Having Display Patents (Class 455/566)
  • Patent number: 11681493
    Abstract: A system is provided for streaming media content in a vehicle. The system includes a personal media streaming appliance system configured to connect to a media delivery system and receive media content from the media delivery system at least via a cellular network. The personal media streaming appliance system operates to transmit a media signal representative to the received media content to a vehicle media playback system so that the vehicle media playback system operates to play the media content in the vehicle. Various types of rotations of a knob part of the personal media streaming applicant system result in different media playback actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Daniel Bromand, Richard Mitic, Johan Oskarsson
  • Patent number: 11678043
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a sensor module. In some aspects, a sensor module may include a collar configured to be attached to a camera module for a user device. The collar may include a first opening that is configured to align with an aperture of a camera of the camera module, and a second opening. The sensor module may include a sensor embedded in the collar. The sensor may be aligned with the second opening of the collar. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Russell Gruhlke, Jon Lasiter, Ravindra Vaman Shenoy, Ravishankar Sivalingam, Kebin Li, Khurshid Syed Alam
  • Patent number: 11668938
    Abstract: A device including a frame that has first and second openings and a pair of temple arms that pivot relative to the frame. The device includes an imaging unit connected to the frame at a location adjacent to the first opening and capture images through the first opening. The device includes a mechanical switch disposed on the frame or the imaging unit adjacent to the first opening. The device includes lenses fitted within the first and second openings, and the lens that fits within the first opening includes a key interfaceable with the mechanical switch and configured to adjust firmware of the imaging unit based on physical features of the lenses upon interface with the mechanical switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Woodman, Daniel J. Coster, Joshua T. Druker
  • Patent number: 11669985
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to displaying and editing image with depth information. Image data associated with an image includes depth information associated with a subject. In response to a request to display the image, a first modified image is displayed. Displaying the first modified image includes displaying, based on the depth information, a first level of simulated lighting on a first portion of the subject and a second level of simulated lighting on a second portion of the subject. After displaying the first modified image, a second modified image is displayed. Displaying the second modified image includes displaying, based on the depth information, a third level of simulated lighting on the first portion of the subject and a fourth level of simulated lighting on the second portion of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matan Stauber, Amir Hoffnung, Matthaeus Krenn, Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Joseph A. Malia, Mark Hauenstein
  • Patent number: 11665778
    Abstract: A function controlling method is applied to a terminal provided with a first working mode and a second working mode, and the function controlling method includes: determining currently running function of the terminal, and determining a working mode of the currently running function; controlling the function to run in a first running mode if the current working mode is the first working mode; controlling the function to run in a second running mode if the current working mode is the second working mode; and the first running mode is different from the second running mode. The functions running in different working modes can be isolated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhanwei Luo
  • Patent number: 11662619
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display module, a protection cover, a light shielding layer on a bottom surface of the protection cover, a light source on the display module, a light guide plate on the display module and adjacent to the light source, a touch sensitive film above the light guide plate and having a first opening, a first optical adhesive between the touch sensitive film and the protection cover and having a second opening overlapping and communicated with the first opening, and a light shielding element having a portion overlapping the first and second openings. The light shielding element is located on the display module, extends to said portion of the light shielding layer, and is configured to block light passing through the light guide plate, the touch sensitive film, and the first optical adhesive in a non-visible area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-An Hsieh, Chi-Chang Chen, Chia-Hsin Chang
  • Patent number: 11665631
    Abstract: A method for displaying network identifier information includes: when the mobile terminal is located in a first network cell and the mobile terminal is in an idle state, determining received radio resource configuration information and network information of the first network cell, the radio resource configuration information indicating whether access to a second network is supported, and the network information indicating whether the first network cell has an ability to access the second network; determining a network type based on the radio resource configuration information and the network information, the network type comprising a first network and the second network; and displaying network identifier information corresponding to the network type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yi Gao
  • Patent number: 11644889
    Abstract: Examples of computing devices for cutting-off power supply of an electronic device in a standby mode are described herein. In an example, a computing device may include a battery and an embedded controller. The embedded controller may determine a charge stored in the battery at a time interval when the computing device is in a standby mode. Upon determining that the charge stored in the battery is below by a threshold value, the embedded controller may retrieve activity data from a memory of the computing device. The activity data may include a list of electronic devices that draw power from the battery of the computing device. The embedded controller may cut-off power supply of an active electronic device from the list of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Hsiang Ta Ke
