Having Display Patents (Class 455/566)
  • Patent number: 10802674
    Abstract: A user interface is provided for display by a computing device. The user interface provides a graphical display of an application executable by the computing device. The computing device receives information provided by a user to the application through the user interface. The computing device analyzes the information provided by the user, where the analyzing includes: identifying one or more keywords of the information provided by the user; comparing the one or more keywords with a keyword library, the keyword library indicating computer-related services; based on the comparing, and identifying a particular computer-related service. The computing device provides a function interface of the particular computer-related service for display on the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Jun Tong, Ding Sheng, Jiayin Liu
  • Patent number: 10803077
    Abstract: An online system receives a request to generate presentation content for presentation to a user. The online system receives a set of content items and identifies a surface for presenting the presentation information to the user. For example, the surface may be a voice only surface, a voice and graphical display, a graphical display only. Based on the identified surface, the online system ranks the set of content items. The online system then determines presentation information for a subset of the content items and transmits instructions to present the presentation information at the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Fuchun Peng, Bo Zeng, Kun Han, Benoit Dumoulin
  • Patent number: 10798575
    Abstract: An image display system includes a first terminal device and with a second terminal device whose usable function range is smaller than a usable function range of the first terminal device. The image display system includes a display projection unit, a communication unit that establishes wireless connection with the first and second terminal devices, a control unit that manages the wireless connection, and a connection control image generating unit. The control unit and the connection control image generating unit generate a terminal connection image including information for connecting the second terminal device with the image display system, based on terminal connection permission information that assigns the second terminal device whose wireless connection with the display system is permitted, the terminal connection permission information being transmitted from the first terminal device. The display projection unit displays the terminal connection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Junji Kamimura
  • Patent number: 10798235
    Abstract: A mobile device having an internal frame and a sidebar configured to be coupled to the internal frame. The sidebar can include at least one button positioned in a button configuration on an exterior face of the sidebar and a sidebar contact positioned on an interior face of the sidebar. The sidebar can be positioned to interface with a frame contact when the sidebar is coupled to the internal frame. The frame can be operably coupled to a controller for a mobile device such that coupling the sidebar contact to the frame contact operably connects the at least one button of the sidebar to the controller. The sidebar can be exchanged with or decoupled from the frame and replaced with a second sidebar having a different button configuration from the original sidebar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Tsai, Tim Liu, Gavin Sung, Jeff Ku, Simon S. Yuan
  • Patent number: 10790711
    Abstract: Disclosed are a magnetic field generating apparatus and a method of generating a magnetic field using the same. A magnetic field generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a coil part configured to generate a magnetic field transmitted to the target to which wireless power is to be supplied; a first ferrite member configured to extend in the vicinity of the coil part a bar shape and penetrate an inner peripheral surface of the coil part; and a second ferrite member configured to extend in a dome shape in the vicinity of the coil part, surround the coil part, include an opening formed along the magnetic field transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joung Ho Kim, Bom Son Lee, Dong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10785378
    Abstract: A display-and-operation device includes a housing, a display operation panel, a wireless communicator, a control board, and a holder. The display operation panel forms a display operation screen on an outer surface of the housing. The wireless communicator is included in the housing and includes an antenna to perform wireless communication with a communication object. The control board is included in the housing, to control the display operation panel. The holder is included in the housing. The holder holds the display operation panel. The housing includes an opening through which the wireless communicator is removable to an outside of the housing and a lid to open and close the opening. At least a part of the wireless communicator is arranged outside an outer peripheral edge of at least one of the control board and the holder when viewed from a side at which the display operation screen is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Goro Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 10782833
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image. A window laces the display panel and includes a transparent display area configured to transmit the image displayed on the display panel therethrough. A non-display area at least partially surrounds the display area. A light-blocking pattern layer is disposed on the non-display area of the window. A touch member is disposed between the display panel and the window and includes a voltage line. A pressure sensing wiring is disposed between the touch member and the window and at least partially overlaps the voltage line. The voltage line and the pressure sensing wiring overlap the light-blocking pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choon Hyop Lee, Ga Yeon Yun, Jeong Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 10779147
