Patents Issued in May 14, 2024
  • Patent number: 11983308
    Abstract: A virtual reality instrument measures the refraction and aberrations of the eye in an automatic way, and includes a portable part which is a virtual reality headset foreseen of a detailed screen per eye and at least one background screen, both virtual. The detailed screen has a resolution multiple times the foveal resolution of the eye and the background screen has the resolution similar to the peripheral resolution of the eye. The virtual reality instrument also includes at least one pupil camera, a system to manipulate the phase of the light coming from the detailed screen, a wavefront sensor and light source to measure the wavefront using a wavelength of at least 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Bart Jan Jaeken
  • Patent number: 11983309
    Abstract: A processing device includes a memory configured to store executable instructions, and processing circuitry configured to execute the executable instructions stored in the memory to thereby realize: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire timing of blink motion performed by a dialogue device, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire blink timing by user performing a dialogue with the dialogue device, and a processing unit configured to perform processing according to difference between the timing of blink motion performed by the dialogue device and the blink timing by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventor: Tamami Nakano
  • Patent number: 11983310
    Abstract: A gaze tracking system comprising one or more cameras operable to capture one or more images of a side view of one or both of a user's eyes, a cornea identification unit operable to identify the location and size of a cornea in one or more of the captured images, a gaze detection unit operable to determine a direction of the user's gaze in dependence upon the identified location of the cornea in the one or more captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Sahin Serdar Kocdemir, Philip Cockram
  • Patent number: 11983311
    Abstract: Techniques for content protection for a glasses device are described and may be implemented to enable sensitive content on a glasses device to be protected from exposure to persons other than a user of the glasses device. Generally, the described implementations utilizing sensor data such as visual data from a camera to detect human gaze to determine whether a person other than a user of a glasses device is positioned to view sensitive content displayed by the glasses device. If a secondary person other than a user of a glasses device is detected as being positioned to view sensitive content, a protection process is implemented to mitigate exposure of the sensitive content to the secondary person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre Neves Creto, Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11983312
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to: obtain a first image including a first representation of an iris region of a first eye; obtain a second image including a second representation of an iris region of a second eye; receive an input to rotate at least one of the first image or the second image; and control a display to display the at least one of the first image or the second image in a rotated state based on the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kris Ranganath, Erwin Alva
  • Patent number: 11983313
    Abstract: Systems and methods for device and content management include determining a user is viewing virtual reality content from a user device, and receiving, through a network from the user device, body information associated with the user while the user is viewing the virtual reality content. A user device management configuration associated with the body information is determined. A user device management action is retrieved using the user device management configuration. A notification associated with the user device management action that causes the user device to perform the user device management action and modify the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is sent through the network to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Ananya Das, Shaun Warman, Bryant Luk, Jason Ziaja, Christopher Diebold O'Toole
  • Patent number: 11983314
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: capturing, at an interface reconfiguration system and using an image capture device, video of a user, wherein the video is transmitted to an information handling device of at least one other user; determining, using the interface reconfiguration system, eyes of the user are directed away from the image capture device and a portion of a user interface associated with a direction of the eyes of the user; and rearranging, responsive to the determining, at least the portion of the user interface displayed on a display device operatively coupled to the image capture device. Other aspects are claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Nathan Peterson, Mark Delaney, Arnold Weksler, John C Mese
  • Patent number: 11983315
    Abstract: A method, performed by an augmented reality (AR) device including a vision correction lens, of detecting a gaze of a user is provided. The method includes obtaining lens characteristic information about the vision correction lens arranged to overlap a light guide plate in a gaze direction of the user, emitting light for gaze tracking toward a light reflector through a light emitter, wherein the emitted light is reflected by the light reflector and then directed to an eye of the user, receiving a light reflected by the eye of the user through a light receiver, obtaining an eye image of the user based on the light received, adjusting the eye image of the user based on the lens characteristic information about the vision correction lens, and obtaining gaze information based on the adjusted eye image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeyeol Ryu, Doyoun Kim, Bonkon Koo, Kyookeun Lee, Jaewoo Ko
  • Patent number: 11983316
