld controller system may use a clustering algorithm to determine which sensors of a touch sensor array, such as capacitive pads, to assign to individual fingers of a user's hand. The clustering algorithm disclosed herein allows for dynamically determining the controller configuration on-the-fly for a given user. An example process includes receiving data generated by a plurality of sensors of a touch sensor array of the handheld controller, generating a covariance matrix that indicates correlations between pairs of sensors, determining a plurality of feature vectors based at least in part on the covariance matrix, each feature vector corresponding to an individual sensor and describing that sensor's correlation(s) with one or more other sensors, clustering the feature vectors using a clustering algorithm, and configuring the touch sensor array according to a controller configuration that assigns sensors to respective fingers of a hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: VALVE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Scott Douglas Nietfeld
  • Patent number: 11830461
    Abstract: A display driver comprises an interface and signal supply circuitry. The interface is configured to receive image data. The signal supply circuitry is configured to supply at least one drive control signal to a display panel based on a detection of a data error in the image data associated with a first horizontal line in a first vertical sync period, causing a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit hold, in the first vertical sync period, first hold voltages based in part on at least one drive control signal and second hold voltages held in a second vertical sync period prior to the first vertical sync period. The first pixel circuit is associated with the first horizontal line, and the second pixel circuit is associated with a second horizontal line and driven after the first pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kuroiwa, Hirokazu Hatayama, Takefumi Seno
  • Patent number: 11800046
    Abstract: A video transmission system is disclosed. The video transmission system comprises a multi-drop bus, a first source driving chip, a second source driving chip and a timing controller. The first source driving chip comprises a first source driving circuit and a first terminal circuit. The first terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the first source driving circuit for providing a first terminal resistor. The second source driving chip comprises a second source driving circuit and a second terminal circuit. The second terminal circuit is coupled to the multi-drop bus and the second source driving circuit for providing a second terminal resistor. The timing controller is coupled to the first source driving chip and the second source driving chip via the multi-drop bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yi-Chuan Liu, Hung-Cheng Hsiao, Ying-Wen Chou
  • Patent number: 11789578
    Abstract: Present disclosure provides a touch display device comprising a display panel including an inner area forming a first step between a first touch electrode metal with first critical dimension and a lower electrode layer, and an edge area having at least one of CD compensation area, which is located outside of the inner area, forming a second step between a second touch electrode metal with second critical dimension larger than the first critical dimension and the lower electrode layer; and a touch circuit for sensing touch presence or touch location by using a touch sensing signal received from the touch electrode metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: MinSeob Song
  • Patent number: 11788677
    Abstract: A hanger hanging multiple display modules is provided. Each display module has at least one rolling receiving portion. The hanger includes a hanger base and a first hanging structure disposed on the hanger base and including at least one first hanging slot corresponding to the rolling receiving portion of the display module. A rolling receiving portion of a first display module passes through the first hanging slot to hang the first display module on the first hanging structure. The first hanging slot includes a first guide section extending along a first direction and a second guide section extending along a second direction. The second guide section is connected to the first guide section. The rolling receiving portion reaches a first position by guidance of the first guide section and a second position by guidance of the second guide section. A display device using the hanger is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Optoma Corporation, Lighthouse Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia Yu Li, Justin Nicholas Halls, Tin Po Chu
  • Patent number: 11790072
    Abstract: A system for a touch screen interface that includes a coating including a plurality of a touch activated microchips; and a projector for projecting a light image onto the coating that is applied to a touch screen substrate. The system also includes an image calibrator that calibrates touch activated microchips in the coating to features of the light image projected onto the coating. The system further includes a receiver for receiving signal from the touch activated microchips when said feature of the light image is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, Benjamin D. Briggs, Justin A. Canaperi, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Leigh Anne H. Clevenger, Michael Rizzolo, Spyridon Skordas
  • Patent number: 11755119
