Mechanical Control (e.g., Rotatable Knob, Slider) Patents (Class 345/184)
  • Patent number: 12248637
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for outputting a command by detecting a movement of an object, which includes the following steps. First, an image capturing device captures images generated by the movement of the object at different timings by. Next, a motion trajectory is calculated according to the plurality of images. Further next, a corresponding command is outputted according to the motion trajectory. The present invention also provides a system which employs the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Huang, Yi-Fang Lee, Ming-Tsan Kao, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 12242679
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a rotational operation member and a control unit that controls an angle of rotation per operation of the rotational operation member. The control unit controls the angle of rotation per operation in accordance with a plurality of items displayed on a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Rurika Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12241624
    Abstract: A push button illumination structure includes a light emitting base part having transparency, and a button body part configured to be molded as one body with the light emitting base part. The button body part includes: a fixed leg part configured to elastically support the light emitting base part; a push-in column configured to apply pressure to a switch; and a light shielding wall part configured to protrude on a back side of the light emitting base part, and having a frame shape. The light shielding wall part is formed at a position corresponding to an outer shape of the light emitting base part in a plan view. The push button illumination structure is configured to cause light emitted from a light source arranged inside with respect to the light shielding wall part in the plan view to be reflected by an inner surface of the light shielding wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Soga
  • Patent number: 12235677
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices which include flexible display sheets or other flexible elements, whereas by physically manipulating said flexible display sheets or elements, interaction with said device may be facilitated. Flexibility features may be employed to provide methods of interaction which include manipulating flexible section. Some of said methods of interaction are disclosed. Further disclosed are units which can connect to flexible display sheets, for interacting with said flexible display sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Saar Shai
  • Patent number: 12236077
    Abstract: An electronic device manufacturing system configured to receive, by a processor, input data reflecting a feature related to a manufacturing process of a substrate. The manufacturing system is further configured to train a machine-learning model based on the input data reflecting the feature. The manufacturing system is further configured to modify the machine-learning model in view of the virtual knob for the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jui-Che Lin, Yan-Jhu Chen, Chao-Hsien Lee, Shauh-Teh Juang, Pengyu Han, Wallace Wang
  • Patent number: 12222745
    Abstract: A control device comprising at least one permanent magnet, and a mechanically guided member for enabling a relative movement between a. a first ferromagnetic structure, b. a second ferromagnetic structure comprising at least one electric coil, the electric coil modifying the magnetization state of the second ferromagnetic structure in accordance with the direction and the amplitude of the electric current flowing in the coil, the device furthermore comprising a position detection means for detecting the relative position of the first and second ferromagnetic structures, and a circuit for driving the supply current of the coil, which varies as a function of the signal delivered by the position detection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MOVING MAGNET TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Michaƫl Delbaere, Jean-Daniel Alzingre
  • Patent number: 12222762
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first foldable main body, a second foldable main body disposed on a side of the first foldable main body, a rotating shaft disposed between the first foldable main body and the second foldable main body and configured to rotationally connect the two foldable main bodies, and a detection assembly configured to detect a relative angle between the two foldable main bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiyang Liu
  • Patent number: 12204690
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a haptics panel and a driving method thereof, and a haptics apparatus. The driving method includes: receiving a touch signal, and judging a touch position of a user on the haptics panel according to the touch signal; judging a characteristic frequency area to which the touch position belongs; determining characteristic mode displacement field distribution of the base substrate according to the characteristic frequency area to which the touch position belongs, wherein the characteristic mode displacement field distribution contains vibration displacement phase information at each position of the base substrate; dividing a plurality of piezoelectric devices arranged in an array contained in the haptics panel into at least one vibration area according to the vibration displacement phase information of the characteristic mode displacement field distribution; and loading voltage signals on at least part of the piezoelectric devices in the vibration area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dexing Qi, Yuju Chen, Hui Hua, Yingzi Wang
  • Patent number: 12204192
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged so as to face each other; a display region included in each of the first substrate and the second substrate; a transparent region formed inside the display region in a planar view; a frame region formed between the display region and the transparent region so as to surround the transparent region along an outer edge of the transparent region in a planar view; a polarizer formed in either the first substrate or the second substrate and having an opening overlapping the transparent region; a first transparent conductive film formed in a first conductive layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a second transparent conductive film formed in a second conductive layer between the first conductive layer and the second substrate. The second transparent conductive film is in the frame region in a planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Shinji Horie
  • Patent number: 12201484
    Abstract: A system comprises a processor and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to display an image of a surgical environment. The image includes an information icon corresponding to an instrument in the surgical environment. The instructions further cause the system to display an image of a body part of a user. The image of the body part is used to interact with the information icon. The instructions further cause the system to receive a gesture of the body part, via a gesture-based input device registering movement of the body part, to cause the image of the body part to interact with the information icon. The instructions further cause the system to display an information menu in the image of the surgical environment based on the interaction between the image of the body part and the information icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Paul W. Mohr, Theodore W. Rogers
  • Patent number: 12190749
    Abstract: A dental procedure simulator includes a support structure and a linkage suspended from the support structure. The linkage is controlled by a computer that is configured to simulate a dental procedure or treatment. A handpiece is coupled to the linkage and configured to be held in a hand of a user and to be manipulated by the user in a workspace (W) in real space. The phenom head is provided with a phantom upper jaw and a phantom lower jaw (14) and is supported by the support structure and arranged in the workspace (W.) The phantom lower jaw is arranged movably relative to the phantom upper jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SIMtoLIFE B.V.
