Patents Issued in April 9, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200110435
    Abstract: The preset invention provides a clock buffer including a first circuit, a second circuit and an edge collector, wherein the first circuit is arranged to receive an input clock signal to generate a first clock signal, the second circuit is arranged to receive the input clock signal to generate a second clock signal, and the edge collector is arranged to generate an output clock signal by using a falling edge of the first clock signal and a rising edge of the second clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Chien-Wei Chen, Yu-Li Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20200110436
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods of a wearable computing device communicating with a controller device and a host computing device are disclosed. The wearable computing device includes a memory; a processor configured to execute at least one application program; a data routing service executed by the processor that receives the one or more data messages from the at least one application program, encapsulates the one or more data messages, and routes the one or more data messages; and a personal area network service executed by the processor that data communicatively couples the data routing service with the controller device and the host computing device via at least one personal area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Oliver Slevinsky, Roland Edwin Vane
  • Publication number: 20200110437
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing communications between a wearable computing device and at least one remote computing device, using a host computing device. The host computing device provides a message handling service that receives one or more messages directed to the wearable computing device from the remote computing device, or directed to the remote computing device from the wearable computing device, and, for each of the one or more messages, determines an action associated with the respective message; and takes the action for each of the one or more messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel Legge, Zain Adil
  • Publication number: 20200110438
    Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring a limited-input device are disclosed. A wearable computing device provides a configuration service. A host computing device provides and executes a remote configuration application that provides a user interface and receives user input data. Based on the user input data, the host computing device determines configuration settings and transmits configuration settings to the wearable computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Jonathan Brubacher
  • Publication number: 20200110439
    Abstract: Disclosed is an AI voice interaction device, including a main body and an earphone detachably connected with the main body. User's voice is picked up by a voice pick-up, digital voice signals are obtained through analog-to-digital conversion, and are further transmitted to a first communication module through an earphone communication module. A body processor implements communication connection with a cloud server, and transmits to the cloud server for voice recognition and semantic analysis. Afterwards, the cloud server implements the functions such as making phone calls, sending short messages through the cellular transceiver, or calls corresponding network data, and transmits the network data back to the wristband-type AI voice interaction device to perform corresponding voice broadcasting according to the network data. Further, a TWS earphone and a wristband-type AI voice interaction system are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Chao DENG
  • Publication number: 20200110440
    Abstract: A wearable device is disclosed. The wearable device may include a display, a lens, an illuminator, an image sensor, and at least one processor. The display may be configured to present images. The lens may be configured to provide a view of the display to an eye of a user. The illuminator may be configured to illuminate the eye. The image sensor may be configured to detect illumination reflected by the eye. The at least one processor may be configured to cause the display to present an image, receive data from the image sensor, determine a gaze direction of the eye based at least in part on the data from the image sensor, and cause at least one of the display or the lens to be moved until the gaze direction is directed toward the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Henrik Eskilsson, Mårten Skogö
  • Publication number: 20200110441
    Abstract: In a display assistant device, a display panel assembly has a plurality of first retention elements, and each first retention element is formed on a rear surface of the display panel assembly and adjacent to a respective first edge of the display panel assembly. A back cover is configured to hold the display panel assembly using a plurality of second retention elements. Each second retention element is arranged adjacent to a respective second edge of the back cover. When mated to each other, the first and second retention elements are configured to control an in-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover in response to an impact of a force on the second edges, thereby limiting an out-of-plane displacement of each second edge of the back cover and protecting the first edges of the display panel assembly from falling apart from the second edges of the back cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: James Castro, Carl CEPRESS, Chih-min CHIEN, Liang CHENG, Justin LEONG, Xiaoping QIN
  • Publication number: 20200110442