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vendor-agnostic access to non-volatile memory of a wireless memory tag include: detecting, via a wireless memory host, a wireless memory tag; providing a vendor-agnostic command to the wireless memory tag to affect a change in a register-based interface of the wireless memory tag, wherein the change results in reading data from non-volatile memory of the wireless memory tag, writing data to the non-volatile memory of the wireless memory tag, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Graziano Mirichigni, Danilo Caraccio
  • Patent number: 10776065
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. To provide a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed. To provide a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes two display panels, two plates, two stages, two driver circuits, two adjusting units, and a frame. Each display panel includes a display portion, an operating circuit portion, a terminal, an external electrode, a transparent portion, and a first portion and has flexibility. Each transparent portion includes a region transmitting visible light. The display panels are fixed so that transparent portions and parts of the display portions extend beyond the plates. The display portion of one of the two display panels overlaps with the transparent portion of the other display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshitani, Kazuhiko Fujita, Akihiro Kaita
  • Patent number: 10771457
    Abstract: A server includes a key generator and an authenticator. The key generator is configured to receive a request for a first key from a worker device, to create the first key that is associated with a worker, and to transmit the first key to the worker device. The authenticator is in communication with the key generator, the authenticator is configured to receive a second key and identification details from a customer device, to transmit the identification details to the worker device, to receive acknowledgment of the identification details from the worker device, and to authenticate the second key and the identification details with the customer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles D. Blewett, Megan Blewett, Juan A. Garay, Robert C. Haarde, Thomas Killian, Yitzhak H. Mandelbaum, Simon Urbanek
  • Patent number: 10769682
    Abstract: A user interface system, including a user device. The user device includes a processor, a display that interacts with the processor to display a user interface including a site content and a first interactive object. The processor is operative to expand the first interactive object and transform the first interactive object to a content object displayed on the display, when a user touches and holds the first interactive object for a predetermined period of time. The processor is also operative to terminate, contract, and transform the content object for the display to display a second interactive object, the second interactive object having a secondary content trigger, upon the user releasing the holding of the first interactive object after the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: James Trevor McDonald
  • Patent number: 10768785
    Abstract: Navigating user-interfaces of medical image viewing software using pressure-sensitive displays can increase productivity of the viewer. In certain embodiments, a menu having a number of icons can be provided on a display device such that the icons are arranged around an initial area that is touched by a user's finger or stylus, for example. Due to the icons being arranged around the initial cursor position, any one of the icons from the menu can be chosen with relatively small finger movement and/or changes in pressure applied by the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MERGE HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Evan K. Fram
  • Patent number: 10769365
    Abstract: A document history interface provides a visual document history. In particular, document history application provides for tracking, storing and presenting events occurring over a document lifecycle to provide a robust interface for visualizing and accessing the document's history. In aspects, an interactive document timeline with a scroll control is provided to roll back through the document history. The interactive document timeline includes visual indicators for events that occurred during the document lifecycle, including but not limited to authoring events, communication events, and document branching events. A play control is further provided with the interactive document timeline such that a time-lapse rendition of events occurring over the document history may be displayed. In some aspects, upon scrolling to particular points along the interactive document timeline, legacy versions of the document may be saved as new documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Fern, Alexander Darrow, Joseph Masterson
  • Patent number: 10761691
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display. The computer-implemented method includes: displaying a home menu comprising a plurality of application launch icons; detecting activation of any respective application launch icon; and, in response to detecting the activation, displaying a first animation of a transition from display of the home menu to display of an application that corresponds to the activated application launch icon. The first animation comprises expanding an image of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy Allen Anzures, Imran Chaudhri, Scott M. Herz, Stephen O. Lemay, Michael J. Matas, Marcel Van Os
  • Patent number: 10754604