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method is performed for selecting a UI element with eye tracking-based attention accumulators. The method includes: while a first UI element is currently selected, detecting a gaze direction directed to a second UI element; in response to detecting the gaze direction directed to the second UI element, decreasing a first attention accumulator value associated with the first UI element and increasing a second attention accumulator value associated with the second UI element; in accordance with a determination that the second attention accumulator value exceeds the first attention accumulator value, deselecting the first UI element and selecting the second UI element; and in accordance with a determination that the second attention accumulator value does not exceed the first attention accumulator value, maintaining selection of the first UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Lutter, Bryce L. Schmidtchen
  • Patent number: 11983317
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is photosensor-based detection of facial landmarks that utilizes images in order to detect and account for sensor shifts. In one embodiment, a system that detects positions of facial landmarks includes a head-mounted device comprising: (i) light sources that emit light towards a first region on a user's face, and (ii) discrete photosensors, spread over more than 2 cm, which take measurements of reflections of the light from the first region. The system also includes a head-mounted camera that captures images of a second region on the face. A computer calculates, based on the images, values indicative of a location and/or orientation of the device relative to the face, and detects, based on the reflections and the values, positions of facial landmarks at an average rate higher than an average rate at which the images are captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Facense Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Thieberger, Ari M Frank
  • Patent number: 11983318
    Abstract: A retinal imaging system includes a projector, an imaging device, and a controller coupled to an eye tracking system under test. The projector emits a light pattern to be delivered to a pupil of an eye, a location of the pupil being estimated by the eye tracking system under test. The imaging device captures one or more images of a retina of the eye illuminated with at least a portion of the light pattern. The controller determines one or more eye tracking parameters based on the captured one or more images of the retina. The controller compares each determined eye tracking parameter with each of estimated one or more eye tracking parameters, wherein values for the one or more eye tracking parameters are estimated by the eye tracking system under test. The controller characterizes each estimated eye tracking parameter based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robin Sharma, Nicholas Daniel Trail, Robert Dale Cavin, Kyle Justin Curts
  • Patent number: 11983319
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an estimating unit configured to estimate a gaze point position of a user from an image signal of an eyeball of the user, a display unit configured to display a marker indicating the gaze point position estimated by the estimating unit, and a correcting unit configured to correct a position of the marker displayed on the display unit based on at least one of position history of the gaze point position and rotation angle history of the eyeball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shin Takagi
  • Patent number: 11983320
    Abstract: An example wearable device that includes a conductive deformable fabric is described herein. The conductive deformable fabric has a conductive trace that has a non-extendable fixed length along a first axis, and the conductive trace is sewn into a fabric structure to produce a conductive deformable material. The fabric structure includes a stitch pattern that facilitates the conductive trace to unfold and fold in an oscillating fashion to allow the conductive trace to expand and contract, respectively, along the first axis without exceeding the fixed length of the conductive trace. The conductive deformable material is positioned within the wearable device such that when the wearable device is worn, the stitch pattern is over a joint of the user to allow the stitch pattern to expand or contract along with the movement of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Simge Uzun, Mary Ellen Margaret Berglund, Stuart Wayne Dealey, Simon John Baines, Amy Lynne Stoltzfus, Russell Liam Warila, Phelan Miller, Christopher Bradford Doughty, Leah Resneck, Katherine Cagen, Cameron Elliot Glasscock, Dylan Downey, Anjali Khemani
  • Patent number: 11983321
    Abstract: A display device is configured to display a virtual world. A hand-mounted device is adapted to be worn on a hand of a user and includes an ultrasound transducer and a contact sensor. The ultrasound transducer is configured to emit an ultrasound haptic. The contact sensor is configured to detect a sensor value. A processor is configured to obtain a real position of the hand-mounted device to determine a virtual position of a virtual hand in the virtual world and to determine a virtual distance between the virtual hand and a virtual object in the virtual world based on the virtual position. The processor is configured to determine the hand of the user is open based on the sensor value and in response to the virtual distance being smaller than a contact distance and the hand being open, enable the ultrasound transducer to emit the ultrasound haptic to the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Fang Yu Cheng
  • Patent number: 11983322
