Including Orientation Sensors (e.g., Infrared, Ultrasonic, Remotely Controlled) Patents (Class 345/158)
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Patent number: 11601616Abstract: A set of glasses frames includes electronic components for video capture and is configured to continuously capture video in a twenty-second loop. On the frames is a capture button that, when pressed, causes the electronic circuitry to store the prior twenty seconds and the following twenty seconds, for a total of forty seconds of video in non-transitory memory. The electronic circuitry in the frames also includes a Bluetooth radio and a Wi-Fi radio, enabling the frames to communicate with a mobile device, and more particularly to provide the saved twenty-second video clips to an app running on the mobile device. The app allows for storage of the video clips on the phone, editing of the video clips, upload of the video clips to the Internet, and configuring user-adjustable settings on the electronic circuitry of the glasses.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventors: Armaan Saini, Casey Spencer, Vivek Vinodh
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Patent number: 11599219Abstract: A method performed by a device (e.g., touch controller) includes deriving a pen position, and transmitting a report indicating the derived pen position to a host computer. The report includes a first area storing position data indicating the derived position and a second area storing non-position data different from the position data. The method includes securing a buffer area for retaining a plurality of the reports in a memory, deriving the pen position at each determined scanning time, and generating a report including the position data indicating the derived position. The method includes storing the report in the buffer area and, in response to obtaining the non-position data, writing the non-position data in the second area of each of one or more of the reports stored in the buffer area. The method includes transmitting the plurality of the reports stored in the buffer area to the host computer.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sadao Yamamoto, Yoshio Nomura
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Patent number: 11600155Abstract: This disclosure illustrates a wearable detection device, configured to detect vibrations due to the impact of fingers against an object and/or to the sliding of fingertips on a rough surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: WEART S.R.L.Inventors: Guido Gioioso, Giovanni Spagnoletti, Domenico Prattichizzo, Mirko Aurilio
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Patent number: 11600116Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for recognizing a gesture, an electronic device and a storage medium. In one or more embodiments, the method includes: detecting at least one hand region from a video image and obtaining hand image information of each of the at least one hand region; obtaining hand motion information of each of the at least one hand region by tracking the at least one hand region; determining a gesture corresponding to each of the at least one hand region according to the hand image information and/or the hand motion information of each of the at least one hand region; wherein the gesture comprises at least one of a single-hand static gesture, a single-hand dynamic gesture, a double-hand static gesture or a double-hand dynamic gesture.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chunshan Zu
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Patent number: 11589939Abstract: A computing device comprises a memory and a control unit coupled to the memory. The control unit is configured to receive a patient model and identify a plurality of port locations on the patient model for accessing a workspace using a plurality of instruments controlled by a computer-assisted device. For each of the port locations, the control unit determines a collision volume for portions of the computer-assisted device proximal to the port location, a reachability metric, and an anthropomorphic metric. For each combination of the plurality of port locations, the control unit determines a collision metric based on overlaps of the collision volumes for the port locations in the combination, and an aggregate metric for the combination. The control unit is also configured to display one or more of the combinations of the plurality of port locations to a user along with a corresponding aggregate metric.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Robert G. Stricko, III, Brandon D. Itkowitz, Amy E. Kerdok, Brett M. Page, Jason A. Pile
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Patent number: 11579705Abstract: An example computing device includes a photodetector to measure an amount of light incident on a detection surface of the photodetector. The example computing device includes a state sensor to activate the photodetector responsive to the computing device being in a detection state. The example computing device also includes a processor. An example processor identifies, during the detection state, a user gesture based on an output of the photodetector. The user gesture blocks light incident on the detection surface of the photodetector. The example processor also alters an operation of the computing device based on the user gesture.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Yuan Hsi Cheng, Wan-Chieh Lu, Cheng-Kai Chen, Ming-Fong Chou
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Patent number: 11579712Abstract: There is provided a pointing device including a mode switching apparatus that switches the pointing device between a two-dimensional (2D) operational mode and a three-dimensional (3D) operational mode and a sensor configured to determine a pointing direction of the pointing device and locations of a plurality of computing devices. When in the 2D operational mode, the pointing device is paired with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices and controls the first computing device and when in the 3D operational mode, the pointing device is configured to select a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices additionally to control, the selection based on one or more of the pointing direction of the pointing device and the location of the second computing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Li, Da-Yuan Huang, Qiang Xu