    Inventors: Dyon Bode, Dennis Brinkman, Niels Van Den Braber, Karel Van Gelder
  • Patent number: 12164937
    Abstract: A client device installed with a client application having a graphical user interface (GUI) may be configured to (i) at a given time during a runtime session of the client application, identify a set of GUI elements within the GUI of the client application that is to be represented in a generic visualization of the GUI, (ii) generate a dataset that encodes the generic visualization of the GUI, wherein the generated dataset comprises a respective data structure for each GUI element in the identified set that encodes information for rendering a generic representation of the GUI element, and (iii) after generating the dataset that encodes the generic visualization of the GUI, transmit the generated dataset that encodes the generic visualization of the GUI to a back-end platform associated with a provider of the client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Bitdrift, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Gonzales Lim, Taggart C. Matthiesen, Vicky Li, Martin Conte MacDonell, Matthew David Klein
  • Patent number: 12167558
    Abstract: A cover plate for a foldable display module, a foldable display module and a display device are provided, the cover plate is disposed at a display side of a flexible display substrate, the foldable display module includes a bending region through which the foldable display module is folded and unfolded. The cover plate includes a first region corresponding to a position of the bending region and a second region positioned at two sides of the first region, and the cover plate further includes a first surface configured to face the flexible display substrate. The cover plate includes first and second side edges parallel to a first direction, the first direction is perpendicular to a bending axis of the foldable display module, and a portion of the second region close to the first side edge or/and the second side edge has a reinforcement strip which is disposed on the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Biao Gao, Zhao Li
  • Patent number: 12167213
    Abstract: The audio circuit has a volume circuit structured to process a DSD signal that contains DSD data and a DSD clock. The volume circuit has a first shift register and a replacement circuit. The first shift register holds N bits of the DSD data. The replacement circuit replaces (N?M) bits (0?M?N) corresponding to a gain set value, out of N bits stored in the first shift register, with a mute bit string having a mark rate of substantially 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamagami, Moto Yamada
  • Patent number: 12124641
    Abstract: A human machine interface (HMI) within a vehicle includes a display screen adapted to display information to an occupant within the vehicle, a track extending along at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the display screen, and a rotary control knob assembly slidably supported within the track for sliding movement within the track, wherein, the rotary control knob assembly is adapted to allow the occupant of the vehicle to provide input to the HMI to control a selected one of a plurality of systems within the vehicle, the selected one of the plurality of systems determined by a position of the rotary control knob assembly within the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph F. Szczerba, Ki Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 12124643
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a structure and function to a pen-type handheld writing, reading or pointing device to enable usage of the device to perform operations similar to a computer mouse for a computing device. The structure includes an optical sensor, a portion of the optical sensor surface that can perform operations of a clickable button, and a structure to support a connection to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Yoram Bendavid
  • Patent number: 12110250
    Abstract: Deadfront articles that include a tactile element formed on a first surface of a substrate and a visual element disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. The tactile element is positioned on the first surface of the substrate in a complimentary fashion to the visual element disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The tactile element may include a surface roughness portion having a surface roughness different than the surface roughness of an area bordering the surface roughness portion. The deadfront articles may be incorporated into an automobile interior to provide a visual and haptic display interface for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Matthew Wade Fenton, Yuhui Jin, Timothy James Kiczenski, Joshua Lee Tokar
  • Patent number: 12111983
    Abstract: A computer mouse can include a scroll wheel assembly that includes a scroll wheel rotatable about a scroll wheel axis; and a motor assembly that includes a rotor aligned with the scroll wheel axis and operatively coupled to the scroll wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Scott Li, Igor Stolbikov, Rafael Rodrigues Machado, Navneet Keshav
  • Patent number: 12111717
    Abstract: A reconfigurable controller system for one or more switchable electronic devices has a relay junction with a plurality of relay connections, each of which includes at least a load circuit input, a load circuit output connectible to a respective one of the one or more switchable electronic devices, and a control circuit line. A controller head unit connectible to the relay junction includes a plurality of switch buttons, each with an independent indicator screen programmable with one or more display outputs, and associated output functions to a specific one the control circuit lines generated when the switch is actuated. A scroll dial is receptive to a rotary input that responsively switches, for one or more of the plurality of switch buttons, given ones of the display outputs and associated output functions to another one of the display outputs and associated output functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: KC IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Bobby Leang
