Cursor Mark Position Control Device Patents (Class 345/157)
  • Patent number: 12229400
    Abstract: A handwriting input device includes a display section which includes a display surface and which, in operation, displays handwritten input information that is handwritten on the display surface, a position detection sensor which is disposed such that a position detection area of the position detection sensor is superimposed on a display area of the display surface and which, in operation, detects a position corresponding to the handwritten input information, a memory which, in operation, stores electronic data according to the position that corresponds to the handwritten input information and that has been detected by the position detection sensor, a transmission circuit which, in operation, transmits the electronic data stored in the memory to an external device, and a control circuit which, in operation, controls the transmission of the electronic data stored in the memory to the external device via the transmission circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Onoda, Kenichi Okawa
  • Patent number: 12232283
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the display device of the present disclosure may include: a flexible display panel; a panel roller which is elongated, and around which the display panel is rolled or unrolled; and a side frame coupled to a lateral side of the display panel and rolled around or unrolled from the panel roller along with the display panel, wherein the side frame may include: a core elongated along the lateral side of the display panel and facing the lateral side of the display panel; a first part covering the core; a second part extending from the first part and facing one surface of the display panel; and a third part extending from the first part and opposite to the second part with respect to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Philsang Kim, Hyosik Shin, Laio Kang
  • Patent number: 12230063
    Abstract: A device comprising at least one camera, a display, a memory and a processor, the memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the device to: display, using the display of the device, a content to be reviewed by the user; detect, using the camera of the device, user's eyes; detect, using the camera of the device, user's eye movements; determine, based on the detected user's eye movements, whether the user has reviewed the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Michael Helmer, Martin Vitt
  • Patent number: 12229506
    Abstract: A method and a system for filtering ill corpus are provided. The method includes following steps: acquiring a text corpus to be recognized, and preprocessing the text corpus to be recognized to obtain a basic text corpus; extracting entities in the basic text corpus, and performing matching search on the entities of the basic text corpus according to an ill-text knowledge graph to obtain a first recognition result; detecting and recognizing the basic text corpus according to a corpus recognition model to obtain a second recognition result; and filtering the text corpus to be recognized according to the first or/and the second recognition result, and updating the ill-text knowledge graph according to the second recognition result. With semantic network essence and strong correlation ability of knowledge graph technology, candidate ill entities can be obtained, thus facilitating filtering of obscure ill information in forms of pinyin, homophonic words and split words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang Gongshang University
    Inventors: Xiaoning Jiang, Kai Liu, Yuhan Zhou, Hongmin Xie, Yukuan He, Weijie Liu, Jie Zhang, Zhen Liu
  • Patent number: 12224385
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an optoelectronic module including a light emitting die and a light receiver die mounted on a PCB substrate. The optoelectronic module further includes an optical element on the light emitting die and an optical element on the light receiver die, the optical elements being composed of a first epoxy. A second epoxy laterally surrounds and is in contact with respective side surfaces of the light emitting die, the light receiver die and the optical elements, wherein the second epoxy provides an optical barrier between the light emitting die and the light receiver die. A method of manufacturing such modules is described as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AMS SENSORS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Wang, Qi Chuan Yu, Kam Wah Leong, Hartmut Rudmann
  • Patent number: 12225151
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and system for determining a communication mode for recording a media message on a communication device is provided. An adaptive recording application detects activation of an interface element, for example, a push or a touch of a button on the communication device and determines duration of the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application, in response to the detection of the activation of the interface element, selects a communication mode, for example, a push to talk communication mode, a tap to start communication mode, etc., based on a comparison of the duration of the activation of the interface element with one or more configurable timing parameters and/or a determination of a presence or an absence of a media signal during and/or after the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application initiates recording of the media message in the selected communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Kieraj Singh Mumick
  • Patent number: 12223116