    Abstract: In aspects, zoned haptic effects are provided by assigning a plurality of zones corresponding to each of a plurality of zone actuators for providing haptic effects. A desired haptic response is provided for zones selected for actuation, and the response by the zone actuators is detected. Adjacent and non-adjacent zones are assigned for the detected zones as being driven by any of the plurality of zone actuators. Vibration on the adjacent and non-adjacent zone is suppressed in accordance with control parameters associated with the respective adjacent and non-adjacent zones. If a duration of the provided haptic effect has not passed, the suppression of vibration in the adjacent and non-adjacent zones is maintained and if the duration has passed, the suppression of vibration is terminated. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: IMMERSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Majid Sheikholeslami, Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Danny A. Grant, Vahid Khoshkava, Jamal Saboune, Christopher Ullrich
  • Patent number: 11983323
    Abstract: There is provided a control device that includes: a control section configured to control tactile presentation and auditory presentation when it is decided that an input section has been operated, the tactile presentation presenting a stimulation via a sense of touch, the auditory presentation presenting a stimulation via a sense of hearing, and the input section having a contact area that an object contacts, and in which the control section controls a feature amount of a waveform related to the tactile presentation and a feature amount of a waveform related to the auditory presentation such that at least one of the tactile presentation and the auditory presentation falls within an appropriate range that is a range where at least one of the tactile presentation and the auditory presentation is perceivable for a user of the input section and is not uncomfortable for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKIA KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohnishi, Fumiaki Hirose, Yuma Nakai
  • Patent number: 11983324
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided which includes a first acquisition unit (214) configured to acquire a control command that is inputted by a first user and corresponds to presentation unit information for designating a presentation unit for presenting a tactile stimulus by a tactile presentation device and mode information for designating a mode of the tactile stimulus; a generation unit (218) configured to generate a tactile control signal for presenting the tactile stimulus to the presentation unit in accordance with the control command; and a first distribution unit (222) configured to distribute the tactile control signal to the tactile presentation device worn on a body of a second user, in which the tactile control signal corresponds to at least one of a presentation timing, frequency, interval, waveform, presentation time, and intensity of the tactile stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Yokoyama, Takeshi Ogita, Osamu Ito, Yohei Fukuma, Ayumi Nakagawa, Kentaro Nakamura, Takuma Domae
  • Patent number: 11983325
    Abstract: A digital communication assembly includes a first personal electronic device associated with a first user and a second personal electronic device associated with a second user. A first wrist band is provided that is worn by the first user and a second wrist band that is worn by the second user. A pair of touch screens is each integrated into a respective one of the wrist bands and a pair of communication units is each of the communication units is integrated into a respective one of the wrist bands. Each of the communication units communicates an alert signal to a respective one of the personal electronic devices. A respective personal electronic device broadcasts an alert signal to the communication unit in a respective wrist band to facilitate the second user to know that the first user is thinking about the second user in an affectionate manner and vice verse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Craig Napier
  • Patent number: 11983326
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for allowing a user's hands to interact with virtual objects. An image of at least one hand may be received from an image capture devices. A plurality of keypoints associated with at least one hand may be detected. In response to determining that a hand is making or is transitioning into making a particular gesture, a subset of the plurality of keypoints may be selected. An interaction point may be registered to a particular location relative to the subset of the plurality of keypoints based on the particular gesture. A proximal point may be registered to a location along the user's body. A ray may be cast from the proximal point through the interaction point. A multi-DOF controller for interacting with the virtual object may be formed based on the ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Lacey
  • Patent number: 11983327
    Abstract: A method for identifying a gesture from one of a plurality of dynamic gestures, each dynamic gesture comprising a distinct movement made by a user over a period of time within a field of view of an image acquisition device comprises iteratively: acquiring a current image from said image acquisition device at a given time; and passing at least a portion of the current image through a bidirectionally recurrent multi-layer classifier. A final layer of the multi-layer classifier comprises an output indicating a probability that a gesture from the plurality of dynamic gestures is being made by a user during the time of acquiring the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FotoNation Limited
    Inventors: Tudor Topoleanu, Szabolcs Fulop, Petronel Bigioi, Cian Ryan, Joseph Lemley
  • Patent number: 11983328
    Abstract: An apparatus is configured to efficiently recognize a gesture by interworking with an infotainment system. The apparatus obtains information about the gesture of a user, is connected with the infotainment system of a vehicle to identify a state of the infotainment system, branches a gesture allowed in recognition, based on the state of the infotainment system, and performs gesture recognition, based on the information about the sensed gesture and a result of branching the gesture allowed in recognition. The apparatus addresses overload and reliability degradation problems according to continuous image recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Sung Chan Park