    Abstract: A scene controlling method, a device and electronic equipment are provided, which relate to the field of scene controlling. The scene controlling method includes displaying a scene in a first modality, recognizing a trigger object, determining a motion of the trigger object, and switching the scene from the first modality to a second modality based on the motion. The first modality of the scene is associated with the second modality of the scene. Predetermined scene information is retrieved based on the motion of the trigger object so as to switch between scenes or control an element in the scene. By associating the motions of the trigger object with the scenes, the scene displayed on the electronic equipment can be controlled without any hardware upgrade of the conventional electronic equipment, thereby reducing the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING MICROLIVE VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xugang Li, Yufei Feng, Yangguang Liu
  • Patent number: 11740723
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels configured to display images for a user. The electronic device may have an ambient light sensor for gathering ambient light information. A set of the pixels may overlap the ambient light sensor so that ambient light measurements may be made on ambient light passing through the set of pixels. Control circuitry in the electronic device may control light transmission through the set of pixels so that different light transmission levels can be used in different ambient light conditions. Directional light measurements may be made by moving transparent pixels dynamically across the surface of the display overlapping the light sensor and/or by using pixelated light modulators to vary the angle of light rays measured by the ambient light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Vampola, Joshua A. Spechler, Weili Chen, Christopher M. Dodson, Mahdi Nezamabadi
  • Patent number: 11687197
    Abstract: A capacitance detection circuit, a detection chip, and an electronic device are provided. The circuit includes: a first drive module, a conversion module, a processing module, and a control module. The first drive module is configured to charge a first capacitor to be detected. The conversion module is configured to perform charge conversion processing on the first capacitor to be detected to generate an output voltage. The control module is configured to control a first suppression module of the conversion module to suppress an interference signal with a frequency less than a first frequency or greater than a second frequency when the conversion module generates the output voltage, and the second frequency is greater than the first frequency. The processing module is configured to determine a capacitance change before and after the first capacitor to be detected is affected by an applied electric field based on the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11682365
    Abstract: A method, of reducing display device energy consumption, including: (a) determining lighting conditions ambient to a display device; (b) determining content that a user chooses to view on the display device; (c) calculating the user's perception of display quality using an image appearance model; and (d) adjusting, when the perceived display quality is higher than a target display quality, display device conditions so that the perceived display quality matches the target display quality so as to reduce energy consumption. An apparatus utilizing the method so as to reduce energy consumption while providing an aesthetically pleasing viewing experience to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Shandon Dee Hart, Brooke Amber Hathaway, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Alexandre Michel Mayolet
  • Patent number: 11673468
    Abstract: A method for displaying a pointer in an instrument panel is described. The method comprises retrieving a current instrument status of an instrument of the instrument panel that is to be displayed, determining a pointer form on the basis of the current instrument status, retrieving of the determined pointer form from a texture atlas, and rendering the pointer in the instrument panel with the retrieved pointer form. There is further described a device for displaying an instrument panel, which device comprises a display module configured to display at least one instrument panel having at least one pointer instrument, and a controller configured to carry out the method using the display module. A vehicle having such a device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: E.SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Köhler, Horst Hadler, Matthias Stock, Ari Romano Pfefferkorn
  • Patent number: 11663973
    Abstract: External compensation of display panels may employ measurement or sensing circuitry configured to measure the output of a pixel and compensate for variations. Due to effects from the sensing circuitry, a mismatch between a target current and the actual current in the pixel may occur. Systems and methods that compensate for the effects from sensing circuitry and reduce or mitigate the mismatch are described. Systems and methods described herein include compensation circuitry that is capable of employing correction factors to compensate for the effects due to the presence of sensing circuitry. Methods for determining the correction factor are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Shengkui Gao, Myungjoon Choi, Injae Hwang, Chaohao Wang, Myung-Je Cho, Hyunwoo Nho, Sun-Il Chang, Jesse A. Richmond, Kingsuk Brahma, Jie Won Ryu, Shiping Shen, Yunhui Hou
  • Patent number: 11662870
    Abstract: A display device includes a touch panel including touch and pad areas, and a touch printed circuit board including a contact portion in the pad area. The touch panel includes a touch signal line in the pad area, and the touch printed circuit board includes a touch lead signal line in the contact portion and connected to the touch signal line through an anisotropic conductive film. The touch lead signal line includes a first portion having a first width, a second portion having a second width smaller than the first width and a third portion between the first and second portions and having a third width between the first and second widths. An end of the touch signal line is on the first and third portions, and the third portion has a side profile having two or more different slopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won Jeong, Tae Young Koo, Min Chul Song, In Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 11635806