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Patent number: 11568540Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable medium, for detecting whether an eye blink or non-blink is captured in the image. The method includes filtering, from the image, one or more objects that are predicted to be unsuitable for determining whether an eye blink or no-blink is captured in the image, to provide a filtered image. The method also includes correlating the filtered image with a reference image, and determining, based on the correlating, whether the eye blink or non-blink is captured in the image. The eye blink is a full eye blink or a partial eye blink, and the images may be sequentially captured IR SLO images, in one example embodiment herein. Images determined to include an eye blink can be omitted from inclusion in a final (e.g., OCT) image.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: OPTOS PLCInventor: David Clifton
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Patent number: 11556173Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus that enables a line-of-sight detection function at an appropriate timing, thereby achieving power saving, for example. The line-of-sight detection function can be enabled with less power consumption. The electronic apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect a line-of-sight position based on a line-of-sight of a user, and a control unit configured to perform control so that, in a state where a first content is displayed on a display unit, the line-of-sight detection unit detects the line-of-sight position of the user in response to a second content being displayed on the display unit, wherein the second content is to be displayed together with the first content.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kotaro Oguma
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Patent number: 11556171Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally identifies a person's face, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the identification. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines a gaze location in a user interface, and optionally performs an action in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally designates a user as being present at a sound-playback device in accordance with a determination that sound-detection criteria and verification criteria have been satisfied. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally determines whether a person is further or closer than a threshold distance from a display device, and optionally provides a first or second user interface for display on the display device in accordance with the determination. In some embodiments, an electronic device optionally modifies the playing of media content in accordance with a determination that one or more presence criteria are not satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Avi E. Cieplinski, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Julian Missig, May-Li Khoe, Bianca Cheng Costanzo, Myra Mary Haggerty, Duncan Robert Kerr, Bas Ording, Elbert D. Chen
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Patent number: 11556183Abstract: A method and system for generating training data for training a gesture detection machine-learning (ML) model includes receiving a request to generate training data for the gesture detection model, the training data being associated with a target gesture, retrieving data associated with an original gesture, the original gesture being a gesture made using a body part, retrieving skeleton data associated with the target gesture, the skeleton data displaying a skeleton representative of the body part and the skeleton displaying the target gesture, aligning a location of the body part in the data with a location of the skeleton in the skeleton data, providing the aligned data and the skeleton data to an ML model for generating a target data that displays the target gesture, receiving the target data as an output from the ML model, the target data preserving a visual feature of the data and displaying the target gesture, and providing the target data to the gesture detection ML model.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ji Li, Mingxi Cheng, Fatima Zohra Daha, Amit Srivastava
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Patent number: 11553171Abstract: A light field display device includes: a display module; an optical coupler emitting a third image obtained by combining a first image and a second image, and including a first surface, a second surface and an emission surface emitting the third image, wherein the first image is emitted from the display module and is incident on the first surface, wherein the second image is incident on the second surface; and a controller configured to generate image data based on 3D modeling data and provide the image data to the display module. The optical coupler includes: an optical waveguide including the first, second and emission surfaces, and a third surface; a beam splitter in the optical waveguide; and a concave mirror adjacent to the third surface of the optical waveguide, and wherein the controller moves the concave mirror in correspondence with depth information included in the 3D modeling data.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Rang Kyun Mok, Jae Joong Kwon, Beom Shik Kim, Jeong Woo Park, Su Bin Jung, Hyun Jin Cho, Young Sang Ha
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Patent number: 11553329Abstract: A method (200) for compatibility analysis and performance verification. Profile data is received (210) for a first profile from a first device and for other profiles from other devices, including a profile received from a second device. A request is received (215) from the first device to identify a profile with profile data compatible with the profile data of the first profile. The profile data of the first profile is compared (220) with profile data of the other profiles to identify compatibility, and the compatible profiles are reported to the first device. A selection of a compatible profile is received (225) from the first device. A request for an item is received (315) from the first device. An instruction is sent regarding the item (320) to the third device. A confirmation regarding the instruction is received (330) from the fourth device. The item is enabled (335).Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: JustKibbitz Corp.Inventor: Jeffrey B. Kaplan