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method for controlling same. The display apparatus comprises: a main display unit for displaying a first application group; a sub display unit stored in the display apparatus or exposed therefrom; a sensor unit for sensing whether the display apparatus is rotated; and a control unit, wherein the sub display unit is exposed from the display apparatus to display a second application group, and the control unit controls the main display unit to display a previously configured screen when the sub display is stored, and when the display apparatus is sensed by the sensor unit to have been rotated in the lateral direction within a previously set time by an angle equal to or greater than a previously set angular value, then the control unit can control the main display unit so that the second application group is displayed thereon on a full screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Doyoung Lee, Sihwa Park
  • Patent number: 10749820
    Abstract: Included are methods for integrating communications data by project, Analyst and Tester, without requiring the subject to be included in the communication data. The methods integrate at least two communication channels into a database by project, wherein at least at least one communication channel is configured to send communication data directly to the database and at least one other communication is periodically pooled in order to data transfer to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MESH01, LLC
    Inventors: Lane Belling, Brian James Bednarek, Richard Pressler
  • Patent number: 10747380
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a display portion. A window is disposed above the display portion. The window includes a display area, on which a screen is displayed by the display portion, and a non-display area, disposed around the display area. The non-display area of the window includes a sensing portion and a non-sensing portion. The non-display area of the window includes a first light shielding member. The sensing portion includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer stacked on the first conductive layer with the first light shielding member interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choon Hyop Lee, Ga Yeon Yun
  • Patent number: 10739943
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving input data from at least one input device, preparing a user interface including a list of ordered items, a details panel about a first ordered item, and a pointer pointing from the details panel to a first position in the list, interpreting the input data to include moving the first pointer to pointing at a second position in the list, updating the user interface, the updated user interface including the first pointer pointing from the details panel to the second position, interpreting the input data to include confirming placement of the first ordered item for placement in the list according to the second position, and updating the user interface to show the first ordered item placed in the list according to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Gwyneth Hoi Shan Chan
  • Patent number: 10733373
    Abstract: A document history interface provides a visual document history. In particular, document history application provides for tracking, storing and presenting events occurring over a document lifecycle to provide a robust interface for visualizing and accessing the document's history. In aspects, an interactive document timeline with a scroll control is provided to roll back through the document history. The interactive document timeline includes visual indicators for events that occurred during the document lifecycle, including but not limited to authoring events, communication events, and document branching events. A play control is further provided with the interactive document timeline such that a time-lapse rendition of events occurring over the document history may be displayed. In some aspects, upon scrolling to particular points along the interactive document timeline, legacy versions of the document may be saved as new documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Fern, Alexander Darrow, Joseph Masterson
  • Patent number: 10725594
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a sensor unit. The sensor unit includes a base film stretched by heat, an electrode portion, which is made of a mixture of a conductive material and a thermoplastic resin and is formed on at least one surface of the base film, and a stretching supporting layer made of a thermoplastic resin to cover the electrode portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Mitsuhashi, Masashi Miyagawa, Kiyoyuki Deguchi, Tomohiro Ishii, Yasuyuki Naito
  • Patent number: 10719145
    Abstract: Touchscreen computing device having support for interference-free operation of one or two active pens. A dedicated screen ID and pen ID establish a one-to-one pairing between an active pen and a touchscreen of a single-screen or dual-screen device, thereby rejecting interference from additional pens or screens. For a dual-screen device, the screen-specific uplink signals are synchronized using master-slave, interlaced timing to avoid mutual interference and to support simultaneous operation of two active pens—one on each screen. The downlink signals from two active pens occur during the same timeslots, whereas the two uplinks—one from each of the two screens—are interleaved with two timeslots for pen downlinks. Screen-specific screen ID-twin parameter is created for each screen of a dual-screen device to alert a pen to send its downlink signals in the interleaved manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, Yung-Chun Liu, Gerald R. Pelissier
  • Patent number: 10721194
    Abstract: A user terminal device is provided. The user terminal device includes: a communicator; a display; and a processor configured to receive a message from another electronic device through the communicator, control the display to display the received message, and based on the received message being a multimedia message including at least one of an image, a sound, and a video by analyzing the received message, control the display to display a recommended response list based on at least one of an age or a gender of the user of the terminal corresponding to a type of content included in a multimedia message. Therefore, convenience of a user using the user terminal device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-na Kim, Deok-ho Kim, Gyu-tae Park, Jun-bum Shin