    Abstract: A gesture-based display interface control method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium, belonging to the technical field of intelligent devices. The method includes: acquiring a first gesture of a user, and determining whether the first gesture is kept for more than a preset time; if the first gesture is kept for more than the preset time, displaying a target virtual gesture point on the current display interface; and acquiring a second gesture of the user, and moving the target virtual gesture point on the current display interface according to the second gesture. According to the method, the virtual gesture point is displayed on the display interface, and the virtual gesture point is randomly moved on the display interface, so that any interactive control on the current display interface can be operated, and gesture control is more intelligent and comprehensive while improving the accuracy of gesture control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Xiaochen Wang, Ke Dong
  • Patent number: 12216844
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sensor system that detects a stylus on at least one panel surface having an effective region. The sensor system includes a memory device including computer-executable instructions, and a processor. The processor, when loaded with the computer-executable instructions, performs: and obtaining a position of the stylus and a pen pressure value indicating a pressure applied to a pen tip of the stylus; outputting the position and the pen pressure value to a host processor. In response to the position being outside the effective region, the processor performs processing to conceal from the host processor occurrence of at least one of a pen-down indicating the stylus contacting the panel surface and a pen-up indicating the stylus being removed from the panel surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshio Nomura, Yuhi Hatano
  • Patent number: 12217218
    Abstract: Implementations relate to an automated assistant that provides augmented reality content, via a display interface of computerized glasses, resulting from post-processing of application content. The application content can be identified based on prior interactions between a user and one or more applications, and the application content can be processed to determine objects, and/or object classifications, that may be associated with the application content. When the user is wearing the computerized glasses, and the object is detected within a field of view of the computerized glasses, the automated assistant can cause certain content to be rendered at the display interface of the computerized glasses. In some implementations, the content can be generated to supplement, and/or be different from, existing content that the user may have already accessed, in furtherance of preventing duplicative usage of applications and/or preserving computational resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Ramprasad Sedouram
  • Patent number: 12210693
    Abstract: An input device comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising non-linear circuitry; resistive circuitry including a force-sensitive resistor (FSR) coupled to the PCB in parallel with the non-linear circuitry; and a hinge coupled to the PCB and the FSR configured to strain the FSR in response to a force applied to a tip of the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Shapirten Laboratories LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Bechstein, Duc T. Duong, John S. Smith, Michael Vosgueritchian, Sinan Filiz, Vipin Ayanoor-Vitikkate, Vyom Sharma
  • Patent number: 12204694
    Abstract: An electronic device has an input which, in operation, receives an input stream of accelerometer data samples indicative of acceleration values along at least one axis. The devices includes circuitry, coupled to the input. The circuitry, in operation, executes an automatic-learning algorithm on blocks of samples of the input stream of accelerometer data samples to identify, for each block, a corresponding condition-of-user-movement from among a plurality of determined conditions-of-user-movement. The circuitry generates a plurality of streams of samples based on the input stream of accelerometer data samples, and for each condition of movement identified, selects a corresponding stream of samples of the plurality of streams of samples. The circuitry executes a wrist-tilt gesture detection algorithm using samples of the selected stream of the plurality of streams of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico Rizzardini, Lorenzo Bracco, Stefano Paolo Rivolta
  • Patent number: 12203715
    Abstract: A system for providing discharge monitoring of a firearm includes an event detection module, a signal processing module and a trigger pull sensor assembly. The event detection module has at least one sensor that senses an acceleration and generates an acceleration signal. The signal processing module receives the acceleration signal. The signal processing module is configured to determine whether the acceleration signal is a discharge event and generate an event detection signal based on the determination and is configured to maintain a shot count of the firearm based on the determination that the event detection signal is a discharge event. The trigger pull sensor assembly senses mechanical movement of a trigger of the firearm and communicates a trigger actuation signal to the signal processing module corresponding to a position of the trigger. The event detection signal is further based on the trigger actuation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff O'Dell, James Gordon, Michael Canty
  • Patent number: 12201897
    Abstract: A gamepad and a joystick feedback force device therefor are disclosed. The joystick feedback force device comprises a joystick that is configured to accept a user's operation and is rotatably installed in a casing of the gamepad. The joystick feedback force device further comprises a torque output device, and an output shaft of the torque output device is connected with a rotating shaft of the joystick, so that a torque is applied to the rotating shaft to form a feedback force to the joystick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Zhenzhen Liu, Yanlong Liu, Dong Liang, Lin Geng, Xing Zhang
  • Patent number: 12197549