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Patent number: 11543248Abstract: An embodiment inertial measurement system includes: at least one motion sensor to output motion data with an output data rate (ODR) period; and a control unit coupled to the motion sensor to control operation thereof based on a power mode switching, according to which each ODR period includes: a first phase, in which the motion sensor is controlled in a condition of low power consumption; and a subsequent measurement phase, in which the motion sensor is controlled to perform measurements for generation of measurement data. The control unit adaptively adjusts the duration of the ODR period based on at least one check related to the measurement data generated during the measurement phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Paolo Rosingana, Alessandra Maria Rizzo Piazza Roncoroni, Federico Rizzardini, Lorenzo Bracco, Stefano Paolo Rivolta, Marco Bianco
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Patent number: 11543956Abstract: A computing device includes a touch-sensitive area that is arranged and configured to receive one or more gestures, and a memory that is arranged and configured to store one or more device gestures, where the stored device gestures correspond to a selection of one or more remote devices and a processor that is operably coupled to the touch sensitive area and the memory. The processor is arranged and configured to compare the gestures received in the touch sensitive area to the stored device gestures, determine a selected remote device based on the comparison, and initiate contact with the selected remote device.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Gregory Paul Smith
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Patent number: 11538010Abstract: A method that includes receiving, from one or more motion sensors in a device, data describing a signature arc in three-dimensional space, the signature arc having been generated by gesturing using the device; identifying, from the data describing the gestured signature arc, a plurality of points that correspond to the gestured signature arc in three-dimensional space; generating a curve along the identified plurality of points corresponding to the gestured signature arc; generating a two-dimensional representation of the gestured signature arc; and displaying, on a display screen, the generated two-dimensional representation of the gestured signature arc.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Block, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Jeffrey Post, Thomas Templeton
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Patent number: 11537215Abstract: The invention provides an ambient light sensing device which receives at least one visible light image sensed by an image sensor. The ambient light sensing device includes an image sampling unit and an analyzing unit. The image sampling unit divides the visible light image into plural image blocks, extracts at least one sample data in each image block, and generates a comparison data according to a difference between the sample data extracted at different time points. The analyzing unit analyzes the comparison data and generates an output analysis signal accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATIONInventor: Chuan-Hsin Lee
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Patent number: 11531444Abstract: An information processing apparatus (10) is an information processing apparatus that displays item images (GI-1 to GI-6) that are arranged apart from each other and a cursor (CUR) on a display (20), the information processing apparatus includes a receiver (111) configured to receive operation information corresponding to details of a cursor operation in which a user (U) moves the cursor (CUR); a controller (112) configured to cause the display (20) to display the cursor (CUR), based on the operation information; and a determiner (113) configured to, when the operation information includes an instruction to move the cursor (CUR) from an inside of one item image from among the item images (GI-1 to GI-6) to an outside of the one item image, determine whether there is another item image within a predetermined distance from the one item image, the another item image being in a direction of movement of the cursor (CUR).Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.Inventors: Yuki Matsunaga, Aya Murakami
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Patent number: 11532263Abstract: A method and device for monitoring luminous intensity of display pixel is provided. The device includes self-luminous LED display, optical glue, photo-detecting array film and processing chip. The optical glue is attached to lower surface of the self-luminous LED display. The photo-detecting array film is disposed under the optical glue. The self-luminous LED display includes display pixels. Each display pixel includes a luminescent layer. The refractive index of the optical glue is smaller than that of the cover glass. The device uses the optical glue to filter the reflected light in the effective area corresponding to each display pixel. After that, the processing chip calculates the luminous intensity of the display pixel according to the first reflected optical signal detected by the photo-detecting array film. When it is determined that the luminous intensity of the display pixel is not changed in the preset period, a feedback signal is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Inventor: Jiandong Huang
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Patent number: 11533368Abstract: The disclosure provides an augmented reality (AR) information transmission system and an AR information transmission method. The AR information transmission system includes a wireless information transmission device. The wireless information transmission device includes a directivity transmitter and a processor. The processor is configured to: obtain AR information and convert the AR information into a wireless signal; and control the directivity transmitter to send the wireless signal toward a designated direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: HTC CorporationInventor: Qing-Long Deng