    Abstract: A system includes a monitor mount and first and second monitors. The monitor mount includes a first coupling, a second coupling, and a first power bus. The first monitor includes a first electronic visual display and has a size and shape configured to be detachably secured to the monitor mount by the first coupling. The first monitor can optionally be powered by the first power bus when secured to the monitor mount. The second monitor includes a second electronic visual display and a third coupling. The second monitor has a size and shape configured to: (i) be detachably secured to the monitor mount by the second coupling, (ii) detachably secure the first monitor by the third coupling, and (iii) surround at least a portion of the first electronic visual display when the first monitor is secured to the second monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Juan P. ESLAVA, Peter LUND
  • Publication number: 20200110443
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a rear speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The rear speaker is concealed inside the base and oriented to project sound towards the rear side of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: JUSTIN LEONG, XIAOPING QIN, CHRISTEN CAMERON BILGER, PHILIP HOBSON BOOTHBY, FRANCES KWEE, MATTHEW MICHAEL SEFLIC
  • Publication number: 20200110444
    Abstract: A foldable screen assembly and an electronic device are disclosed. The foldable screen assembly may include a shaft assembly, a support assembly, a flexible display screen, and a reinforcement assembly. The support assembly includes a first supporting plate and a second supporting plate. The first supporting plate and the second supporting plate are rotatable along with the shaft assembly, such that the electronic device is switchable between the folded state and the unfolded state. The reinforcement assembly is located between the shaft assembly and the flexible display screen, and slidable relative to at least one of the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate. A portion of the reinforcement assembly corresponding to the shaft assembly is switchable between a bending state or a flattening state along with the flexible display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuhu JIA
  • Publication number: 20200110445
    Abstract: A redundant memory for use with an instrument arranged to acquire and store data while underwater. Such an instrument comprises a main housing which contains instrument electronics that acquires and may process data received from one or more sensors, with a primary memory located within the main housing and arranged to store at least some of the acquired and/or processed data, and a secondary memory which stores a copy of the data stored in the primary memory. The instrumentation may be arranged to write data to the primary and secondary memories contemporaneously in either a burst or continuous mode, or with primary memory backed up to secondary memory periodically and/or in response to the occurrence of a triggering event. The instrument may comprise a second housing within which the secondary memory is located. The main and second housings may be contained within a common enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Darryl Symonds, Jerald Mullison
  • Publication number: 20200110446
    Abstract: An enclosure for a portable computing device can include a cover glass affixed to an enclosure without trim pieces disposed between the cover glass and the disclosure. In one embodiment, the enclosure can include an edge profile that can define a relatively large contact pad about the enclosure. The contact pad can distribute impact forces over a relatively large area and thereby protect the cover glass integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: John Raff
  • Publication number: 20200110447
    Abstract: Electronic devices comprising a substrate at least partially enclosed by an energy absorbing material are disclosed herein. The energy absorbing material can integrally or removably attach to the substrate. The substrate can be carbon fiber, glass, ceramic, metal, composite, or mixtures thereof. The energy absorbing material can comprise at least one thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Wu, Ya-Ting Yeh, Shih-Hsun Huang
  • Publication number: 20200110448
    Abstract: A water block mounting holder with reinforced structure includes a holder body and a reinforcement structure provided on an upper side of the holder body, and is used with a water block to attach the latter to a heat-producing element mounted on a motherboard. The holder body has a hollow-out central opening and a plurality of through holes spaced along an outer area of the holder body for a plurality of fixing elements provided on the motherboard to extend therethrough and fixedly hold the holder body to the motherboard, so that the holder body is connected to the water block with the opening being fitted around the water block. With the reinforcement structure provided on the holder body, the water block mounting holder has effectively reinforced overall structural strength to avoid pressure deformation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Sung-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20200110449
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a head-mounted display device, including a body and a fan. The body is used for wearing on a user's face. The body has an airflow channel, a first tuyere, and a second tuyere. The airflow channel is connected to the outside via the first tuyere and the airflow channel is connected to a space between the body and the user's face via the second tuyere. The fan is configured in the airflow channel and is used for driving the airflow in the airflow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Hsun Chang, Kuan-Ying Ou
  • Publication number: 20200110450