  • Patent number: 11983329
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes presenting a suggestion to a user of a head-mounted device by the head-mounted device via an assistant xbot during a dialog session between the user and the assistant xbot, wherein the suggestion is associated with a plurality of actions to be performed by an assistant system associated with the assistant xbot, accessing signals from inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors of the head-mounted device by the head-mounted device during the dialog session, determining a head gesture performed by the user during the dialog session by an on-device head-gesture detection model and based only on the signals from the IMU sensors, and executing a first action from multiple actions by the assistant system executing on the head-mounted device, wherein the first action is selected based on the determined head gesture during the dialog session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Shervin Ghasemlou, Devashish Prasad Joshi, Rongzhou Shen, Riza Kazemi
  • Patent number: 11983330
    Abstract: An electronic device, method, and computer program product for managing a content creation application are disclosed. A first device housing is pivotable relative to a second device housing between a closed position and an axially displaced open position. A first display panel and user interface are exposed when the first device housing and the second device housing are in the axially displaced open position. A second display panel is exposed both when the first device housing and the second device housing are in the closed position and when the first device housing and the second device housing are in the axially displaced open position. The first display panel displays a content creation application, which is mirrored onto the second display panel. A portion of the user interface is overlaid onto the content creation application on second display panel and receives user input to manage the content creation application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bill Ryan, Jeffrey T. Snow, Daniel M Vacura
  • Patent number: 11983331
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure measuring device using a textile sensor. In one embodiment the pressure measuring device includes: a textile sensor which exhibits conductivity; a power unit which supplies power to the pressure measuring device; and a control unit which is electrically connected to a textile sensor layer and the power unit, checks a resistance change value detected by the textile sensor by a force applied to the textile sensor, and determines the pressure value of the force applied to the textile sensor on the basis of the checked resistance change value, wherein the control unit checks a control command corresponding to the pressure value measured on the basis of the force applied to the textile sensor, and may transmit the control command to a pre-designated peripheral device. A function corresponding to the checked control command may be executed on the pre-designated peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Jeonghan Uhm
  • Patent number: 11983332
    Abstract: An information handling system keyboard has plural key caps coupled to a frame with a vertical travel having a raised position defined by engagement between a stop of the frame and a key cap extension from the key cap. A fluid reservoir coupled to the key cap at the key cap extension dampens contact between the extension and stop to reduce sound generated from the keyboard at release of the keyboard key. The fluid reservoir is, for instance, an acoustic grease enclosed in membrane and integrated in the keyboard key at the extension where it aligns with the stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Peng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 11983333
    Abstract: An optical sensor system that uses focused (not collimated) light optics and produces effective tracking on a variety of surfaces while having looser manufacturing and/or operational tolerances than prior focused optics systems. Embodiments provide an optical sensor system for a mouse moveable on a surface. An LED and a light sensor are coupled to a substrate. An illumination lens directs light at a first angle to the surface, with the light focused on a focal point below the surface. An imaging lens focuses light reflected at an angle generally equal to the first angle on the light sensor. The focal point is sufficiently below the surface so that that the diameter of a produced spot of light on the surface is more than 40% larger than a field of view (FOV) of the light sensor, and less than 400% larger than the FOV of the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventor: François Scholder
  • Patent number: 11983334
    Abstract: An electronic device displays, on a first display of a foldable display, a user interface provided by a reading application, a user may flip over the electronic device, to trigger the electronic device to display, on a second display of the foldable display, a user interface provided by the reading application. In addition, the second display may display the user interface in a form suitable for reading by the user. The user can trigger, in an interaction manner of flipping over the electronic device, the electronic device to display, on the second display with reference to a currently running application or a current location, content that the user expects to view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jie Xu
  • Patent number: 11983336
    Abstract: An information handling system peripheral, such as a mouse, accepts a cable connector in a cable port, such a USB Type-C cable connector and port. In one embodiment, the cable connector has a wireless dongle that inserts substantially flush with the cable port so that external torsional forces do not operate against the port. A magnetic toggle ejector translates an ejection force by operation of like poles to push a portion of the magnet against the cable connector and provide a grasp point for end user fingers to grasp the cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Peng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 11983337