  • Patent number: 12100349
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device are provided. In the display substrate, the driving transistor includes an active pattern and a gate electrode, the active pattern includes a channel region, and an orthographic projection of the channel region on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the gate electrode on the base substrate; the storage capacitor includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate is electrically connected with the gate electrode of the driving transistor; an orthographic projection of the second electrode plate on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first electrode plate on the base substrate, and does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the channel region of the driving transistor on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Linhong Han, Qiwei Wang, Youngyik Ko, Yue Long
  • Patent number: 12092915
    Abstract: A touch display panel includes: an embedded touch liquid crystal display (LCD) module, a polarizer, and a cover plate. The embedded touch LCD module includes a non-filter window. The polarizer is disposed over the embedded touch LCD module. The polarizer includes a polarizing layer, and the polarizing layer includes a base layer and a dichroic absorption layer disposed in the base layer. The dichroic layer has a non-polarized window, and the first vertical projection of the non-polarized window overlaps with the second vertical projection of the non-filtering window. The cover plate covers the polarizer. The disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the touch display panel and a display device including the touch display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., General Interface Solution Limited
    Inventor: Chen-Ming Jen
  • Patent number: 12094393
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing, a second housing, a first display, a second display, and a processor. The processor may be set to control the first display to display a first screen of a first application while in a folded state, the first screen corresponding to the first display, control the second display to display a transition screen when unfolding is detected, and control the second display to display a second screen in replacement of the transition screen upon the completion of at least one operation set to be performed in order to display the second screen, corresponding to the second display, of the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongjin Kwon, Jeongwon Yang, Byungseok Jung, Seonghoon Choi, Jongwu Baek
  • Patent number: 12079393
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: detecting one or more parts of a hand of a user within a first defined distance of a touch sensitive tactile display; determining based, at least in part, on the detected parts of the hand of the user, an expected type of user interaction with the display, including determining an expected number of parts (e.g. digits or fingers) of the hand that will make contact with the display as part of the expected type of user interaction; and providing tactile feedback to the user when the user makes contact with the display dependent, at least in part, on the expected type of user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lasse Juhani Laaksonen, Miikka Tapani Vilermo, Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi
  • Patent number: 12054909
    Abstract: A system and a method for remote operation of a working machine comprising a tool is provided. The system includes an on-board controller configured to receive signals from a remote control station remotely controlling the operation of the working machine, and to obtain and send camera images to an off-board controller. The system also includes an off-board controller configured to receive the camera images from the on-board controller. The off-board controller identifies at least one visual tag in the camera images located on a load carrier, determines at least one distance between the tool and the load carrier based on the identified at least one visual tag, and provides, to the on-board controller and/or to an operator of the working machine, information based on the determined at least one distance between the tool and the load carrier in order to support the remote operation of the working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS AB
    Inventors: Calle SkillsƤter, Mikael Fries
  • Patent number: 12056322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to touch-sensor detector systems and methods incorporating an interpolated variable impedance touch sensor array and specifically to such systems and methods for force-aware interaction with handheld display devices on one or more surfaces of the device. An exemplary embodiment includes a method for receiving a flexing gesture formed on a sensor panel of the handheld device including determining two or more pressure inputs at the sensor panel and determining a relative pressure between the two or more pressure inputs. The method further includes correlating the relative pressure inputs to the flexing gesture, associating the flexing gesture with a UI element and providing an input to the UI element based on the gesture and the relative pressure between the two or more pressure inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SENSEL, INC.