  • Patent number: 10720126
    Abstract: A color ambient light sensor may gather ambient light measurements during operation of an electronic device. The color ambient light sensor may have a color ambient light detector and an adjustable neutral density filter. The electronic device may have components such as a camera and display that are adjusted using ambient light information from the color ambient light sensor. The display may have a display cover layer. Pixels in an active area of the display may display images through the display cover layer. An inactive area of the display may have an opaque masking layer on an interior surface of the display cover layer. An opening in the opaque masking layer may form an ambient light sensor window for the color ambient light sensor. The adjustable neutral density filter may be interposed between the color ambient light detector and the ambient light sensor window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Akshay Bhat, Rui L. Peterson, Tingjun Xu, Yan Guan
  • Patent number: 10719162
    Abstract: A handheld device includes an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content and a bezel disposed around the electronic display. The bezel may have an opening allowing a person to view the active area. The handheld device also includes a force sensing system having a force sensing element that is disposed below an external surface of the bezel. The force sensing system may be configured to a sense a force on the bezel and to generate a sensor signal indicative of the force. The handheld device may further include a processor operable to receive the sensor signal and to execute a function based on the sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chee Wai Lu, Hock Cheng Ng, Cheng Seong Lee, Wai Jye Chan
  • Patent number: 10712826
    Abstract: An electronic device: while displaying a user interface, detects an input sequence that includes detecting an increase in a characteristic intensity of a contact on a button. In response, the device determines whether the increase is above a first intensity threshold and whether a change in the characteristic intensity proximate to a time when the characteristic intensity increases above the first intensity threshold has a first or a second value for an intensity-change metric. If the increase is above the threshold and the change has the first value, the device performs a first operation that changes the user interface displayed on the display; and generates a first discrete tactile output that corresponds to the increase. If the increase is above the threshold and the change has the second value, the device performs the first operation and generates a second discrete tactile output that corresponds to the increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Sebastian J. Bauer, Camille Moussette, Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, Madeleine S. Cordier, Joshua B. Kopin
  • Patent number: 10716072
    Abstract: Techniques for regulating a radio frequency (RF) output power of an antenna of a computing device are described. In an example a physical signal filter unit (PSFU) to filter a detection signal from a proximity sensor for regulating an RF output power of a device is described. The PSFU includes a first filter circuit to filter the detection signal and generate a first filter output signal and a logical inverter gate to generate an inverted detection signal based on the detection signal. The PSFU also includes a second filter circuit to generate a second filter output signal based on the inverted detection signal. The PSFU also includes a logical AND gate to perform a logical AND operation on the first filter output signal and the second filter output signal to generate a control signal for regulating the RF output power of an antenna of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chao-Chiang Lin, Rahul V Lakdawala
  • Patent number: 10716073
    Abstract: In an example method, a mobile device connects a voice call for a user. The voice call causes one or more radio frequency transmitters of the mobile device to transmit radio waves at a first power level. Motion data describing movement of the mobile device is obtained, and the orientation of the mobile device is determined based on the motion data. A determination whether the mobile device is on the user's body or on an inanimate object is made based on the orientation of the mobile device over the period of time. The transmit power level is adjusted based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gunes Dervisoglu, Indranil S. Sen, Umamahesh Srinivas, Digvijay A. Jadhav, Sunny Kai Pang Chow, Hung A. Pham, Anil K. Kandangath, Xiaoyuan Tu, Jonathan C. King
  • Patent number: 10716228
    Abstract: A support mechanism and a mobile terminal are provided. The support mechanism comprises: a first support plate, a second support plate, and a transmission mechanism for connecting the first support plate with the second support plate. When the support mechanism is in a support state, the first support plate and the second support plate are in a first relative position with respect to each other to form a support surface. The mobile terminal includes a first body, a second body connected to the first body, a support mechanism and a display screen. The display screen comprises: fixed portions fixed to at least one of the first body or the second body, and a deformable portion. The support mechanism is arranged on the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yulin You
  • Patent number: 10707912