  • Patent number: 11647110
    Abstract: A mobile phone configured to operate in a normal notification mode and an emergency notification mode. The mobile phone includes a memory adapted to maintain profiles relating to user contacts, an output device operable to emit audible notifications responsive to incoming communications, at least one input device operable to receive a user selection of a silent notification mode of the device and a user selection of a silent mode disabled setting associated with the profiles and a processor coupled to the memory, the output device and the at least one input device. When the device is in the silent notification mode, audible notifications are not emitted from the output device responsive to incoming communications from the user contacts having profiles without the silent mode disabled and audible notifications are emitted from the output device responsive to incoming communications from the user contacts having profiles with the silent mode disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Youst
  • Patent number: 11647597
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device including a telescopic driving mechanism and a flexible display screen. The telescopic driving mechanism includes a housing and a movable assembly, and the movable assembly is slidably coupled to the housing and may be driven to move towards or away from the housing. The flexible display screen includes a first end and a second end arranged oppositely. The first end is coupled to the housing and located at a front surface of the electronic device. The second end is coupled to the movable assembly and wound to a rear surface of the electronic device via a side surface of the electronic device. The second end moves towards or away from the first end as the movable assembly is moved relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11647172
    Abstract: A content presentation method is used to intelligently present content to a user in different presentation modes according to different identified scenarios. The method includes acquiring, by an intelligent terminal, context data of a user; identifying a user use scenario according to the context data; determining a first presentation mode corresponding to the user use scenario; and presenting content to the user in the first presentation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Qian, Shanfu Li, Jiali Fu, Kangmin Huang
  • Patent number: 11635882
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method therefor are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a body, a communication unit configured to externally transmit and receive a signal, an input unit configured to receive user input, a display coupled to the body to vary a display region viewed from a front face of the body according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode, and a controller. The controller outputs a message pop-up window and a button corresponding to a notification upon receiving the notification while a first application is being output on the display, receives a first signal for selecting the button, outputs a preview pop-up window for a second application corresponding to the notification while the first signal is maintained, and outputs the second application in a first region when a dragged distance according to the first signal exceeds a first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kensin Noh, Dongwan Kang, Seungyong Lee
  • Patent number: 11637363
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinho Yoon, Dongjun Oh, Jonghyuck Lee, Soonho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11631004
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for determining the pruning of one or more channels from a convolutional neural network (CNN) based on a gradient descent analysis of a performance loss. In an embodiment, a mask layer selectively masks one or more channels which communicate data between layers of the CNN. The CNN provides an output, and calculations are performed to determine a relationship between the masking and a loss of the CNN. The various masking of different channels is based on respective random variables and on probability values each corresponding to a different respective channel In another embodiment, the masking is further based on a continuous mask function which approximates a binary step function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Alexey Kruglov
  • Patent number: 11622253
    Abstract: A Bluetooth device, which realizes different types of device by setting a MAC address of the device or a type of a broadcast device; when the device is used as a Bluetooth keyboard device, it can realize a function for inputting a dynamic password, and the device shifts an obtained dynamic password value into Bluetooth keyboard class virtual key information according to the Bluetooth keyboard protocol, and sends automatically the virtual key information to the upper computer successively, and the device can restore a type of the device so as to resolve a keyboard conflict between the keyboard device and the upper computer, in this way, the user makes less error to input a dynamic password and the identity authentication becomes safer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhou Lu, Huazhang Yu
  • Patent number: 11622039
    Abstract: One example may include receiving a message with call data for a future call between a calling party and a called party, identifying a profile identifier from the call data identifying an enhanced call information profile associated with the calling party, and creating a call message header with a code object having the enhanced call information to include with a call message when placing the future call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Patent number: 11616867
    Abstract: The invention relates to a panorama shooting may be performed in the process of switching from the open state to the folded state of the mobile phone, the panorama shooting can be started by pressing a predetermined button or by a voice command on the menu screen in the folded state, and the ending of the panorama shooting is performed through any one of pressing end button, uttering voice command, or detecting the state in which the mobile phone is completely opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Sang Chul Kwon