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of executing calibration for improving accuracy of gaze detection without causing a user to feel stress. The information processing apparatus, includes a marker control unit that changes, during calibration of an eyewear terminal, a display position of a point-of-regard marker displayed on a display unit of the eyewear terminal; a computational processing unit that computes an optical axis vector expressing a gaze direction of a user by a pupil-corneal reflection method, on a basis of a captured image that includes a user's eye imaged when the eye of the user wearing the eyewear terminal is irradiated with light from a light source, and the point-of-regard marker is displayed at a calibration point; and an evaluation unit that evaluates a variation of the optical axis vector computed for a plurality of the calibration points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuro Noda, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11557254
    Abstract: A pixel of an OLED display device includes a capacitor coupled between first and second nodes, first and second transistors, each including a gate receiving a respective initialization signal, a first terminal receiving a first power supply voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the capacitor, a third transistor including a first terminal coupled to a data line and a second terminal coupled to the first node, a fourth transistor including a gate coupled to the second node, a first terminal receiving the first power supply voltage, and a second terminal coupled to a third node, a fifth transistor including a first terminal coupled to the third node and a second terminal coupled to the second node, sixth and seventh transistors receiving a scan signal, eighth and ninth transistors receiving an emission signal, and an OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Na-Young Kim, Dong-Hwi Kim, Chul Ho Kim, Yun Hwan Park, Jin Jeon, Hyun Wook Choi
  • Patent number: 11550145
    Abstract: An augmented reality optical device includes an image generator receiving a preset wavelength range of light reflected by an affected part and generating an affected part image, an image output unit outputting a visible wavelength range of light corresponding to the affected part image, a first mirror unit reflecting the light output from the image output unit, a lens unit focusing the reflected light, a beam splitter reflecting a preset wavelength range of light incident from the outside in a preset direction and transmitting a portion of an incident visible wavelength range of light to a user's pupil (or in the preset direction) while reflecting another portion of the incident visible wavelength range of light in the preset direction (or to the user's pupil), and a second mirror unit re-reflecting the preset wavelength range of light reflected by the beam splitter to the image generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kwanghoon Lee, Dongkil Lee, Sungguk Chun, Sungjoon Kim, Seonkyu Yoon
  • Patent number: 11531407
    Abstract: An arrangement for the relocating of virtual object images within a real non electronic space including a virtual object image creator adapted to project a plurality of virtual object images in a real non electronic space and at least one activatable tangible object, wherein the or each activatable tangible object is locatable within a corresponding virtual object image created by the virtual object image creator such that upon activation of the activatable tangible object by a user when the activatable tangible object is located within a virtual object image allows physical movement of the virtual object image within the real non electronic space that corresponds with physical movement and location of the activated activatable tangible object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Cadwalk Global Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Gerhard Kimenkowski
  • Patent number: 11525746
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base substrate including a planar part and a folding part, which is connected to a side of the planar part and is foldable along a folding axis extending in a predetermined direction, where the base substrate includes a front surface including an active region and a peripheral region adjacent to the active region, when viewed from a plan view in a thickness thereof, a plurality of pixels disposed on the front surface and in the active region, an encapsulation layer covering the pixels, a strain-sensing pattern disposed on the front surface, in the active region, and on the folding part, and a plurality of pixel pads disposed on the peripheral region. The strain-sensing pattern is disposed between the base substrate and the encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-lyong Bok, Jun-woo Hyung
  • Patent number: 11494004
    Abstract: A technique controls operation of a local application running on a user device (e.g., a smart phone, a tablet, a personal digital assistant, etc.). The technique involves receiving, by the user device, mouse input from external electronic equipment communicating with the user device. The user device has a touchscreen that displays a touchscreen image of the local application. The mouse input indicates user operation of a hardware mouse. The technique further involves translating, by the user device, the mouse input into translated touchscreen input. The technique further involves providing, by the user device, the translated touchscreen input to the local application running on the user device to operate the local application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Pavlou, Mukund Ingale, Georgy Momchilov