    Abstract: Provided are a mobile electronic apparatus, an accessory device for the mobile electronic apparatus, and an electronic apparatus including the accessory device. The mobile electronic apparatus includes: a display unit including a display screen; a cover detector detecting identification (ID) information of a cover when the display screen is covered by the cover; and a processor displaying a user interface (UI) screen corresponding to the cover on the display screen by driving a program corresponding to the ID information of the cover when receiving the ID information of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Kim, Eun-young Cho, Mi-jeong Song, Sang-hun Lee, Sung-hwan Park, Chang-jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10706231
    Abstract: Provided is an input apparatus that can reduce incorrect inputs and improve the operability. The input apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a keyboard module and a control circuit. The keyboard module has a plurality of key areas, and a plurality of sensor devices capable of detecting pressures of keystroke operations for the plurality of key areas, respectively. The control circuit that makes a difference between input sensitivity to the keystroke operation of one key area and input sensitivity to the keystroke operation of a key area next to the one key area on the basis of a pressure information item about each of the key areas next to each other, the pressure information item being detected by the keystroke operation on the plurality of sensor devices at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kamata, Munetake Ebihara, Hideyoshi Wakimoto, Akira Fujisawa, Ichirou Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10705696
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulation body on a display screen and a control unit configured to, if a first manipulation on the display screen in a locked state is detected, display, on the display screen, icons to be arranged based on a reference point indicating a position of the manipulation body when the first manipulation is completed, and if a second manipulation indicating a direction from the reference point is detected, start up an application corresponding to the icon specified by the second manipulation. An associated method and computer readable storage medium are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Reiko Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 10706810
    Abstract: A display assembly with a software rotatable content layout for a process control transmitter. The assembly has a display screen configured for displaying the rotatable content layout in a plurality of configurations and at least one physical button fixedly positioned proximate one side of the display screen. In one embodiment, the display layout comprises an upper perimeter band and a lower perimeter band reserved for displaying at least one label and a right side band and a left side band reserved for displaying an indicator attached to the at least one label and a third, interior region reserved for displaying additional text such that the at least one label is visually attached to the physical button proximate the one side of the display screen. The display is rotatable to maintain content in a viewer orientation such that at least one label is visually tied to at least one physical button in each of the plurality of configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventor: Jared Evans Sweet
  • Patent number: 10709001
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system configured for customization based user detection. A lighting control system includes a module housing, a graphical user interface, and a switch control circuit including a processor configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes. The processor is configured to identify a proximate device identification, compare the identified device with one or more registered devices saved in a dataset, select a user profile, if the identified device corresponds to one of the one or more registered devices saved in the dataset. The processor is configured to cause a change in at least one of a scene selection protocol for selecting at least one lighting scene from the plurality of lighting scenes based on the user profile selected and a display setting of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Aylward, William Lark, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10708945
    Abstract: A method for transmitting sidelink data by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes determining whether resource pool information for selecting a sidelink grant is configured by a base station; determining whether more sidelink data is available in a Sidelink Traffic Channel (STCH) than can be transmitted in a current Sidelink Control (SC) period; selecting resources for the sidelink grant from the resource pool information based on the resource pool information for selecting the sidelink grant being configured by the base station, and more sidelink data being available in the STCH than can be transmitted in the current SC period; selecting resources for the sidelink data based on the resources for the sidelink grant; and transmitting the sidelink data to another UE through the resources for the sidelink data. Further, the sidelink grant is for a next SC period after the current SC period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunyoung Lee, Seungjune Yi
  • Patent number: 10697491
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provides a camera, having a first camera sub-assembly, a hub coupled to the first camera sub-assembly, a second camera sub-assembly coupled to the hub and rotatable relative thereto and a third camera sub-assembly coupled to the hub and rotatable relative thereto. The third camera sub-assembly can be in electrical communication with the first camera sub-assembly and/or the second camera sub-assembly via the hub. The hub can include a slot to guide electrical cable(s). Net torque acting on the camera can be zero such that one of the first rotational coupling or the second rotational coupling when rotated to a new position via an applied torque remains in the new position when the applied torque is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis B. Shell, Charles E. Marzette, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10690984