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Patent number: 11520409Abstract: Provided are an HMD device and operating method thereof. The operating method of an HMD device includes displaying at least one object in a display area of a transparent display, obtaining an image of a hand of a user interacting with the displayed object; determining a direction in which the hand is facing based on the obtained image, and performing a function for the object corresponding the direction in which the hand is facing.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Taehyuk Kwon, Deokho Kim, Byeongwook Yoo, Gunill Lee, Wonwoo Lee, Jaewoong Lee, Sunghoon Yim, Jiwon Jeong
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Patent number: 11516528Abstract: A method for interacting with a graphical user interface (GUI) of a television operating in a step mode in which movement of a cursor among menu items displayed on the GUI is performed stepwise in accordance with a manipulation of a direction key of the remote controller, the method including receiving, by the television, from a remote controller a signal corresponding to spatial movement of the remote controller detected by the remote controller that instructs the television to switch from (i) the step mode to (ii) a position mode of the GUI in which the movement of the cursor among the menu items is performed in accordance with the spatial movement of the remote controller and switching from the step mode of the GUI to the position mode of the GUI based on the signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-yeol Park, Young-hwa Yun
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Patent number: 11516630Abstract: Techniques for adjusting operation of an electronic device are described. In an example, while the electronic device is operating in a first operating mode according to a first parameter, a set of signals indicating an object in a room, and based on received reflected radar signals, are transmitted by a radar transceiver of the electronic device to one or more processors of the electronic device. By analyzing the set of signals to identify the object as a person, the one or more processors determine that the room is occupied. In accordance with determining that the room is occupied by the person, the electronic device is adjusted to operate in a second operating mode according to a second parameter suitable for sensing objects at a closer distance than the first parameter.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Brian Silverstein, Eden Sherry
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Patent number: 11513361Abstract: A method includes converting a frame of pixel data to a first frame division unit. The method further includes, responsive to an X,Y coordinate, cropping and shifting the frame division unit to produce a second frame division unit. The method also includes outputting the second frame division unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Kevin Ross Tomei, Jeffrey Matthew Kempf, Jeffrey Scott Farris
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Patent number: 11509951Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, an electronic device, and a program that enables an operation in a natural manner for switching between and remotely operating various control target devices. A plurality of control target devices emits infrared light codes each including a unique ID in a predetermined pattern. A user holds a controller and directs an infrared light receiving unit toward a control target device. At this time, a control state is established for the control target device specified by an infrared light code received by the controller. After the control state has been established, when a user rotates a main body of the controller, a control parameter in accordance with the amount of rotation is calculated, and a control command in accordance with the control parameter is transmitted to the control target device to control the control target device. The present disclosure can be applied to a remote controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihito Ohki, Hirotaka Tako, Masao Kondo, Yusuke Tsujita, Yohei Nakajima, Daisuke Shiono, Miho Yamada, Masanori Matsushima, Hiroshi Nakayama, Seiji Suzuki, Kenichi Yamaura, Yoshiyasu Kubota
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Patent number: 11500514Abstract: An enhanced control, in which a guide line is defined relative to an object in a user interface, items aligned with the guide line are displayed without obscuring the object. A selected item is output based on receiving a selection of one of the displayed items.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Evan Hildreth
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Patent number: 11500513Abstract: A method for icon display, a terminal, and a storage medium are provided, which relate to the technical filed of computers. According to the technical solutions of implementations, an attribute of a foreground application is acquired after receiving a sidebar display instruction. The number of rows and columns of icons in each of the at least two sub-regions is determined according to the attribute of the foreground application. At least one icon is displayed in each of the at least two sub-regions according to the number of rows and columns of icons in each of the at least two sub-regions.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Fang Song
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Patent number: 11493998Abstract: A region of space may be monitored for the presence or absence of one or more control objects, and object attributes and changes thereto may be interpreted as control information provided as input to a machine or application. In some embodiments, the region is monitored using a combination of scanning and image-based sensing.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two LimitedInventor: David S. Holz
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Patent number: 11493995Abstract: A processor may identify that a user is interacting with a device, where the interacting is identified from the user touching the device. The processor may receive tactile data associated with the user from one or more tactile sensors. The processor may extract, utilizing an AI model, one or more features of the tactile data. The processor may classify, utilizing the AI model, the tactile data as having a tactile data characteristic. The processor may output the classification to an interaction management module.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gandhi Sivakumar, Anil Manohar Omanwar, Kushal S. Patel, Sarvesh S. Patel