  • Patent number: 11611643
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device having covers which may be coupled and an operating method thereof, the electronic device may include a housing; a first cover coupled with at least part of the housing, and comprising at least one first identification terminal; a second cover coupled with at least part of the first cover, and comprising at least one second identification terminal which is electrically connectable with the first identification terminal; and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain at least one of first information related to the first cover or second information related to the second cover, identify at least one of a type of the first cover or a type of the second cover based on at least one of the first information or the second information, and perform a designated operation based on at least one of the type of the first cover or the type of the second cover. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seoyeon Park, Jinyong Lee
  • Patent number: 11599247
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit having a plurality of display areas, a touch sensor unit that detects a predetermined operation by an operation medium on one of the plurality of display areas and to detect a position of the operation medium during the predetermined operation, and a startup control unit that displays a menu of icons in the plurality of display areas upon the touch sensor unit sensing the predetermined operation, the menu of icons being different depending on a combination of an orientation of the display unit, and which of the plurality of display areas the predetermined operation occurred in. The startup control unit launches an application program corresponding to an icon selected by the operation medium from among the displayed icons in the menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang Yao, Ryohta Nomura
  • Patent number: 11601995
    Abstract: In order to achieve objectives and advantages of the present invention, a wireless battery management system for a vehicle, according to the embodiments of the present invention, comprises: one or more slave battery control units (cell module control, CMC), each comprising a wireless communication module and a battery module; and a master battery control unit (battery master control, BMC) which manages the one or more slave battery control units by being wirelessly connected to the wireless communication module of the one or more slave battery control units, wherein the master battery control unit is configured to transmit an advertisement message set for the one or more slave battery control units, and receive a connection instruction message from the one or more slave battery control units, and wherein the master battery control unit manages the one or more slave battery control units without any confirmation of a version and without any exchange of a separate message regarding a supported function and encr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Munyong Han, Woonsuk Chang
  • Patent number: 11600114
    Abstract: Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Hoffman, Kwamina Crankson, Jason Nims, Michael Levi Orenstein, Kristen Laina White
  • Patent number: 11592863
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image, at least one supporting member on a rear surface of the display panel, the at least one supporting member defining a groove, at least one sound generation device adjacent to the display panel, and a wiring, accommodated into the groove, configured to transfer a signal to the at least one sound generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungtae Lee, KwanHo Park, YeongRak Choi
  • Patent number: 11579724
    Abstract: A touch-sensing module includes a sensing unit, an optical unit, a flexible circuit unit, and a transparent cover. The transparent cover is disposed on the optical unit. The sensing unit, the optical unit, and the transparent cover define an accommodating space. A connecting space is defined between the transparent cover and the flexible circuit unit. A fixing layer is disposed in the connecting space to connect the transparent cover and the flexible circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Xianbin Xu, Chunchi Lin, Anchin Liu, Weichou Chen
  • Patent number: 11573529
    Abstract: A holographic optical system and a holographic display method may be efficiently applied when using a spatial light modulator (SLM). A holographic display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to reproduce a hologram, and an optical system configured to perform Fourier transform with respect to the hologram of the SLM using a pair of first and second lenses, the first and second lenses being confocal. A Fourier plane which is a display reference image plane is positioned in the same plane space as the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Hyun Eui Kim
  • Patent number: 11574081
    Abstract: User interface (UI) manipulation techniques are disclosed that can allow a user device to hide and obscure sensitive information displayed on a flexible, foldable, or otherwise reconfigurable display from onlookers whilst maintaining or improving its accessibility exclusively to the primary user. Examples of the disclosed techniques can manipulate the UI in a way such that it is largely only viewable as intended when the user device is physically configured to a certain folding angle (and/or viewing angle). In some examples, the UI can be customized such that it promotes a certain device configuration (e.g., folding angle) that can provide an optimum security configuration for the user's current surroundings. The UI displayed on the display screen can change in form factor (e.g., an intended size as viewed by the user) to adapt to the current surroundings and/or based on the sensitivity in the displayed content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Duffy, Jan Jasper van den Berg, Bernadette Elliott-Bowman, Masato Sugano
  • Patent number: 11562411