    Inventors: John Aaron Zarraga, Alexander Meagher Grau, Bethany Noel Haniger, Bradley James Bozarth, Brogan Carl Miller, Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, James Frank Thomas, Mark Joshua Rosenberg, Peter Hans Nyboer, Reuben Eric Martinez, Scott Gregory Isaacson, Stephanie Jeanne Oberg, Timothy James Miller, Tomer Moscovich, Yibo Yu
  • Patent number: 12045402
    Abstract: An input module includes a knob, a first circuit board, an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. The knob has a peripheral surface. The optical transmitter is disposed on the first circuit board and faces the peripheral surface, wherein the optical transmitter is configured to emit a detecting light to the peripheral surface. The optical receiver is disposed on the first circuit board and configured to receive a reflected light of the detecting light reflected from the peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chien-I Lee
  • Patent number: 12040133
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a control apparatus having a main body, a rotatable member rotatably supported by the main body, a magneto rheological fluid provided between the main body and the rotatable member, and a magnetic field generator configured to apply a magnetic field to the magneto rheological fluid, a plurality of rotatable operation members, and an operational feeling transmitter configured to transmit an operational feeling of the control apparatus to the plurality of rotatable operation members. When a switching member changes a transmission state of the operational feeling transmitter, a rotatable operation member to be used is selected from the plurality of rotatable operation members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshida, Hideki Dobashi, Shinsaku Watanabe, Shingo Iwatani
  • Patent number: 12032761
    Abstract: A display control system using a knob includes an input part to receive a touch input signal for a display area, a memory to store a display control program according to the touch input signal, and a processor to execute the program, such that the processor moves a position of a knob to perform function control of an area of the display to which the touch input signal is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Kyung Hoon Kim, Sung Joon Ahn, Myung Bin Choi, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11994902
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes several transparent material layers and several non-transparent material layers that are disposed in a stacked mode. The LCD also has a local transparent region, and no non-transparent material is applied to the several non-transparent material layers in the local transparent region. This forms a transparent channel in the local transparent region along a stacking direction. An optical component is completely or partially disposed in the transparent channel of the LCD display. The optical component may be a camera, an ambient light sensor, an optical fingerprint sensor, or another component disposed under the display by using the local transparent region on the LCD display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bangshi Yin, Fan Yang, Bin Yan, Kangle Xue, Xiaomeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11987126
    Abstract: An adjustment device for activating or deactivating at least one of a driver assistance system and a driver assistance mode for autonomous driving in a vehicle may include a push-button. The push-button may be configured to select at least one of the driver assistance system and the driver assistance mode upon rotation of the push-button. The push button may also be configured to activate or deactivate at least one of the driver assistance system and the driver assistance mode upon linear movement of the push-button due to a pushing action by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNATA GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Jauch, Christian Jansen
  • Patent number: 11971738
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a user interface device includes a rail extending in a first direction; a hinge configured to slide along the rail; a knob coupled to the hinge to slide and configured to detect a rotation input; and a magnet holder disposed to face the hinge in a second direction of the hinge and extending in the first direction; wherein the hinge is provided with a first magnet, the magnet holder is provided with a second magnet and a third magnet, the second and third magnets have different magnetic poles from that of the first magnet on facing surface thereagainst, the first magnet reacts by an magnetic force of the second or third magnets so that the knob is held to a first position or a second position repectively, a strength of the magnetic force between the first magnet and the second or third magnets is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ju Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11964585
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing power of an electric vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus determines whether a user participates in a leisure activity based on surrounding information of the electric vehicle, and supplies power when a plug is connected to an outlet provided in the electric vehicle while entering a leisure mode to allow the user to use the outlet during leisure activities. The apparatus includes an information collector that collects surrounding information of the electronic vehicle, and a controller that determines whether a user is performing a leisure activity based on the surrounding information of the electric vehicle collected by the information collector and adjusts power supply based on whether an outlet provided in the electric vehicle is plugged in in a leisure mode indicating that the user is performing a leisure activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Da Ye Oh, Ki Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 11942287
    Abstract: A load control device may be configured to control multiple characteristics of one or more electrical loads such as the intensity and color of a lighting load. The load control device may switch from controlling one characteristic of the electrical loads to controlling another characteristic of the electrical loads based on the position of one or more components of the load control device. Such a position may be manipulated by moving the one or more components relative to an idle position of the load control device. The load control device may be a wall-mounted device or a battery-powered remote control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Shan Shi
  • Patent number: 11934595