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Patent number: 11490491Abstract: A light emission controlling apparatus, an operation device, a light emission controlling method and a program that facilitate understanding of identification information associated with the operation device are disclosed. The light emission controlling apparatus includes an identification information specification unit that specifies the identification information associated with the operation device. A specific light emission region specification unit specifies a specific light emission region that is part of a light emission region set to the operation device, the specific light emission region according to the identification information. A light emission controlling unit controls such that at least part of the light emission region emits light in such a manner that a color according to the identification information and the specific light emission region are recognizable.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Akinori Ito, Hiroshi Morita, Tomoe Ochiai, Takeshi Igarashi, Yuji Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11490492Abstract: A sensing module and an electronic device are provided. The sensing module includes a substrate, at least one light-emitting unit, a light-guiding assembly, at least one sensing circuit structure, and a sensing processor. The light-guiding assembly is connected to the substrate and includes at least one light-guiding structure. The at least one light-emitting unit is configured to emit a light beam outwardly through the at least one light-guiding structure. One end of the at least one sensing circuit structure is disposed on the substrate. The sensing processor is disposed on the substrate, and is configured to sense a capacitance change in a peripheral area of the at least one sensing circuit structure by the at least one sensing circuit structure and to generate a sensing signal. The sensing processor or an external controller is configured to control the at least one light-emitting unit according to the sensing signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATIONInventors: Yu-Fu Kuo, Wen-Pin Ho
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Patent number: 11481108Abstract: A wearable device includes a display screen on which information is displayed in a first region and a second region, a detection section that detects an operation for causing information to be displayed in the second region, and a control section that, in a state in which the display screen is worn on an arm, in a case of detecting the operation with the detection section after displaying non-secret information in the first region disposed at a position on an outer side of the arm that is visible to other people, controls a display of secret information in the second region disposed at a position on an inner side of the arm that is less visible to other people than the position on the outer side of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Munehiro Hattori
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Patent number: 11481039Abstract: Provided is a system for recognizing a user hand gesture and providing virtual reality content based on deep learning using transfer learning. The system includes a head mounted display (HMD) configured to display, to a user, virtual reality content based on a hand gesture, a hand gesture sensor configured to acquire hand data of the user, and a controller device configured to receive the hand data and convert the received hand data into hand gesture data, manage a hand gesture recognizer on the basis of deep learning, and perform content execution management.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yeong Jae Choi, Seung Joon Kwon, Sang Woo Seo
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Patent number: 11481870Abstract: Embodiments shifts the color fields of a rendered image frame based on the eye tracking data (e.g. position of the user's pupils). An MR device obtains a first image frame having a set of color fields. The first image frame corresponds to a first position of the pupils of the viewer. The MR device then determines a second position of the pupils of the viewer based on, for example, data receive from an eye tracking device coupled to the MR device. The MR device generates, based on the first image frame, a second image frame corresponding to the second position of the pupils. The second image frame is generated by shifting color fields by a shift value based on the second position of the pupils of the viewer. The MR device transmits the second image frame to a display device of the MR device to be displayed thereon.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Andrew Ian Russell
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Patent number: 11478937Abstract: The present invention discloses a care robot controller, which includes: a controller body that includes slide rails, finger slot sliders and a joystick, wherein the finger slot sliders are movably arranged on the slide rails and configured to receive pressing, and the joystick is configured to control the care robot; a gesture parsing unit configured to parse three-dimensional gestures of the controller body, and control the care robot to perform corresponding actions when the three-dimensional gestures of the controller body are in line with preset gestures; and a tactile sensing unit configured to sense the pressing received by the finger slot sliders and initiate a user mode corresponding to the pressing information, so that the controller body provides corresponding vibration feedback. Thus the user can control the controller efficiently and conveniently, the control accuracy is improved, and effective man-machine interaction is realized.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITYInventors: Aiguo Song, Chaolong Qin, Jiahang Zhu, Linhu Wei, Yu Zhao, Huijun Li, Baoguo Xu