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module suitable for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a heat source. The heat dissipation module includes an evaporator and a pipe assembly. An internal space of the evaporator is divided into a first space and a second space, and the heat source is thermally contacted with the second space. The pipe assembly is connected to the evaporator to form a loop. A working fluid is filled in the loop. The working fluid in liquid receiving heat from the heat source is transformed into vapor and flows to the pipe assembly. Then, the working fluid in vapor is transformed into liquid by dissipating heat in the pipe assembly and flows to the first space of the evaporator. The working fluid in liquid is stored in the first space and is used for supplying to the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Wen-Neng Liao
  • Publication number: 20200110451
    Abstract: An information handling system operating a chassis temperature control system may comprise an integrated circuit operatively connected to a proximity sensing strip and a processor, a temperature sensor measuring an exterior temperature of a portion of a chassis of the information handling system adjacent to the proximity sensing strip, and an orientation sensor measuring an orientation of one portion of the chassis to another portion of the chassis to indicate a laptop physical configuration of the information handling system. The integrated circuit may measure a capacitance across the proximity sensing strip such that a high capacitance measurement results in a low skin temperature limit setting, and the processor may execute code instructions of the chassis temperature control system to incrementally decrease a processor power draw limit level based on the exterior temperature measurement exceeding the low skin temperature limit setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Qinghong He, Todd D. Grabbe, Keith J. Kasprzak, Travis C. North
  • Publication number: 20200110452
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine an engagement of a power supply unit with at least one of an information handling system (IHS) and a chassis configured to house multiple information handling systems (IHSs); may provide a power at a first voltage to the at least one of the IHS and the chassis; may determine if the at least one of the IHS and the chassis utilizes a second voltage; if the at least one of the IHS and the chassis utilizes the second voltage, may determine if the power supply unit is configured to provide the power at the second voltage; and if the power supply unit is configured to provide the power at the second voltage, may provide the power at the second voltage to the at least one of the IHS and the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mark A. Muccini, Bhavesh Govindbhai Patel, Lei Wang, Kevin Mundt
  • Publication number: 20200110453
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for tracking vehicle battery usage with a blockchain. One such method includes detecting, using one or more sensors, one or more operating parameters of a vehicle, at least one of the one or more operating parameters being associated with a battery of the vehicle. A battery-critical event is identified based on the detected one or more operating parameters of the vehicle. Information associated with the detected one or more operating parameters of the vehicle is communicated via a network and to a central server; information associated with the detected one or more operating parameters of the vehicle and the identified battery-critical event is aggregated in a blockchain using the central server. The information associated with the detected one or more operating parameters of the vehicle and the identified battery-critical event is queried from the blockchain to ascertain a usage history of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew L. Wells
  • Publication number: 20200110454
    Abstract: A system and method for compensating for voltage drops in a device having a remote node is disclosed. A power supply unit has an adjustable voltage output and a feedback circuit. A power path is coupled to the power supply unit to supply voltage to the remote node. A switch has an output coupled to the feedback circuit, a first input coupled to the power path, and a second input coupled to the remote node. A controller is coupled to the switch. The controller is operable to control the switch to switch between the inputs to cause the feedback circuit of the power supply unit to compensate the voltage output for a voltage drop on the power path or the remote node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Chih-Wei YANG
  • Publication number: 20200110455
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided that can promptly make a transition to a sleep state without acquiring data of a part counter from an engine controller, power supply to which is stopped. The image forming apparatus includes a printer unit, and a controller unit that acquires, from the printer unit, data of a parts counter of at least one of a plurality of parts of the printer unit. The controller unit determines whether communication with the printer unit is performable when a sleep transition factor is received that transitions the image forming apparatus to the sleep state. Further, when the controller unit determines that communication with the printer unit is performable, the controller unit acquires the data of the part counter of the at least one of the parts of the printer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Yuki Suetani
  • Publication number: 20200110456