    Abstract: A mouse accepts button press inputs at a button on the mouse upper surface to detect an input with a switch coupled to a first support. When pressure is applied by an end user to the button after the button activates the switch, the first support rotates towards a second support and a pressure sensor detects the amount of pressure applied at the button as an input with a value that varies in a range. The pressure sensor comprises a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) film with integrated silver electrodes that form upper and lower layers of capacitor electrodes to detect strain of a spring that biases the first support away from the second support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Peng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 11983338
    Abstract: A system for using a transparent conductive material layer for a knob interface is provided. The system comprises: the knob interface comprising a fixed base and one or more knob interface electrodes; the transparent conductive material layer configured to electrically couple the subset of the plurality of grid electrodes to the one or more knob interface electrodes; and a processing system. The processing system is configured to: drive the plurality of grid electrodes with one or more signals; receive one or more resulting signals based on driving the plurality of grid electrodes with the one or more signals; and perform one or more actions based on the one or more resulting signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kelvin Fong, Danny Joseph
  • Patent number: 11983339
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display device for minimizing viewing-angle-dependent variation in color coordinates. The touch display device includes a light-emitting element disposed in each of a plurality of subpixels including emission areas having different sizes, a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on the light-emitting element, and at least one opening formed in each of the plurality of touch electrodes. The width of the opening is formed differently in each of the plurality of subpixels including the emission areas having different sizes, thereby minimizing viewing-angle-dependent variation in color coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Neung-Hee Lee, Sung-Wook Chang, Hyung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11983340
    Abstract: A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the base substrate, wherein the pixel defining layer defines a plurality of sub-pixel areas and has a groove therein; and a touch structure disposed in the groove, wherein the touch structure is configured to provide a touch function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaowei Yu, Qinhe Wei, Rongjian Yan, Wenbin Chen
  • Patent number: 11983341
    Abstract: A touch control structure is provided. The touch control structure includes a plurality of first mesh electrodes respectively in a plurality of rows and a plurality of second mesh electrodes respectively in a plurality of columns. A respective one of the plurality of second mesh electrodes includes a plurality of second mesh blocks consecutively connected in a respective column. A respective one of the plurality of first mesh electrodes comprises a plurality of first mesh blocks and a plurality of third mesh blocks alternately arranged in a respective row. The respective second mesh block is in a space between a first adjacent third mesh block, a second adjacent third mesh block, a first adjacent first mesh block, a second adjacent first mesh block, a third adjacent first mesh block, and a fourth adjacent first mesh block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lingran Wang, Yang Yang, Jaeseung Kim, Jun Yan, Zhiliang Jiang, Gukhwan Song
  • Patent number: 11983342
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a semiconductor display device having a touch panel, which can reduce power consumption. The semiconductor display device includes a panel which is provided with a pixel portion and a driver circuit which controls an input of the image signal to the pixel portion, and a touch panel provided in a position overlapping with the panel in the pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a display element configured to perform display in accordance with voltage of the image signal to be input, and a transistor configured to control retention of the voltage. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The driving frequency of the driver circuit, that is, the number of writing operations of the image signal for a certain period is changed in accordance with an operation signal from a touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 11983343
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate. A plurality of sensing electrodes is on the substrate. A first touch insulating layer is disposed above the plurality of sensing electrodes. A plurality of driving electrodes is disposed on an upper surface of the first touch insulating layer. The plurality of driving electrodes receives a touch driving signal. A touch driving circuit sensing a change amount of mutual capacitance is formed between the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes by the plurality of sensing electrodes. The first touch insulating layer includes an organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bae Kim, Sang Kook Kim, Tae Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11983344
    Abstract: A touch screen display includes a display, a video graphics processing module, electrodes integrated into at least a portion of the display, and drive-sense circuits coupled to the electrodes. The drive-sense circuits, when enabled and concurrent with the display rendering frames of data into the visible images, detect changes in electrical characteristics of electrodes. At least some drive-sense circuits monitor sensor signals on at least some electrodes. A sensor signal includes a drive signal component and a receive signal component. The at least some drive-sense circuits generate the drive signal components of the sensor signals. The receive signal component is a representation of a change in an electrical characteristic of an electrode of the at least some electrodes when a corresponding drive signal component is applied to the electrode. The change in the electrical characteristic of the electrode is indicative of a proximal touch to the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11983345