    Abstract: A user input device that includes a rotary input control is described herein. The rotary input control includes first and second ferritic substrates; first and second permanent magnets extending between the first and second ferritic substrates to form a magnetic circuit; one or more magnetizing coils wrapped around the first permanent magnet; and a wheel defining a central volume within which the first and second ferritic substrates, the first and second permanent magnets and the one or more magnetizing coils are positioned. The user input device also includes a control system configured to direct current to the one or more magnetization coils to change a magnetization of the first permanent magnet to adjust a resistance profile of the rotary input control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Maxim Vlasov, Nicolas Ramond, Jean-Claude Dunant, Patrick Cerisier
  • Patent number: 11928271
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises: obtaining, by a processing system and using a set of rotation electrodes that interact with the knob interface, first resulting signals and second resulting signals; determining, by the processing system, an initial state of the knob interface using the first resulting signals and the second resulting signals; obtaining, by the processing system and using the set of rotation electrodes, third resulting signals indicating a first rotational state of the knob interface, based at least in part on the knob interface being rotated from the initial state to the first rotational state; determining, by the processing system, the rotational direction of the knob interface using the first resulting signals, the second resulting signals, and the third resulting signals; and adjusting, by the processing system, a setting using the determined rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kelvin Fong, Tomohiro Hirakawa, Yan-Ju Du
  • Patent number: 11928989
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a flexible display panel, a storage unit provided at one end side of the flexible display panel, a support bar provided at the other end side of the flexible display panel, a plurality of glass substrates aligned side by side in a direction intersecting a winding direction of the flexible display panel, and a cover layer formed to cover the glass substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Noriko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11927960
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes at least one imaging device attached to a vehicle and that captures multiple images, and a control circuit that generates a composite image from the multiple images and displays the composite image on a display unit. The vehicle is operated according to a user operation on a portion of the display unit on which the composite image is being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Peter Duerr
  • Patent number: 11924990
    Abstract: A protective cover for a portable electronic device includes a support with a support element that includes a slot bounded by a forward surface and an opposed rear surface. The forward surface and the opposed rear surface are planar surfaces oriented parallel to one another and spaced apart a distance that enables the slot to receive peripheral edges of any of a plurality of differently configured devices from different manufacturers and having different capabilities. The forward surface and the opposed rear surface are located a single fixed distance apart from one another, enabling the slot to self-support the plurality of differently configured devices from different manufacturers and having different capabilities. The protective cover may include a keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ZAGG Inc
    Inventor: David Gengler
  • Patent number: 11921547
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and program products for dynamically shaping are computing display screen are disclosed. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive an input from a user, determine if the input is a predefined input, and modify the size and/or shape of the computing display screen in response to the input being the predefined input. Methods and computer program products that perform the operations and/or functions of the apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Nathan Peterson, John Petersen, Chekim Chhuor
  • Patent number: 11921974
    Abstract: An icon display controlling device includes an area displaying unit for causing a display to display a first display area within which an icon can be placed; a deleting mode switching unit for switching to a deleting mode that enables deletion of a second icon that has already been placed in the first display area, in response to performance of a predetermined operation for placing a first icon in the first display area; and an icon positioning unit for placing the first icon in the first display area upon deletion of the second icon in the deleting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsushita, Azusa Shiina, Jun Sakura
  • Patent number: 11914829
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and an input support device that includes an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to the other end side of the LC circuit. The input support device is disposed to overlap with some of the detection electrodes, a reference potential is supplied to the detection electrode overlapping with the first electrode, and a detection drive signal is supplied to the detection electrode overlapping with the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yuto Kakinoki
  • Patent number: 11890700
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display module includes preparing a display module comprising a plurality of layers and forming a through-hole in the display module. The forming the through-hole includes performing a first irradiation process of irradiating a first laser beam along a first boundary defining the through-hole, performing a second irradiation process of irradiating a second laser beam along a second boundary after the first irradiation process, and performing a third irradiation process of irradiating a third laser beam along a third boundary after the second irradiation process. A time interval between the first irradiation process and the second irradiation process may be different from a time interval between the second irradiation process and the third irradiation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngjin Oh, Sanghoon Lim, Jinhyeong Kim, Kyoungseok Cho, KuHyun Kang, Sungjin Jang
  • Patent number: 11890961