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes one or more processors identifying one or more companion electronic devices operating within a wireless communication radius of the wearable electronic device. One or more sensors identify the wearable electronic device being within a predefined distance of a companion electronic device. A wireless communication circuit, responsive to the one or more processors, delivers an authentication credential to the companion electronic device in response to the one or more sensors identifying that the wearable electronic device is within the predefined distance of the companion electronic device. The one or more sensors thereafter detect a gaze of an authorized user of the wearable electronic device being directed at the companion electronic device, where the wireless communication circuit delivers an actuation command to the companion electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rachid Alameh, John Gorsica, Thomas Merrell
  • Patent number: 12192615
    Abstract: A method of viewing a live image from a microscope through a camera lens of a first personal electronic device is described. The method includes receiving one or more optic powers of a microscope taking the live image entered into a first graphical user interface displayed on a screen of the first personal electronic device, and projecting a measurement tool on a second graphical user interface displayed on the screen of the first personal electronic device with units of measurement based on the entered optic powers. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media and a computer or computer system are also described. Hardware designed to connect a personal electronic device such as a smartphone to a microscope for viewing of a live microscope image through the camera lens of the personal electronic device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventors: Cheston Davis, Tracy Davis, Kiara Neilsen, Cade Wilson
  • Patent number: 12182326
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure enable image augmentations to be used with images of users wearing head mounted items. In examples of the disclosure an apparatus can be configured to use gaze tracking to determine a location of a user's pupil wherein the user is wearing a head mounted item. The apparatus can also be configured to enable display of an indication of the location of the user's pupil so that the indication is visible on a surface of the head mounted item. The indication is configured to be used for positioning at least one image augmentation for a captured image comprising the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Inventors: Marja Pauliina Salmimaa, Toni Johan Jarvenpaa, Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi
  • Patent number: 12182378
    Abstract: A method for identifying and selecting an object in a virtual or real environment is disclosed. The method comprises: determining a target finder area, at a computing device, within an area displayed by the user interface based on a user profile; determining a list of one or more objects within the target finder area; and presenting one or more of the determined list of one or more objects on the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Riot Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Christina Norman, Kuo-Yen Lo
  • Patent number: 12169965
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of improving detection accuracy of a position pointed by a target object. An acquisition unit acquires a distance image indicating a distance to each object present within a predetermined range. Subsequently, a vector calculation unit calculates a vector extending from the target object present within the predetermined range in a direction pointed by the target object on the basis of the acquired distance image. Subsequently, an intersection calculation unit calculates a position of an intersection of a predetermined surface present within the predetermined range and the calculated vector on the basis of the acquired distance image. Subsequently, a processing execution unit executes processing corresponding to the calculated position of the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Machino, Seiichi Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 12169764
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can adapt to circumstances in which a user may invoke an automated assistant with an intention of interacting with the automated assistant via a non-default interface. For example, in some instances, a user may invoke an automated assistant by selecting a selectable GUI element. In response, the automated assistant can determine that, in the current context, spoken utterances may not be suitable for providing to the automated assistant. Based on this determination, the automated assistant can cause a keyboard interface to be rendered and/or initialized for receiving typed inputs from the user. Should the user subsequently change contexts, the automated assistant can determine that voice input is now suitable for user input and initialize an audio interface in response to the user providing an invocation input in the subsequent context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Keun Soo Yim, Zhitu Chen, Brendan G. Lim
  • Patent number: 12164739
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device enhances interactions with virtual objects in a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, an electronic device enhances interactions with selectable user interface elements. In some embodiments, an electronic device enhances interactions with slider user interface elements. In some embodiments, an electronic device moves virtual objects in a three-dimensional environment and facilitates accessing actions associated with virtual objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Israel Pastrana Vicente, Jonathan R. Dascola, Wesley M. Holder, Pol Pla I Conesa, Alexis Henri Palangie, Aaron Mackay Burns, William A. Sorrentino, III, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher D. McKenzie, Shih-Sang Chiu, Benjamin Hunter Boesel, Jonathan Ravasz
  • Patent number: 12158984