    Abstract: A parallel processor includes one or a plurality of digital signal processing (DSP) arithmetic unit(s) and one or a plurality of DSP appropriateness checking unit(a) corresponding to the DSP arithmetic unit(s). The DSP appropriateness checking unit includes a register and a determining unit. The register repeatedly receives an arithmetic result from the DSP arithmetic unit. The determining unit determines, when an arithmetic result has the same calculation value, that an arithmetic operation performed by the DSP arithmetic unit is completed and outputs the calculation value as a determinate arithmetic result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Hitoshi MATSUMORI
  • Publication number: 20200110457
    Abstract: In order to manage power on a wearable computing device, a processor of the wearable computing device identifies one or more events. The processor determines a priority of each of the one or more events. Based on the priority of each of the one or more events, the processor determines whether to process the event. When the processor determines that the event is to be processed, the processor determines whether to defer processing of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: David James Mak-Fan, Shivani Tyagi
  • Publication number: 20200110458
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor includes: a graphics processor to execute a workload; and a power controller coupled to the graphics processor. The power controller may include a voltage ramp circuit to receive a request for the graphics processor to operate at a first performance state having a first operating voltage and a first operating frequency and cause an output voltage of a voltage regulator to increase to the first operating voltage. The voltage ramp circuit may be configured to enable the graphics processor to execute the workload at an interim performance state having an interim operating voltage and an interim operating frequency when the output voltage reaches a minimum operating voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Altug Koker, Abhishek R. Appu, Bhushan M. Borole, Wenyin Fu, Kamal Sinha, Joydeep Ray
  • Publication number: 20200110459
    Abstract: The invention provides multiple secure virtualized environments operating in parallel with optimal resource usage, power consumption and performance. The invention provides a method whereby virtual machines (VMs) have direct access to the computing system's hardware without adding traditional virtualization layers while the hypervisor maintains hardware-enforced isolation between VMs, preventing risks of cross-contamination. Additionally, some of the VMs can be deactivated and reactivated dynamically when needed, which saves the computing system resources. As a result, the invention provides bare-metal hypervisor use and security but without the limitations that make such hypervisors impractical, inefficient and inconvenient for use in mobile devices due to the device's limited CPU and battery power capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: GBS Laboratories, LLC
    Inventor: Oleksii SURDU
  • Publication number: 20200110460
    Abstract: A parallel multi-step power management flow apparatus and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises a plurality of processing entities to execute operations, a power controller coupled to the plurality of processing entities to control power management for the plurality of processing entities, and a plurality of agents, where each of the plurality of agents is operable to perform a power control flow for one of the processing entities by separately scheduling, using a scheduler, and executing a plurality of power control flow phases in response to a plurality of requests received from the power controller, and each agent is operable to send a plurality of acknowledgements, one acknowledgement for each phase, upon completion of the plurality of power control flow phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Gendler, Doron Rajwan, Tal Kuzi, Dean Mulla, Ariel Szapiro, Nir Tell
  • Publication number: 20200110461
    Abstract: Embodiments selectively present of virtual reality device content in response to the excitement of monitored persons. Thus, processors are configured to link a user's virtual reality system to a biometric sensor that acquires biometric data from a monitored person, wherein the virtual reality system is presenting immersive sensory content to the user, and the monitored person is viewing alternative content that is different from the immersive sensory content presented to the user. Processors configured according to the present invention determine whether the monitored person is currently in a threshold state of excitement as a function of biometric data acquired by the biometric sensor; and in response to determining that the monitored person is currently in the threshold state of excitement, automatically switch content presented by the virtual reality system to the user to the alternative content viewed by the monitored person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, AHMED Nassar, VICTOR POVAR, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20200110462
    Abstract: Methods and systems for relative inertial measurement may include a user device configured to couple with a user's body and measure motion of the user's body or a part of the user's body while the user rides in a vehicle. A second inertial measurement device may be configured to move with the vehicle but to not move with movements of the user's body within the vehicle. One or more processors may receive inertial measurements from the first and second inertial measurement devices and determine movement of the user's body or the part of the user's body relative to the vehicle by comparing the received inertial measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Publication number: 20200110463