    Abstract: Disclosed is a virtual rating device that associate online ratings with differential time costs by endowing the graphical user interface that solicited ratings from the users with “physics,” including an initial (default) slider position and friction. When ratings are associated with differential time cost, scores correlated more strongly with objective service quality. The differential time costs optimize information when proportional to the deviation from the median score. Correlations between subjective rating scores and objective service performance can be further improved by boosting time costs for reporting extreme scores. The disclosed device lowers the sample size (and therefore costs) required for obtaining reliable, averaged crowd estimates. The disclosed device improves information quality in online rating and feedback systems. By endowing a rating widget with virtual friction to increase the time cost for reporting extreme scores, one can obtain a more reliable crowd estimates of quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dalton Conley, Ofer Tchernichovski
  • Patent number: 11563840
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system facilitates hands-free interaction with a mobile device in a vehicle or elsewhere. Users interact with the system by speaking to it. The system processes text and processes commands. The system supports Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free use. The system handles telephone calls, email, and SMS text messages. The user can customize the device via a user profile stored on an Internet web server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Value8 Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Otman A. Basir
  • Patent number: 11557669
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an enhancement mode high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) with an active region and an isolation region. The HEMT includes a substrate, a group III-V body layer, a group III-V barrier layer, recesses, a passivation layer and an etch mask layer. The group III-V body layer is disposed on the substrate. The group III-V barrier layer is disposed on the group III-V body layer in the active region and the isolation region. The recesses are disposed in the group III-V barrier layer in the active region and the isolation region, respectively. The passivation layer disposed in the recesses of the active region and the isolation region. The etch mask layer disposed between the passivation layer and the group III-V barrier layer in the active region, where the etch mask layer is spaced apart from bottoms of the recesses in the active region and the isolation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Ming Chang, Wen-Jung Liao
  • Patent number: 11550394
    Abstract: A mobile computing device has a display with a curved (i.e. non-linear) surface along one or more edges. The curved surface is force (i.e. pressure) sensitive, such that an amount of pressure applied to the surface at a given point (or a region) of the surface is sensed and adapted to be converted into a control signal. One or more control signals generated by sensing a user's interaction with the curved surface are converted into user interface (UI) operations, such as the opening of one or more applications, application menus, or the like. Preferably, the amount of pressure applied by the user varies, and application of a first pressure generates a first control action, and application of a second pressure greater than the first pressure generates a second control action that is related to the first control action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: GoTo Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David Sarfi, Istvan Hoffmann, Botond Szentannai
  • Patent number: 11550422
    Abstract: A flexible touch screen, comprising: a flexible display with a first bending line, wherein the first bending line separates the flexible display into a first part and a second part; and a first touch panel and a second touch panel disposed in different sides of the first bending line, wherein the first and the second touch panels attach to the flexible display, each of the first and the second touch panels comprises first electrodes and second electrodes which are connected with a touch sensitive processing apparatus, the first and the second electrodes intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11546459
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing, a communication circuit, a first transmission/reception circuit configured to transmit/receive a signal in a first frequency band, a first antenna electrically connected to the first transmission/reception circuit, and disposed on a portion of the first side member, a second transmission/reception circuit configured to transmit/receive a signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, a second antenna electrically connected to the second transmission/reception circuit, and disposed on a portion of the first side member, a sensor configured to detect a contact of a user's body portion, and a processor. The processor may be configured to cause the first transmission/reception circuit to be electrically connected to the second antenna such that the signal in the first frequency band is transmitted/received through the second antenna when the contact of the user's body portion is detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hojin Jung, Yongyoun Kim, Myeongsu Oh, Duho Chu
  • Patent number: 11540645
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control device includes a user interface device. The user interface device includes an operation receiver that is capable of receiving a command operation for a movable part of the electric furniture. At least one of a brightness and a color of at least a portion of the user interface device changes on the basis of a fluctuation of a first signal. The first signal corresponds to a biological signal that includes at least one of the respiration and the heartbeat of the user of the electric furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD
    Inventors: Toshihide Shiino, Shinnosuke Kubota, Tadahiko Sakamaki, Shunsuke Yokoo
  • Patent number: 11540103
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for creating a local social network, based on a user's location and a user's virtual social profile (e.g. a facebook profile, a myspace profile) on a virtual social network (e.g. facebook, myspace). The method includes the steps of: (1) associating a communication device with a user's virtual profile, (2) detecting a communication device within an interactive region, (3) extracting unique parameters of the communication device, (4) retrieving data associated with the communication device and with the user's virtual profile, and (5) initiating data transfer based on the retrieved data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: WIX.COM Ltd.