    Abstract: An activity care zone system includes: an image output module including a plurality of image output devices disposed at predetermined positions in an indoor care zone to project images onto multiple surfaces of six surfaces that constitute the indoor care zone except for an open rear side, in which installation positions and irradiation angles of the image output devices are set such that a shadow of a user is not generated within a field of view of the user located at least in a central area of the bottom surface and facing a front surface; a sensing module installed in one area of the indoor care zone to sense a position and a motion of the user; and a control module configured to control such that the image output devices output synchronized images according to a sensing result of the sensing module and a pre-stored scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HUMAN IT SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bongdu Choi, Hosung Park
  • Patent number: 12158982
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing AR button selection operations on an augmented reality (AR) device. The system displays, by an AR device, a plurality of AR objects on a display region that overlaps a first real-world object, each of the plurality of AR objects being associated with an object selection region. The system computes a first spatial relationship factor for a first AR object of the plurality of AR objects based on a position of the first AR object relative to a position of a second real-world object and adjusts the object selection region of the first AR object based on the first spatial relationship factor. The system activates the first AR object in response to determining that the second real-world object overlaps the object selection region of the first AR object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventor: Sterling Crispin
  • Patent number: 12153793
    Abstract: An information handling system enables a first human interface device and a second human interface device for simultaneous use with an application in the information handling system, wherein the application includes a first region and a second region. The system associates the first human interface device with the first region and associates the second human interface device with the second region, and associates the first human interface device with a first pointer and associates the second human interface device with a second pointer. The system also controls a first movement of the first pointer within the first region via the first human interface device while simultaneously controlling a second movement of the second pointer within the second region via the second human interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Kai Wang
  • Patent number: 12151363
    Abstract: An object control method and an object control device are disclosed. The disclosed object control method: detects a control activation/deactivation command generated by a user; detects, in a state in which the control activation/deactivation command is detected, a user command including a movement variation command and a rotation variation command; determines a user input by the movement variation command and the rotation variation command; and controls an object according to the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seok Hyung Bae, Yong Kwan Kim, Joon Hyub Lee, Sang Gyun An
  • Patent number: 12147597
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates cursor interactions in different regions in a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates cursor interactions in content. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates cursor movement. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates interaction with multiple input devices. In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates cursor movement based on movement of a hand of a user of the computer system and a location of a gaze of the user in the three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a computer system facilitates cursor selection and scrolling of content in the three-dimensional environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Sang Chiu, Christopher D. McKenzie, Pol Pla I Conesa, Jonathan Ravasz, Zoey C. Taylor
  • Patent number: 12135178
    Abstract: A system and method for determining an operational status of a firearm based on a discharge event is provided. A first acceleration is measured on the firearm at a first time. A second acceleration is measured on the firearm at a second time. A measured shot separation of first and second accelerations between the first and second times is calculated. The measured shot separation is compared to at least one shot separation threshold. A speed of a movement member in the firearm is assigned based on the comparing. The operational status of the firearm is determined based on the assigned speed. The operational status is communicated to a first user of the firearm in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle William Broadway, Michael Canty
  • Patent number: 12131415
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) animation system automatically assigns accurate animation physics to points of a point cloud to realistically simulate motion of the points in response to different applied forces. The 3D animation system receives the points that are defined with positions in a 3D space and with visual characteristics. The 3D animation system analyzes one or more of the positions and the visual characteristics of the points, classifies the points based on a commonality in the positions or the visual characteristics of the points being associated with a particular classification, and maps a set of animation physics that is defined for the particular classification to the points. The 3D animation system may then animate the points based on the set of animation physics generating an effect in response to a force that is applied to the points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Illuscio, Inc.