    Abstract: A gaze detection apparatus of the present invention may include an infrared LED of emitting infrared light, an infrared camera of photographing eyes of a driver based on light which is reflected from the eyes of the driver by the infrared light emitted from the infrared LED, and a gaze detection unit of determining whether the driver gazes the infrared camera based on an image of the eyes photographed by the infrared camera, and at least one of the infrared LED and the infrared camera is installed on each of a plurality of vehicle-mounted devices, and operates to emit the infrared light to the driver from each vehicle-mounted device, photograph the driver within a corresponding light emission period, and detect whether the driver gazes based on photographed information, and the vehicle-mounted devices are under a congestion control so that the light emission periods of the infrared light emitted therefrom are not overlapped with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200110464
    Abstract: A system including a controllable device configured to provide a premises related service in an area of a premises. The system includes an electroencephalography (EEG) device configured to be positioned with respect to a head of a user and process signals detected in real-time. The system also includes a processor in communication with the EEG device, a memory accessible by the processor and instructions stored in the memory for execution by the processor. A data is stored in the memory that associates each of a plurality of predetermined sets of signals from the brain detected via the EEG device with at least one control instruction. The execution of the instructions configures the processor to using the stored data, analyze the real-time detected signals to determine that the real-time detected signals correspond to one of the plurality of predetermined set of signals associated with the one control instruction and generate a control data signal based on the one control instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: David P. Ramer, Jack C. Rains, JR., Youssef F. Baker, Niels G. Eegholm, Daniel M. Megginson, Jenish S. Kastee
  • Publication number: 20200110465
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a haptic feedback system. The haptic feedback system includes a first haptic actuator coupled to a controller via a first set of two or more electrodes, and a second haptic actuator coupled to the first haptic actuator, and further coupled to the controller via a second set of two or more electrodes. The controller is configured to provide a first drive signal to the first haptic actuator via the first set of two or more electrodes, and to provide a second drive signal, different from the first drive signal, to the second haptic actuator via the second set of two or more electrodes. Combining two haptic actuators allows for a broader range of feedback and a heightened user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Siyuan MA, James David HOLBERY
  • Publication number: 20200110466
    Abstract: An electronic device receives a first set of one or more inputs corresponding to user interface elements displayed on the display and a first set of one or more tactile outputs, and also receives a second set of one or more inputs corresponding to one or more hardware elements and a second set of one or more tactile outputs. In response, in accordance with a determination that the first set of one or more tactile outputs and the second set of one or more tactile outputs overlap, the device outputs, with one or more tactile output generators, a modified tactile output sequence that is modified so as to emphasize the second set of one or more tactile outputs relative to the first set of one or more tactile outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Camille Moussette, Brian T. Gleeson, John B. Morrell
  • Publication number: 20200110467
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of modeling a tactile sensation using a nerve spike pattern, a tactile sensation model, and a method of generating a tactile sensation using a nerve spike pattern and may include generating a nerve spike pattern by sequentially arranging action potential spike time points of a nerve responding to a specific pressure and modeling a pressure sensation for the pressure on the basis of the generated nerve spike pattern. According to the present invention, by checking how tactile sensation information is reflected in a nerve spike pattern, it is possible to provide a method capable of modeling various tactile sensations using the nerve spike pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicants: UNIST(ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY), IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Sung Phil KIM, Ji Sung PARK, Dong Pyo JANG, Sung Jun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20200110468
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of using augmented reality (AR) to classify documents includes displaying one or more visual representations of one or more actions of a mobile device application in an AR display of a mobile device, selecting, by the mobile device, one of the one or more visual representations of one of the one or more actions for a document associated with the mobile device application in response to the mobile device being gestured toward the one visual representation of the one action, and classifying the document by performing the selected one action on the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Josh Andres, Adam Eberbach, Lenin Mehedy, Yi Wei Ting
  • Publication number: 20200110469