    Inventors: Ido Gaver, Eran Kirshenboim, Aner Armon
  • Patent number: 11531675
    Abstract: A machine-learning model may be previously trained with a supervised learning algorithm to identify whether a pair of labels provided as input are similar. A locality sensitive hashing forest (LSH) may be generated for the set of candidate labels. When a user later identifies an input label (e.g., by search query, by interface selection, etc.) the input label may be used to query the LSH forest to identify a subset of the candidate labels. This subset may be used to generate respective pairs comprising the input label, one of the subset candidate labels, and a corresponding feature set generated for the pair. This data may be provided to the model to identify a degree to which the pair of labels are similar. The user may be provided one or more recommendations including similar terms identified from the model's output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gopal Srinivasa Raghavan, Abhiram Madhukar Gujjewar, Ganesh Seetharaman, Jai Motwani, Sayon Dutta, Rajat Mahajan, Manasjyoti Sharma
  • Patent number: 11526234
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining, by a processing module interacting with a touch screen of a computing device, self and mutual capacitance data from a plurality of drive-sense circuits of the computing device. The method further includes generating, by the processing module, capacitance grid data based on the self and mutual capacitance data. The method further includes determining, by the processing module, a use for the capacitance grid data. The method further includes determining, by the processing module, data requirements for the capacitance grid data based on the use and properties of the capacitance grid. When data reduction is enabled, the method further includes determining, by the processing module, a data reduction scheme based on the data requirements and an output data rate. The method further includes processing, by the processing module, the capacitance grid data in accordance with the data reduction scheme to produce reduced capacitive grid data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Gerald Dale Morrison, Michael Shawn Gray, Grant Howard McGibney
  • Patent number: 11520375
    Abstract: Provided are foldable electronic device and method for estimating bio-information by using the same. The foldable electronic device may include: a main body part including a first main body and a second main body that are configured to be folded toward each other or unfolded from each other along a fold line where the first main body and the second main body meet; an image sensor part including a first image sensor and a second image sensor which are disposed at the first main body; and a processor configured to obtain a contact image of an object from the first image sensor disposed at the first main body and obtain an image of a marker that is displayed on the second main body, from the second image sensor disposed at the first main body, when the object is in contact with the first image sensor and the main body part is folded along the fold line, and estimate bio-information based on the contact image of the object and the image of the marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Yong Joo Kwon, Sang Yun Park
  • Patent number: 11522778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a synchronization accuracy of a time synchronization of a first communication unit. A time request is sent via a communication channel at a corresponding instant of time of transmission from the first communication unit to a second communication unit. The method comprises receiving a time response at the first communication unit, the time response providing a synchronization time information for the second communication unit. The synchronization accuracy is determined based on the instant of time of transmission and the instant of time of reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Alexander Meier, Olaf Krieger
  • Patent number: 11516332
    Abstract: A watch phone and a method for handling an incoming call using the watch phone are provided. In the watch phone, a display device includes a touch screen panel and a display, turns off the touch screen panel in a watch mode, turns on the touch screen panel in an idle mode or upon receipt of an incoming call, and displays at least two areas for call connection and call rejection, upon receipt of the incoming call. A single mode selection key selects one of the watch mode and the idle mode. A controller performs control operations so that the touch screen panel is turned off in the watch mode and is turned on in the idle mode or upon receipt of the incoming call, and connects or rejects the incoming call, when the at least two areas for call connection or call rejection, which are displayed upon receipt of the incoming call, are pointed to or dragged to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-Yun Cho, Ji-Hyun Jung, Ho-Jin Lee, Young-Min Lee, Ho-Seong Seo, Youn-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11514116
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to distribute content to a user based on a consumption profile associated with the user is described. Based on the consumption profile associated with the user and a length of time between content creation and content consumption the content is modified. After the content is modified, the content is transmitted and/or provided to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventor: Brian Eriksson
  • Patent number: 11513561
    Abstract: A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes: a display; a sensor configured to detect at least one rolling characteristic in response to the display being rolled; and a controller configured to perform a first function of the flexible display device based on the detected at least one rolling characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-yeon Kwak, Kyung-a Kang, Hyun-jin Kim, Nipun Kumar, Chang-soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11506482
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for determining an amount of physical bend in an electronic device and comparing the amount of physical bend to a threshold. Additionally, a warning may be generated if the amount of physical bend exceeds the threshold. In one example, one or more values representing the amount of physical bend are stored to a nonvolatile memory on the device and retrieved in accordance with one or more of a diagnostic push event or a diagnostic pull event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yuri I. Krimon, David I. Poisner, Reinhard R. Steffens
  • Patent number: 11507634