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Patent number: 11483538Abstract: The technology relates to a motion sensory and imaging device capable of acquiring imaging information of the scene and providing at least a near real time pass-through of imaging information to a user. The sensory and imaging device can be used stand-alone or coupled to a wearable or portable device to create a wearable sensory system capable of presenting to the wearer the imaging information augmented with virtualized or created presentations of information.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two LimitedInventors: David S. Holz, Neeloy Roy, Hongyuan He
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Patent number: 11474621Abstract: An embodiment pointing method to generate screen-frame displacement data based on 3D-space movements of a pointing electronic device, comprises receiving a gravity vector (g), having components (gx, gy, gz) corresponding to respective projections of gravity acceleration ({right arrow over (g)}) on three axes (X, Y, Z) of a 3D reference system associated with the pointing electronic device, generated by a sensor-fusion algorithm from joint processing of an acceleration signal, indicative of acceleration acting on the pointing electronic device along the three axes, and of a gyroscope signal (Gyro), indicative of angular rate of rotation of the pointing electronic device around the three axes. The method further comprises implementing a roll-compensation of the gyroscope signal (Gyro) as a function of the gravity vector (g) to determine a roll-compensated gyroscope signal (Gyro?); and generating the screen-frame displacement data based on the roll-compensated gyroscope signal (Gyro?).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.Inventors: Stefano Paolo Rivolta, Federico Rizzardini, Lorenzo Bracco
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Patent number: 11474604Abstract: System and methods for gesture-based control are described. In some embodiments, a system may include a wearable device configured to be worn at a person's wrist. The wearable device may include a biopotential sensor and a wrist motion sensor. The system may be configured to determine that the person performed an initial gesture based on biopotentials detected by the biopotential sensor. The system may be configured to determine that the person performed a supplemental gesture based on at least the wrist motion data obtained by the wrist motion sensor. The system may be further configured to generate a command to be executed by a responsive device based on the combination of at least the initial gesture and the supplemental gesture.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Pison Technology, Inc.Inventors: Dexter W. Ang, David O. Cipoletta
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Patent number: 11471769Abstract: Provided is a game system or the like capable of setting a game field relatively wide. This game system provides a training game that progresses through a navigation character or a waiting character that moves in accordance with a user instruction in a game field of a monitor that displays a room screen including the game field. Further, for example, the game system specifies a position relationship between a waiting position and a guide position, when the user instructs the waiting character to move from the waiting position to the guide position in the game field, and changes a moving speed of the waiting character between a normal speed and a special speed in accordance with the specified position relationship, when the waiting character moves from the waiting position to the guide position.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyasu Kawamura, Takanori Murayama, Mamoru Tanimoto
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Patent number: 11477511Abstract: Methods, and system, and entertainment device are provided for identifying a user. A method includes detecting acceleration of a user manipulated component, comparing the detected acceleration with user acceleration that is associated with a user of the electronic device, identifying the user of the electronic device based on the comparison of the detected acceleration and the user acceleration, and operating the electronic device based on the identified user of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Jeremy Mickelsen, Christopher Burns, Rashmi Hegde
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Patent number: 11475819Abstract: The present invention includes systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: BAYLOR UNIVERSITYInventors: Mitchell J. Bogdanowicz, Corey P. Carbonara, Michael F. Korpi, James M. DeFilippis, Gary B. Mandle
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Patent number: 11474618Abstract: Examples of establishing a communication link based on an activity on a keyboard are described. In an example, the activity may be detected on the keyboard of a computing device. Based on the detection, the computing device may send a request to an input device for establishing a wireless communication link with the computing device. Upon receiving an acceptance of the request by the input device, the computing device may establish the wireless communication link with the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jung Hsing Wang, Hsiang Ta Ke, Yi Hsien Lin, Chun Feng Li
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Patent number: 11465504Abstract: A control device controls a display device capable of displaying visual information for a passenger of a moving body, in two or more display regions. The control device causes adjacent target regions of the display regions to change from a display state in which the information is displayed to a display restricted state in which display is restricted, according to a predetermined order, when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The control device determines the target regions and the order, based on a traveling direction of the moving body at the time when the condition is satisfied or a traveling direction of the moving body that is predicted after the time when the condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji Yasui, Misako Yoshimura, Kentaro Yamada, Nanami Tsukamoto