    Abstract: A self-powered module for gesture recognition is presented that utilizes small, low-cost photodiodes for both energy harvesting and gesture sensing. Operating in the photovoltaic mode, photodiodes harvest energy from ambient light. In the meantime, the instantaneously harvested power from individual photodiodes is monitored and exploited as a clue for sensing finger gestures in proximity. Harvested power from all photodiodes is aggregated to drive the whole gesture-recognition module including a micro-controller running the recognition algorithm. A robust, lightweight algorithm is provided to recognize finger gestures in the presence of ambient light fluctuations. Two prototypes are fabricated to facilitate user's interaction with smart glasses and smart watches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventors: Yichen LI, Tianxing LI, Ruchir A. PATEL, Xing-Dong YANG, Xia ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20200110470
    Abstract: A keyboard translates key inputs to a touchscreen display disposed under the keyboard with the keys biased away from the touchscreen display by an elastic material that engages with the touchscreen display. The elastic material couples the keys to a lattice held within a frame and having a height of less than the frame. The keys extend to an input position if the lattice presses against the touchscreen display, such as by being held in place with magnetic attraction. The keys retract to within the lattice if the lattice is raised relative to the touchscreen display, the elastic material biasing the lattice upward away from the touchscreen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: David Michael Meyers, Jason Scott Morrison
  • Publication number: 20200110471
    Abstract: The description relates to keyboards, specifically passive keyboards that work in conjunction with a device that has a touch display. One example passive keyboard can include a relatively flexible portion that defines a base plane and that includes biasing zones that extend away from the base plane to individual key regions that define a second plane. This example can also include relatively rigid portions secured to the individual key regions. A downward force on an individual key region can overcome a resilient bias of an individual biasing zone and deform the individual key region across the first base plane. The individual biasing zone biases the individual key region back to the second plane upon removal of the downward force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: David P. PLATT
  • Publication number: 20200110472
    Abstract: There is provided a navigation device including an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor outputs a reference frame and a comparison frame. The processor calculates a correlation search window by changing a relative position of the comparison frame with respect to the reference frame. The processor ignores a part of pixel data of the comparison frame without being processed while calculating each correlation value of the correlation search window to reduce total computation load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Len-Li LIM, Rizal Bin JAFFAR
  • Publication number: 20200110473
    Abstract: An input mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, Collin R. Petty, Adam T. Clavelle
  • Publication number: 20200110474
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to the present invention address these needs and others by providing a handheld device, e.g., a 3D pointing device, which uses at least one sensor to detect motion of the handheld device. The detected motion can then be mapped into a desired output, e.g., cursor movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew G. LIBERTY, Daniel S. SIMPKINS, Charles W. K. GRITTON, Mark TURNER, Frank A. HUNLETH
  • Publication number: 20200110475
    Abstract: A portable information handling system accepts inputs at a touchscreen display with a stylus having an active tip powered by a battery. The stylus garages in a stylus dock having a magnet that generates a magnetic field detected by a sensor in the stylus that cuts off the battery from powering the active tip. The portable information handling system detects that battery power is cut off at the stylus and adjusts processing to disable stylus detection and/or tracing functions to save power and memory resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison
  • Publication number: 20200110476
    Abstract: Digital redacting stylus enabling footprint-less marking of redaction targets on a physical original document, and system involving the stylus and a multifunction peripheral device that uses the unaltered physical original document itself, together with data from the stylus to print out, or otherwise visually represent, an accordingly redacted copy of the physical original document. The stylus can also enable a user to add words, not present in the physical original document, to an OCR-scanned digital copy of the original document that is then printed out or visually represented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Gin Yoshidome
  • Publication number: 20200110477
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a housing, a display exposed through a portion of the housing, a wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing, a processor disposed in the housing and operatively connected with the display and the wireless communication circuit, and a memory. The processor implements the method, including detecting an approach of a stylus pen in a lock state such that the stylus pen is disposed within a predetermined distance from a surface of the display, and changing the electronic device from the lock state to an unlock state based on at least in part on receiving, through the wireless communication circuit, a wireless signal generated by the stylus pen based on the approach of the stylus pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Juwan PARK, Changbyung PARK, Joohoon LEE, Jongwu BAEK, Hyunsuk CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200110478