    Inventor: Luke Kane
  • Patent number: 12130967
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are for an interaction mode system that provides multiple interaction modes in an artificial reality environment with automatic, context-specific transitions between interaction modes. An interaction mode can specify how the interaction mode system determines direction indications and movement within an artificial reality environment and interactions for making selections or performing other actions. In some implementations, the interaction mode system can control at least four interaction modes including a no-hands, 3DoF mode, a no-hands, 6DoF mode, a gaze and gesture mode, and a ray casting mode. The interaction mode system can employ a mapping of interaction mode context factors (e.g., which components are enabled, mode settings, lighting or other environment conditions, current body positions, etc.) to interaction modes to control transitioning between particular interaction modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Hayden Schoen
  • Patent number: 12128309
    Abstract: A virtual object control method is provided. The method includes: displaying a user interface, the user interface including a virtual object and a displacement control; receiving a first operation signal corresponding to the displacement control; controlling, based on the first operation signal, the virtual object to perform a first displacement operation; and controlling, in response to a second operation signal corresponding to the displacement control being received in a process of performing the first displacement operation by the virtual object, the virtual object to perform a second displacement operation based on the second operation signal after the first displacement operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuan Fu, Fan Luo
  • Patent number: 12121309
    Abstract: A system comprises a teleoperational manipulator configured to control operation of a medical instrument in a surgical environment. The system further comprises an operator input system including an input device and a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to display an image of a field of view of the surgical environment and display a menu including a set of directionally arranged menu options. The processing unit is further configured to transition the input device from a first constraint state for interaction with the medical instrument to a second constraint state for interaction with the menu. In the second constraint state, the input device is constrained to move in one or more directions based on the set of directionally arranged menu options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tabish Mustufa, Sophia R. Hannaford, Jason S. LaFrenais, Paul W. Mohr
  • Patent number: 12124625
    Abstract: A computer system records eye tracking data and identifies movements in the eye tracking data to determine gaze and pupil dynamics. Eye tracking data is correlated with a current task and predetermined vigilance requirements. The system determines if the user is exhibiting an appropriate level of vigilance based on the task or is becoming fixated. When fixation is detected, the system may engage in remedial action. A task flow diagram represents the operator tasks. Interactions between the user and the instrumentation are used to estimate the probability distribution of the task the user is currently conducting. The system correlates eye tracking data and physiological data such as electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRs) to determine neuroactivity. Monitoring neuroactivity reduces the probability of a false positive for fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Peggy Wu, Brigid A. Blakeslee, Andrew Radlbeck, Ganesh Sundaramoorthi
  • Patent number: 12111463
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus is provided. The head-mounted display apparatus includes at least one camera, at least one sensor, and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one camera and the at least one sensor. The at least one processor may be configured to acquire information about head pose and head-based gaze direction of a user, based on data input from the at least one sensor and multiple key points input from the at least one camera according to recognizing rotation of a user's head, estimate gaze lines of the user, based on the acquired information about head pose and head-based gaze direction, and estimate a distance to a target point, based on the gaze lines of the user, according to identifying that vestibulo-ocular reflex is activated based on the gaze lines of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pawel Kies
  • Patent number: 12111965
    Abstract: A handheld controller is suitable for controlling an electronic device. The handheld controller includes a first body, a second body and a connecting portion. The first body is suitable for being held by a hand of a user. The connecting portion connects the first body and the second body. The second body is electrically connected to the first body through the connecting portion, and the connecting portion is suitable for being clamped between fingers of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Hsun Chang, Yu-Hsun Chung
  • Patent number: 12114034
    Abstract: A remote control system and related method for controlling a video device are presented. The remote control system contains a plurality of buttons arranged in a grid pattern that correspond to user selectable options displayed on a display screen arranged in the same grid pattern. The user selects options on the screen by pressing the corresponding button on the remote control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: Henry Gregg Martch, Luke VanDuyn
  • Patent number: 12107984
    Abstract: A messaging apparatus for sending a multimedia message includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and including instructions stored thereon. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the messaging apparatus to send display a list of multimedia contents on a screen based on a search term, receive a user's selection of one of displayed multimedia contents, obtain text content corresponding to the selected multimedia content, receive a user's selection of a graphical representation of the user's emotion, combine, in order, the selected multimedia content, as a first layer, the selected graphical representation of the user's emotion, as a second layer, and the text content, as a third layer, to generate a flattened multimedia message, and send the flattened multimedia message via a messaging application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MUSIC MAKES US FEELS, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Chandler Williams, Robert Suarez
  • Patent number: 12107983
    Abstract: A computing device determines that the computing device is within wireless proximity to a secondary wireless device. Based on the computing device being within wireless proximity to the secondary wireless device, the computing device determines at least one function of the secondary wireless device, and generates an aggregate user interface for display on a display screen of the computing device. The aggregate user interface identifies the secondary wireless device and indicates the at least one function of the secondary wireless device. The computing device receives, via the aggregate user interface, a user input selecting the secondary wireless device. Responsive to the user input, the computing device presents a second user interface including one or more selectable features for operating the secondary wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12106697
    Abstract: Image display device and method have a display arranged at a user's preferred position and displaying images with comfortable image quality and arrangement that match a user's viewing position and preference. The image display device includes an external input interface, a memory for storing image data, an arithmetic processing unit, a graphics processing unit, a display, and a setting mode suitable for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ATMOPH INC.