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a window having a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the front surface and the rear surface, an electronic panel displaying an image through the front surface and including a surface corresponding to at least one of the side surfaces, a pressure sensing unit sensing an external pressure, and a housing unit accommodating the electronic panel and the pressure sensing unit. The external pressure is applied to a first surface among the side surfaces, and the pressure sensing unit is disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-lyong Bok
  • Patent number: 11983346
    Abstract: An OLED device includes a substrate having a display region including a pixel region and first and second peripheral regions surrounding the pixel region. A bending region is between the display region and the second peripheral region. A buffer layer has a first opening exposing an upper surface of the substrate. A plurality of pixel structures is disposed in the pixel region on the buffer layer. An insulation layer structure is disposed on the buffer layer. The insulation layer structure has a second opening exposing an upper surface of the substrate that is disposed in the bending region and a first portion of the buffer layer that is disposed adjacent to the bending region. A fan-out wiring is disposed between two adjacent insulation layers of the plurality of insulation layers. The fan-out wiring is disposed in the first peripheral region and/or the second peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunchul Kim, Seongjun Lee, Seongryong Lee, Wonsuk Choi, Yoonsun Choi
  • Patent number: 11983347
    Abstract: The present embodiments may provide a touch display device including: a display panel in which a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of touch electrodes are disposed; a gate-driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of gate lines; a data-driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of data lines; and a touch-driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of touch electrodes while the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines are driven. In this touch display device, while a touch-driving signal swings with a predetermined amplitude, a data signal and a gate signal may also swing with the predetermined amplitude. According to the present embodiments, it is possible to enable high-speed image display and high-speed touch sensing, to perform a display operation and a touch operation simultaneously, and to display an image normally without any image change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HongJu Lee, HyeongWon Kang, Youngwoo Jo
  • Patent number: 11983348
    Abstract: A display for an information handling system includes a top bezel, a printed circuit board, and a bottom bezel. The top bezel has a first width. The printed circuit board is in physical communication with the top bezel, and includes a touch circuit. The touch circuit performs one or more operations based on different touch operations. The bottom bezel has a second width, and multiple touch electrodes. Each of the touch electrodes communicates with the touch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Guentaek Oh, KyungEun Lee, BongJun Lee
  • Patent number: 11983349
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region; detection electrodes arranged in a row-column configuration in the display region; and detection lines coupled to the respective detection electrodes. A shape of the substrate in a plan view includes a curve of a curved portion. The detection electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode having a shape different from that of the first electrode in a plan view. The second electrode is juxtaposed with the curved portion. The detection lines each include a first line coupled to the first electrode and a second line coupled to the second electrode. The second line passes from the display region across the peripheral region and extends to a position overlapping with the second electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Yoshinori Aoki, Kazune Matsumura, Masateru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11983350
    Abstract: A display device comprises first and second pixels, a light-emitting layer, color conversion layers, and color filter layers, the light-emitting layer comprising first and second light-emitting elements in the first and second pixels, wherein the color conversion layers comprise first and second color conversion layers in the first and second pixels, the color filter layers comprise first and second color filter layers in the first and second pixels, the first and second light-emitting elements emit first light having a central wavelength range of a first wavelength, the first and second color conversion layers contain color conversion particles converting the first light into second light having a central wavelength range of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, the first color filter layer transmits the first light and blocks the second light, and the second color filter layer transmits the second light and blocks transmission of the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyuk Kang, Hyun Min Cho, Dae Hyun Kim, Hyun Deok Im
  • Patent number: 11983351
    Abstract: A touch data transmission method of present disclosure includes: generating a header information by a first controller according to a detected touch event; generating a first checksum information by the first controller according to the header information; storing the header information and the first checksum information to a memory by the first controller; and, storing a plurality of position information of the detected touch event to the memory by the first controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Chun-Kai Chuang, Jan-Ruei Lin, Yu-Hsiang Lin, I-Sheng Chao