    Abstract: An approach for retrieving and storing telephone numbers along with related contextual information associated with inbound/outbound communications to/from a device. The approach includes a method that includes combining, by at least one processing device, identification information of an entity and a related communication mechanism used to initiate a communication to a device. The method further includes providing, by the at least one processing device, a soft record that includes the identification information and the related communication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, John E. Moore, Jr., Rajeshkumar N. Singi, Robert R. Wentworth
  • Patent number: 11505204
    Abstract: A first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus communicate with one another. The first information processing apparatus has a first communication device and the second information processing apparatus has a second communication device. The first information processing apparatus displays combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses on a first display device, such that the combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses is superimposed with surroundings information on the first display device. The second information processing apparatus displays the combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses on a second display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Philipp Weiss, Marcus Richter
  • Patent number: 11500606
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an AR display device and method. The device includes a terminal and an AR wearable device. The terminal is configured to: configure the AR wearable device as an extended display device of the terminal to put the AR wearable device and a display screen of the terminal in a dual-screen heterogeneous display mode; and transmit image data to the AR wearable device to allow the AR wearable device to display the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingwen Fan, Jinghua Miao, Xuefeng Wang, Shuai Hao, Shuo Zhang, Huidong He, Hao Zhang, Lili Chen
  • Patent number: 11500533
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a control method therefor. The mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a camera provided to a main body; a display unit for displaying a preview image for the photographing of the camera; and a control unit for detecting the entering into of a subject recognition mode while the preview image is being displayed, and in the subject recognition mode, analyzing objects included in the preview image so as to recognize a subject to be photographed, and applying, to the preview image, a camera effect matched with the recognized subject. In addition, while the matched camera effect is being applied to the preview image, the control unit may further provide, on the display unit, on the basis of a touch input applied to the preview image, a list of camera effects additionally applicable to the recognized subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jiwon Yun, Pilseok Kang, Changmok Kim, Hyerim Ku
  • Patent number: 11494348
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for using object references as a data type. In response to a request for an object reference for an object by a consuming application, the object reference is generated by a source application. The object reference comprises a data structure comprising an activation uniform resource identifier for activating the referenced object, information for visually representing the object reference, and, optionally, metadata that describes the referenced object. The generated object reference is provided to an operating system component by the source application which provides the object reference to a consuming application. The consuming application can display information regard the object reference in accordance with the information for visually representing the object reference included in the object reference. The user can request reactivation of the object referenced by the object reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Novak, Elizabeth Picchietti Salowitz, Anshul Rawat, John Edward Gallardo, Vikas Chandra Bhatia, Shawn Patrick Henry
  • Patent number: 11496935
    Abstract: This application provides a cell measurement method and terminal device. The cell measurement method includes: first determining, by a terminal device, whether a cell meets a first preset condition; and when the terminal device determines that the cell meets the first preset condition, measuring or evaluating, by the terminal device, the cell by using a first period; or when the terminal device determines that the cell does not meet the first preset condition, measuring or evaluating, by the terminal device, the cell by using a second period, where the cell being a serving cell or a neighboring cell of the terminal device corresponds to different first preset conditions, and the first period is different from the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Cai, Yanzhao He, Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 11494042
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a sensor detecting electric capacitance of a touch key group comprising a plurality of touch keys arranged in a matrix; and a control device configured to perform character recognition based on a change in the electric capacitance of the plurality of touch keys detected by the sensor and on a sampling pattern that is time-series data of a loci.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoichi Hamada, Koji Hirano, Kakeru Kimura
  • Patent number: 11487403
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying notifications received from multiple applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device can monitor notifications that are received from the multiple applications. Responsive to receiving the notifications, the electronic device can control the manner in which the notifications are displayed while the device is operating in a locked or an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the electronic device can allow users to customize how notifications are to be displayed while the device is in the locked and/or unlocked states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Eliza Block
  • Patent number: 11489958
    Abstract: A user equipment obtains a radio characteristics measurement for at least one of a plurality of antennas of the user equipment. Responsive to the radio characteristics measurement satisfying a grip pattern reconfiguration rule, the user equipment selects a grip pattern from among a set of grip patterns, and generates a grip pattern notification through a user interface based on the grip pattern that was selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Peter Ökvist, Tommy Arngren