    Inventors: Kyohi Kang, Kyohei Nakano, Yoko Tarui, Shin Sugiyama, Takashi Kubota, Kwei Yuan Chiou
  • Patent number: 12103812
    Abstract: A flexible layer support structure and a retractable device is disclosed. The flexible layer support structure includes a first thin sheet and a second thin sheet arranged in parallel with each other, as well as and a folding spring group sandwiched between the first thin sheet and the second thin sheet and arranged in parallel. The curved elastic pieces in the folding spring group are smoothly overlapped and connected with the thin sheets, so as to enclose a hollow thin-walled elastic structure that can be overlapped and rolled up, can be automatically straightened and has a flat surface. The retractable device includes a winding shaft, a pressure roller, and a flexible layer support structure installed on the winding shaft. The flexible layer support structure of the present disclosure has the advantages in lightweight, high storage ratio, large unfolded area, simple winding, large load bearing capacity, and less damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: Qingdao University of Technology
    Inventors: Ziguo Wang, Yuyan Sun
  • Patent number: 12097427
    Abstract: Controlling an avatar in an XR environment can be based on input(s) from external, non-XR computing devices, such as mobile devices. An external device can capture sensor data, audio data, and/or image data, which are processed by an avatar control system to determine a gesture performed by the user, gauge the level of intensity or excitement of the user, and/or infer the user's sentiment or emotional state. The avatar control system can generate a motion plan based on these inferences drawn from the external device sensor data based on a baseline animation or motion template. The system can generate avatar animations that have exaggerated or understated expressions relative to the user's real-world gestures, possibly exceeding limitations of a kinematic model that otherwise constrain the avatar's animations. The technology can enable users to control an avatar in an XR environment without specialized XR equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Joel Schaefer, Evan Jones, Adria Navarro Lopez, Max Ma, Robert Berkebile, Alex Elsayad
  • Patent number: 12100292
    Abstract: A system in accordance with present embodiments includes a source of electromagnetic radiation that operates to emit electromagnetic radiation into an active playing area. The system also includes a sensing device that operates to receive the electromagnetic radiation after being reflected from a retro-reflective material of an article positioned in the active playing area and operable to generate data based on receiving reflected electromagnetic radiation from a series of article positions. Further, the system includes a controller that operates to process the data generated by the sensing device to determine whether the series of article positions correlate to a stored gesture and output a control signal to actuate an effect when the series of article positions correlate to the stored gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Sameer Kawash, Justin Michael Schwartz, Steven C Blum
  • Patent number: 12099672
    Abstract: An electronic device with a first off-display input region detects a first portion of an input on the input region. In response to the first portion of the input: when the first portion of the input meets first criteria without a characteristic intensity of the first input increasing above a first intensity threshold, the electronic device provides a first output that indicates a current state of a first attribute of the electronic device without altering the first attribute. The electronic device detects a second portion of the input. In response to the second portion of the input: if the second portion of the first input meets second criteria that require the characteristic intensity of the input increases above the first intensity threshold, the electronic device performs a first operation that alters the first attribute of the electronic device; and otherwise, the electronic device forgoes performing the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Brian T. Gleeson, Brigit E. Lamberson, Camille Moussette, Madeleine S. Cordier, Megan A. McClain, Michael J. Beyhs, Thayne M. Miller, Jacob L. Matlick, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, David H. Bloom, Miao He, Peter C. Tsoi
  • Patent number: 12098768
    Abstract: A rotary shifter includes a knob, a cam mechanism to hold the knob at holding positions corresponding to respective predetermined shift positions whose number is N, an electromagnetic brake including a yoke and an armature to restrict the rotation of the armature and the knob, and a hardware processor to determine a predetermined shift position of the knob to control the operation of the electromagnetic brake. The rotation pitch angle between the holding positions of the knob at the time of switching the predetermined shift positions is set to an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by a first integer A (A?N). The rotation pitch angle between stopping positions of the armature corresponding to the holding positions at the time of switching the predetermined shift positions is set to an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by a second integer B (A>B?N).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisaku Sugawara
  • Patent number: 12093470
    Abstract: A virtual image display system includes a virtual image display device and a hand-held control device. The virtual image display device is coupled to the hand-held control device. The hand-held control device is configured to capture image information of the virtual image display device and analyze the image information to obtain relative angle information between the virtual image display device and the hand-held control device. The virtual image display device adjusts a pointing direction of a displayed virtual hand-held control device image according to the relative angle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Chu Ho, Ching-Hao Lee