    Abstract: A touch device includes a sensor, an insulating board, and a button pattern region. The sensor has a touch sensing region. The insulating board covers the sensor. The button pattern region is located on a front side of the insulating board. The button pattern region is aligned with the touch sensing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Teng-Chi CHANG, Ching-Lin LI, Yen-Heng HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200110479
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method therefor, and a touch display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a touch electrode, located on a base substrate and extending along a first direction; a pixel electrode, located on the base substrate, insulated from the touch electrode and including opposing outer edges, the outer edges being sequentially arranged along a second direction. In the second direction, the orthographic projection of the touch electrode on the base substrate is located between the orthographic projections of the outer edges of the pixel electrode on the base substrate. The array substrate prevents or reduces differences between coupling capacitances between the pixel electrode and signal lines on two sides thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaona LIU, Yuqiong CHEN, Mengjie WANG, Shuai YUAN, Chenchen WU, Ning LI, Ziyi ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20200110480
    Abstract: The present application discloses a touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. In the touch panel, a portion of an adhesion enhancement layer on a second region contains a conductive material, so that a contact resistance between a wiring layer and a nano-metal layer can be reduced, which is advantageous for increasing the electric conductivity of the touch panel, thereby improving the touch control effect of the touch panel. Furthermore, since the portion of the adhesion enhancement layer on the second region contains a conductive material to enhance the electric conductivity of the touch panel, a contact area between the wiring layer and the adhesion enhancement layer can be reduced appropriately while maintaining the same electric conductivity, and the size of the bezel area of the touch panel can be reduced correspondingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Guizhou Qiao, Jiangping Hu, Jianping Chen, Xiuyu Zhang, Weiguo Li, Shengzu Zhu, Suhua Li
  • Publication number: 20200110481
    Abstract: A touch panel capable of performing display and sensing along a curved surface or a touch panel that maintains high detection sensitivity even when it is curved along a curved surface is provided. A flexible display panel is placed along a curved portion included in a surface of a support. A first film layer is attached along a surface of the display panel by a bonding layer. Second to n-th film layers (n is an integer of 2 or more) are sequentially attached along a surface of the first film layer by bonding layers. A flexible touch sensor is attached along a surface of the n-th film layer by a bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Daiki NAKAMURA, Masataka IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200110482
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to data communications. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to the generation of touch events on a capacitive touch-screen of an electronic device to communicate information to the electronic device. A method, apparatus, and system for using a user device to communicate with a touch-screen of an electronic device involves the token transmitting its identity (ID) directly through the touch-sensor by artificially modifying the effective capacitance between the touch-sensor and token surfaces. The electronic device receives the signal to identify the individual token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tam Vu, Phuc Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20200110483
    Abstract: A touch display panel includes a touch circuit, a touch electrode layer and a plurality of multiplexers. The touch electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes. Each of the multiplexers is electrically connected to the touch circuit and the first electrodes. Each of the multiplexers is configured to output a touch sensing signal, a first guarding signal and a second guarding signal according to a first guarding control signal, a second guarding control signal, a first touch control signal, and a second touch control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Chia-Chi LEE, Che-Chia CHANG, Tsung-Yen TU, Zeng-De CHEN, Ming-Hung CHUANG, Wen-Rei GUO
  • Publication number: 20200110484
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a base layer; a first electrode member that includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the base layer and electrically connected to each other along a first direction, each of the first electrodes including a first opening; a second electrode member that includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the base layer and electrically connected to each other along a second direction that intersects the first direction; a conductive member that includes a plurality of conductive patterns electrically connected to each other along the first direction; and a proximity detector that is electrically connected to the conductive member and configured to detect proximity of an object by receiving a proximity sensing signal from the conductive member. Each of the conductive patterns is located in the first opening of each of the first electrodes and spaced apart from each of the first electrodes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Do Ik KIM, Jang hui KIM, Sang Chul LEE, Ga Young KIM