  • Patent number: 11983352
    Abstract: An MFR sensor array having a first supporting layer. The array has a second supporting layer. The array has a force sensing component disposed between the first and second supporting layers. The array has protrusions combined with the force supporting component, where there are only two supporting layers. When a force is applied to the second supporting layer, the force causes the second supporting layer to contact protrusions so the force is transmitted through the protrusions to the force supporting component and through the force supporting component. An MFR sensor array. A system for sensing. A method for sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Tactonic Technologies, LLC, New York University
    Inventors: Kenneth Perlin, Charles Hendee, Alex Grau
  • Patent number: 11983353
    Abstract: a touch device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a plurality of touch electrodes; and a driver/receiver that applies driving signals, each having a frequency corresponding to a resonance frequency of a stylus pen, to the plurality of touch electrodes, and receives detection signals from the plurality of touch electrodes, wherein the driving signals may include a first driving signal and a second driving signal, each having a different phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho
  • Patent number: 11983354
    Abstract: Disclosed is circuitry for calculating the magnitude of a received signal from an electrode of a capacitive touch sensitive apparatus. The circuitry includes a first digital signal generating module configured to generate a first digital signal, the first digital signal representing a sinusoidal wave having a first frequency, and a second digital signal generating module configured to generate a second digital signal, the second digital signal representing a sinusoidal wave having the first frequency, wherein the second digital signal is orthogonal to the first digital signal. The circuitry also includes a sensing module for coupling to an electrode array, the sensing module configured to receive the first digital signal, provide a driving signal to at least one electrode of the electrode array based on the first digital signal, and output a received digital signal, wherein the received digital signal is indicative of a capacitive coupling experienced by the at least one electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TouchNetix Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Roberts, Peter Timothy Sleeman
  • Patent number: 11983355
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a first structure, a second structure, a flexible display, at least one sensor, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to: obtain information on a state of the first structure with respect to the second structure via the at least one sensor; detect a touch input via the at least one sensor; based on the information on the state of the first structure with respect to the second structure, identify a portion of the flexible display where the touch input is detected between a first portion visually exposed to an outside and a second portion accommodated in an inside of the second structure in the flexible display; and based on the identified portion being the second portion, perform a function associated with a screen displayed via the first portion, based on the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwon Kim, Hyelin Lee, Dahee Lim, Byoungho Jung, Minjung Kim
  • Patent number: 11983356
    Abstract: A control device configured for use in a load control system to control one or more electrical loads may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a touch sensitive surface configured to detect a point actuation along at least a portion of the front surface, a touch sensitive circuit, and a control circuit. The touch sensitive device may comprise one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located behind the actuation member and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the touch sensitive surface. The control circuit may be configured to operate using different filtering techniques based on the state/mode of the control device and/or based on whether the positions of point actuations by a user along the touch sensitive surface indicate a fine tune or gross adjustment by the user. For example, the control circuit may generate an output signal using light/no filtering or using heavy filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Dinesh Sundara Moorthy, Christoph Porwol, James P. Steiner
  • Patent number: 11983357
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel; a touch electrode layer disposed on the display panel and comprising at least one touch electrode; and a conductive wire disposed on the display panel, disposed on the same layer as the touch electrode layer, and generating a magnetic field signal for driving a stylus pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HiDeep Inc.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kyeonghan Park, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho, Sein Lee, Hwanhee Lee, Kiryoung Jung, Wonwoo Lee, Jeongwon Seo, Jongsik Kim, Inuk Jeong, Beomkyu Ko, Hojun Moon
  • Patent number: 11983358
    Abstract: A display panel includes a mutual-capacitance touch film layer with a drive electrode system and a sensing electrode system. One of the drive electrode system and the sensing electrode system is a first touch electrode system, and the other is a second touch electrode system. The first touch electrode system includes a plurality of first touch electrodes that extend in a first direction and that are arranged in a second direction, and a plurality of second touch electrodes that extend in the first direction and that are arranged in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tawei Kuo, Junyong Zhang, Haiming He