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing power of an electric vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus determines whether a user participates in a leisure activity based on surrounding information of the electric vehicle, and supplies power when a plug is connected to an outlet provided in the electric vehicle while entering a leisure mode to allow the user to use the outlet during leisure activities. The apparatus includes an information collector that collects surrounding information of the electronic vehicle, and a controller that determines whether a user is performing a leisure activity based on the surrounding information of the electric vehicle collected by the information collector and adjusts power supply based on whether an outlet provided in the electric vehicle is plugged in in a leisure mode indicating that the user is performing a leisure activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Da Ye Oh, Ki Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 11842861
    Abstract: A switch cap for a switch device that can reduce a pressing error of a switch is provided. A three-dimensional first cap main body moves by a force applied to a first abutting portion from a finger which is an operator. A first sensor is disposed in the first cap main body, and detects abutting or approach of the finger to the first abutting portion. A first transmission member is fixed to the inside of the first cap main body, and moves together with the first cap main body for first switching to transmit movement of the first cap main body to a push button which is a predetermined location of a switch device. A first sensor is formed in a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) disposed in the first cap main body, and the FPC is fixed by the first transmission member and the first cap main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuzo Taniguchi, Eiji Kawashima, Jun Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11836290
    Abstract: A system may include at least one resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and a control circuit configured to maintain timing parameters for operation of the at least one resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and vary at least one of the timing parameters to control a spectrum associated with the at least one resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, wherein the spectrum comprises one of a sensor activity spectrum of the at least one resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and a current usage spectrum associated with electrical current delivered to the at least one resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor from a source of electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Kost, Bruce E. Duewer, Tejasvi Das, Matthew Beardsworth, Anthony S. Doy
  • Patent number: 11830682
    Abstract: A display cover apparatus having a display cover for a push button on a push button switch, a holder for the display cover, and a housing. The display cover has lock hooks and the holder has a hollow interior, a top end with lock slots that removably connect to the lock hooks, a bottom end, a flexible retaining washer in a groove at the bottom end, and a locking key between the top end and the bottom end. The holder is positioned on a circular shelf in an interior of the housing. The circular shelf has an internal circular flange with a locking slot that receives the locking key to prevent rotation of the holder in the housing. The flexible retaining washer is positioned beneath the flange. The circular shelf and the flexible retaining washer prevent linear movement of the holder in the housing. An alignment hook on the display cover removably connects to an alignment slot on the holder, thereby preventing the display cover from rotating on the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: David Worsham
  • Patent number: 11822737
    Abstract: An information handling system mouse couples a scroll wheel at a scroll wheel position of the mouse upper surface to a five-way switch so that movement of the scroll wheel commands through the five-way switch a scroll up or down, a swipe left or right and a press down mouse click. An adjacent button provides precision or fast scroll through an interaction separate from the scroll wheel. A vibration device interfaced with the scroll wheel provides haptic feedback of end user interactions, such as by providing vibrations with a vertical orientation from a position below the scroll wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Krishnakumar, Suet Chan Law, Wong Hin Loong Justin
  • Patent number: 11816280
    Abstract: An encoder may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The encoder may include a first user input area. A configurator may be configured to communicate with the encoder and the encoder may be configured to communicate with a CPU. The encoder may receive the first input from the user at the first user input area based on an encoder configuration defined by the configurator. The encoder may communicate the first input to the CPU based on the encoder configuration defined by the configurator. A panel may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The panel may include a plurality of input areas. A portable computing device may comprise a configurator. The portable computing device may be configured to communicate with a CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: GRAYHILL, INC.
    Inventors: Matt Huner, Kevin Dooley, Torsten Chase, Robert Kerner, Kenneth G. Mages, Robert Piotr Obrochta, Andrew Wood Polk, IV, Patrick Charles Leighton, Cheng-Yu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11803254
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus and a control method therefor. The flexible display apparatus comprises: a flexible display panel (10); a bending sensor (11), that is configured to sense bending information of the flexible display panel (10); and a processor, that is coupled to the bending sensor (11), configured to receive the bending information of the bending sensor (11), and determines whether the bending information is valid bending information, and if so, then a currently running application program is controlled according to the valid bending information to perform a corresponding operation. By bending the flexible display panel (10), an application program is controlled to perform a corresponding operation, achieving a convenient, accurate, and effective operation, and improving user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Zhu, Xiaolin Liu, Chao Sun, Yuanjie Li
  • Patent number: 11789277
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a front having a display housing and a back having a rear housing. A first member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a first rotatable actuator and a first cabling mechanism. A second member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a second rotatable actuator and a second cabling mechanism. A third member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via the actuation of the second rotatable actuator and a third cabling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Keaton Snyder, Isaac Frazier, Jos Jacobs, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Clement Gallois, John Underwood, William Winters, Darryl Jensen