  • Patent number: 12090390
    Abstract: A foldable touch screen display device made up of flexible or tiled display segments that can be folded from a compact state to an expanded state which also includes a gaming motion control interface. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a larger phone or tablet computer, which may also have the mechanical functionality of a laptop. The gaming motion control interface can provide enhanced interaction and viewing of a game application by utilizing the inherent folding mechanics and position of each display segment relative to each other such that a virtual object or point of reference shown on the display corresponds with the device's folding motion. Other applications that do not relate to gaming may also be applied utilizing the same techniques disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LEPTON COMPUTING LLC
    Inventor: Stephen E. Delaporte
  • Patent number: 12092720
    Abstract: A radar signal processing device is provided. The radar device may include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a processing signal based on a beat signal of a transmission signal and a reception signal, and generate a plurality of extracted beat signals by applying a plurality of window functions on the processing signal, and convert the plurality of extracted beat signals to amplitude data indicating a relationship between a distance and an amplitude, and integrate a plurality of the amplitude data into integrated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumiya Nakatani
  • Patent number: 12086318
    Abstract: An operating device includes a touchpad having an operating surface for detecting touch inputs, which operating surface has multiple regions which are delimited from each other at least in part by one or more structural elements, each structural element being designed to have a first haptic effect on a finger when the finger swipes over the structural element; and a haptic actuator which is designed to have a second haptic effect which enhances the first haptic effect on the finger when the finger touches or swipes over a structural element. The operating device has a first operating mode in which the actuator is activated to produce the second haptic effect on the finger when the finger touches or swipes over a structural element, and a second operating mode in which the actuator is deactivated when the finger touches or swipes over a structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sonja Ruemelin
  • Patent number: 12080129
    Abstract: A method of selecting wagers inside a micro-market with on-screen gestures. A user can use a gesture, such as swipe right for a run, swipe left for a pass, or swipe to other bets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: AdrenalineIP
    Inventors: Casey Alexander Huke, John Cronin, Joseph W. Beyers, Michael D'Andrea
  • Patent number: 12079387
    Abstract: A hand-wearable device outfitted with data interface electronics is provided. The device is secured to its user by means of a comfortable material integrated across the top of the hand. The device includes a central palm section containing complex three-dimensional geometry and modular features for adjustable structures to house switch sensors. These structures account for each fingertip's location and orientation relative to the rest of the user's hand. Features to accommodate the comfortable securing material are built into the device to ensure the device does not shift or move around relative to the user's hand while being worn and operated. Integrated switch sensor and various power and transistor-based electronics allow the device to function and communicate with other computers and like devices. The device is worn on the left, right, or both hands simultaneously to enable access to the maximum number of potential sensor commands for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Sam Drucker
  • Patent number: 12073018
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide retinal imaging-based gaze tracking In some implementations, a user's gaze is tracked based on a retinal imaging technique that selectively uses a subset of multiple light sources (222, 310, 610) that illuminate different portions of the user's retina (352). In some implementations, a method (700) includes selecting (710) a subset of light sources, where the subset of the light sources includes less than all of the light sources. In some implementations, one or more portions of a retina (352) are illuminated (720) by producing light using the subset of the light sources. In some implementations, sensor data is received (730) at a sensor (224, 340, 814), the sensor data corresponding to the light detected during retinal imaging, and an eye characteristic is determined (740) based on the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eran Tal, Ariel Lipson
  • Patent number: 12073618
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing computer-generated visualization of items, including enhancing visualization of product images in a web-based augmented reality (AR) user interface, displaying elements that enable users to select AR-enabled images of products (e.g., room décor, furniture, or other products), and transmitting AR-enabled images of the products in a room to one or more distributed computer systems (e.g., in real time). These and other images may be saved or selected in the various platforms, web-based documents, or locally-run applications as AR-enabled images of products to view a set of user-selected AR-enabled images in a single view (e.g., on a web page), and, when in a room, selectively display and interact with an AR-enabled view in the room of the corresponding products from the AR-enabled images list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Marxent Labs LLC
    Inventors: Bret Besecker, Barry Besecker, Vincent Anthony Kilian, Jeffrey Rudderman