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is to provide an electronic apparatus which is configured to provide a color writing function by means of the physical force of an external input means, and a control method thereof. More particularly, the present invention is to provide an electronic apparatus equipped with a plurality of liquid crystal panels in an electronic apparatus so that a plurality of colors can be written by the physical force of an external input means, and a control method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Cheol Bae, Chul Baik, Hong Suk Kim, Byung Hwa Seo, Hyun Min Song, Tatsuhiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10693672
    Abstract: Systems and methods described provide and add significant functionality to virtual and augmented reality display systems. For example, when a user is “immersed” in a virtual reality environment, certain home environmental parameters may be changed, or may change state, and efforts at energy conservation can be automatically or semi-automatically initiated, at least temporarily, while the user is in the virtual reality environment. This allows the user to reduce energy consumption in their home while they are immersed in the virtual reality world by automatically turning down output to lights and other devices that the user does not need while in the headset. Users are further provided with the benefit of notifications during their virtual reality experience, bridging the gap of separation from the outside world with regard to security by allowing users to remain “in” a virtual reality environment while they are still alerted of important activity in their surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Crackle, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Goldstein, Christine Coner, Ihor Yaskiw
  • Patent number: 10691767
    Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images, at least one communication interface, at least one display, and at least one processor coupled to the at least one image sensor, the at least one communication interface, and the at least one display. The at least one processor is configured to identify a network address encoded into one or more first images of the plurality of captured images and transmit a first request to the network address. The at least one processor is also configured to identify a unique identifier encoded into one or more second images of the plurality of captured images and transmit a second request containing the unique identifier. The at least one processor is further configured to receive session information and output, to the at least one display, extended reality-related content obtained during a session associated with the session information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Peri
  • Patent number: 10694629
    Abstract: A magnetic stand for a tablet device is disclosed. The magnetic stand is configured to rigidly hold a portion of the tablet device in place and to shield the magnetic field from adversely affecting nearby devices susceptible to strong magnetic fields. The shielding portion of the magnetic stand allows for significant increases in magnetic field strength when compared to similarly configured, unshielded products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew D. Rohrbach
  • Patent number: 10684714
    Abstract: A display device including a touch display panel, a roller housing, a touch bar, and a panel driver. The touch display panel includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of touch sensing elements. At least a portion of the touch display panel is rolled around a roller. The roller housing is configured to receive the roller and has an opening configured to receive the touch display panel. The touch bar is disposed between the roller housing and the touch display panel and contacts the touch display panel. The panel driver divides a display portion of the touch display panel into a display area and a non-display area according to positions of touch sensing elements contacting the touch bar. The panel driver deactivates at least a portion of the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taean Seo, Sunho Kim, Youngseok Seo, Junghun Lee, Jinhwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10671276
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kondo, Takashi Hasegawa, Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Daisuke Matsui, Masatoshi Inagawa, Tetsuro Inukai
  • Patent number: 10661175
    Abstract: A method, system, and processor-readable storage medium for providing audio playback are disclosed to enable users to replace background music in a computer or video game with music of user choice, while preserving other in-game sounds. An example method comprises receiving a game music stream from a gaming application of a user which includes a game background soundtrack and in-game sounds, extracting audio parameters of the game background soundtrack, determining an emotional classification of the game background soundtrack based on the audio parameters of the game background soundtrack, selecting a user soundtrack from a user music library that matches the emotional classification of game background soundtrack, replacing at least a part of the game background soundtrack with the user soundtrack, and providing a replacement game music stream to the user, the replacement game music including the user soundtrack and the in-game sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Michael Taylor, Glenn Black
  • Patent number: 10667365
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module of a plurality of lighting control modules is actuated. The actuation is detected at each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules. The light sensor in each lighting control module are polled by the respective processor in each lighting control module, to detect a change in a light level. The change in the light level detected by the respective lighting control module is transmitting, from each lighting control module. The lighting control modules that detected the change in the light level are catalogued into a 1st zone of one or more zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLC
    Inventor: William Lark, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10657708
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image based location estimation are described. In one example embodiment, a first positioning system is used to generate a first position estimate. A 3D point cloud data describing an environment is then accessed. A first image of an environment is captured, and a portion of the image is matched to a portion of key points in the 3D point cloud data. An augmented reality object is then aligned within one or more images of the environment based on the match of the 3D point cloud with the image. In some embodiments, building façade data may additionally be used to determine a device location and place the augmented reality object within an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Jurgenson, Linjie Luo, Jonathan M Rodriguez, II, Rahul Sheth, Jia Li, Xutao Lv
  • Patent number: 10657329
    Abstract: A recommended word for each category is configured to be extracted from review information in a review database to manage the recommended word. The review database is configured to manage the review information on merchandise or a service in units of categories of the merchandise or the service. A control is configured to be executed such that a review post page on the specified merchandise or service is presented. A determination whether present time is assistance timing or not is configured to be executed based on an aspect of character input to the review post page. In response to an acquisition of a determination result that the present time is the assistance timing, a control is configured to be executed such that the recommended word corresponding to the category to which the specified merchandise or service belongs is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Kasai
  • Patent number: 10635293
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling the sharing of information between a first application and a second application on a computing device are described herein. The method includes the steps of receiving a global search request through the first application and—in response to the reception of the global search request—prompting for a search term from a user. The method further includes the steps of receiving the search term and—based on the received search term—automatically presenting one or more corresponding candidate elements associated with the second application for selection by the user. In addition, the method includes the steps of receiving the selection of at least one of the candidate elements and linking the selected candidate element with the first application such that a user may access the selected candidate element from the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Carsten Michael Dietz
  • Patent number: 10634914
    Abstract: An information handling system enhances end user situational awareness by selectively presenting sensed environmental conditions with tactile feedback, such as with haptic device output at a band worn on the end user's body. Tactile trigger rules apply sensed conditions to detect events that trigger a haptic device notification, such as a threat to the end user in a tactical situation that is not in the field of view of a head-mounted display or that has a lower level of significance relative to other identified threats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Hana Schuster Smith, Vivek Viswanathan Iyer
  • Patent number: 10630830
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first microphone, a second microphone, a sensing unit, and a control unit. The first and second microphones are respectively positioned at two different sides of the electronic device. The sensing unit is configured to sense a first light value of a first side of the electronic device, a second light value of a second side of the electronic device and an orientation of the electronic device. The control unit is configured to select one of the first microphone and the second microphone to work according to the first and second light values and the orientation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Yuan Lee, Chun-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10631247
    Abstract: A method and apparatus capable of minimizing power consumption occurring when a mobile device is changed from a sleep state to a wake-up state by partially controlling on/off of a display unit and partial booting control of a system function are provided. The method includes detecting a change of the mobile device from a sleep state to a wake-up state, turning on a display unit of the mobile device such that a first section of the mobile device displays an operating region, the first section including one or more portions of the display unit and less than an entire screen of the display unit and waiting for a system function registered in the operating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Do Ahn, Sung Min Cho
  • Patent number: 10628012
    Abstract: The present invention may comprise: a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface; a display unit disposed on the front surface and configured to output first screen information; a rear input unit disposed on the rear surface and configured to receive a touch input; and a control unit which, when a predetermined touch input is received by the rear input unit, controls the display unit to display a window area on at least one area of the first screen information, wherein the window area is displayed while a touch is sensed by the rear input unit, and a apart of second screen information, which has been output on the display unit before the first screen information is output, is displayed in the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sesook Oh, Samsick Kim, Jongin Lim, Kyungjin Moon, Sungjin Kang