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Patent number: 11467665Abstract: A system including a power source, one or more stimulating devices for stimulating the visual cortex of a user to present a perceived virtual image responsive to the stimulating, one or more sensing devices for sensing electrical signals in the motor and/or pre-motor cortex of the user and a processor/controller connected to the stimulating and sensing devices and programmed to sense signals from the motor and/or pre-motor cortex of the user. The sensed signals result from the user performing a movement and/or intending to perform a movement and/or imagining the performing of a movement and are used to interact with the presented virtual image. The processor/controller processes the sensed signals to obtain computed data indicative of a user's interaction with the virtual image, and performs a general computing task responsive to the computed data.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Inventor: Meron Gribetz
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Patent number: 11467674Abstract: A method for performing an action associated with a motion based input. the method comprises: measuring, using a motion sensor of a computing device, motion data representing a detected motion of the computing device; measuring, using a proximity sensor of the computing device, proximity data representing a proximity of the computing device to an object over a duration of the detected motion; matching the measured motion data and measured proximity data to a gesture based on the detected motion and the proximity of the computing device to the object over the duration of the detected motion; and in response to matching the measured motion data and measured proximity data to the gesture, performing an action associated with the gesture.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Zhe Chen, Nazih Almalki
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Patent number: 11470379Abstract: A digital content operating apparatus, including: a communication unit which communicates with an external device which has a display for displaying the digital content; a user operation interface which receives a user operation to control the digital content which is displayed on the external device; a display which displays either a linear content operation panel or an interactive content operation panel; and a controller which controls the user operation interface corresponding to information on the digital content which is displayed on the external device; wherein either the linear content operation panel or the interactive content operation panel is displayed alternatively as the user operation interface on the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Machida, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Kouji Kamogawa
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Patent number: 11461000Abstract: One or more systems and/or methods for adjusting a user interface based upon an orientation of an input object are provided. An input provided by an input object (e.g., a hand of the user) may be received through a display of a device (e.g., a touchscreen display of a smartphone). The input may comprises gesture data corresponding to a gesture performed relative to the display. The input may be evaluated to determine an orientation, such as a hand orientation, of the input object. In an example, curvature associated with the gesture may be evaluated to determine the orientation of the input object. A user interface displayed by the device may be adjusted based upon the orientation of the input object. In an example, a location, a size, an appearance, an output, and/or a functionality of a user interface element displayed within the user interface may be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Tony Ke
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Patent number: 11461923Abstract: According to one embodiment, a calculation system includes a detector, a combiner, and a duration calculator. The detector refers to a plurality of images of an object imaged from mutually-different angles, detects the object in each of the images, and calculates a provisional position of the object in a coordinate system for each of the images. The coordinate system is prescribed. The combiner calculates a combined position of the object in the coordinate system by using the calculated plurality of provisional positions. The duration calculator refers to process information and a plurality of execution regions and calculates a duration of at least a portion of a plurality of processes based on the combined position and the execution regions. The process information includes information relating to the processes. The execution regions are represented using the coordinate system. The processes are executed in the execution regions.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yusuke Aoki, Yojiro Tonouchi, Toshiaki Nakasu, Tomoyuki Shibata, Yuki Sakurai, Akiko Kase, Ryo Morinaga, Masaki Iwasaki, Sho Kawahata
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Patent number: 11457265Abstract: A display device displays a guidance display for guiding a control operation on a display screen when receiving the control operation. The display device includes an operation source determination part that determines a source of the control operation based on the control operation received and a guidance display generator that, according to the determined source, displays the guidance display corresponding to the source on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Guojie Zhao, Jiayi Zhao
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Patent number: 11452945Abstract: A light filed (LF) display system for displaying holographic content to viewers in an amusement park (e.g., as part of an amusement park ride). The LF display system in an amusement park includes LF display modules tiled together to form an array of LF modules. In some embodiments, the LF display system includes a tracking system and/or a viewer profiling module. The tracking system and viewer profiling module can monitor and store characteristics of viewers on the amusement park ride, a viewer profile describing a viewer, and/or responses of viewers to the holographic content during the amusement park ride. The holographic content created for display on an amusement park ride can be based on any of the monitored or stored information.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Light Field Lab, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Sean Karafin, Brendan Elwood Bevensee, John Dohm