25th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190188950 | GAMING DEVICES WITH SYMBOL BLOCKING AND RESPIN FEATURE - Embodiments of the present invention set forth systems, apparatuses and methods for providing a symbol blocking and respin feature. Accordingly, a gaming device can be configured to receive a first game initiation signal and spin reels on the display to show a first game outcome. The gaming device then determines if the results of the first game outcome are associated with a multi-reel symbol trigger condition. When it is determined that the trigger condition is satisfied, a multi-reel symbol is formed from symbols associated with the triggering condition by locking the symbols together. The game device then spins a reel with in the block symbol location with various modifier subsymbols, or other block symbols, to provide additional award opportunities. A second game outcome may be determined when the spinning block reel stops and any modifiers or other symbols are evaluated with the other symbols on the game grid. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188951 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO AND FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing one or more incentives to a player in association with a mobile device facilitated transfer of funds to an electronic gaming machine and/or from the electronic gaming machine. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188952 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONDUCTING LOTTERY GAMES WITH PORTABLE DEVICES ENABLED FOR NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) - In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer system that includes a processor executing the code to: receive an indication indicating that a player desires to participate in a lottery game based on a near field communication (NFC) between a mobile device of the player and a first game piece associated with the lottery game conducted by a game conducting authority; conduct a drawing in accordance with rules of the lottery game; receive an indication identifying an action performed by the player in accordance with the rules of the lottery game where the action is based on: i) a result of the drawing and ii) NFC communication between the mobile device of the player and a second game piece associated with the lottery game; and distribute a prize to player in accordance with the rules of the lottery game. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188953 | SKILL BASED MOBILE DEVICE INPUT TO EFFECT GAME OUTCOME - Disclosed are various embodiments for generating an outcome for a wagering game based on a trajectory of a virtual projectile launched in a skill-based or pseudo skill-based portion of a wagering game. The trajectory of the virtual projectile can originate from a client device. The trajectory can be determined based in part on sensor measurements from the client device. Data describing the sensor measurements can be received from the client device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188954 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HYBRID ENTERTAINMENT AND GAMBLING GAME USING A SLINGSHOT TRIGGER - Systems and methods for a gambling hybrid game that provides an object launching game in which a player uses a launching device to select a trajectory and speed at which to launch a game object at a target as an entertainment game are disclosed. The entertainment engine provides the game in which a player users a launching device to launch a game object at a selected speed and trajectory towards a target and determines the results of the launch. The status of the game play are provided a game world engine that determines when gambling events should be provided based on the status of game play and a real world engine resolves the gambling event and associated wagers. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING LOCATION-BASED ANALYTICS TO PROVIDE GAMING AWARDS - The present disclosure relates generally to a system that provides a player a benefit based on location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT AUTOMATIC ACCESS TO FUNDS - The present disclosure relates generally to a system that enables funds automatically transferred into the system from one or more funding sources in anticipation of such funds being used in association with various system components. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188957 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING GAME ACTIVITIES - Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for monitoring card game activities at gaming tables, such as for example, counting the number of card hands at gaming tables. The devices may include a sensor array network to detect game events; a microcontroller for running logic level code for checking sensors of the sensors of the sensor array network for pre-defined thresholds defining the detected game events and in response generating game event data; and a connection cable for coupling to a server device for transmitting the game event data. Systems may connect client hardware devices with sensors for monitoring card game activities. A game monitoring server may collect, process and aggregate hand event data received from the client hardware devices to generate hand count data for gaming tables. A front end interface device may receive notifications relating to hand count data for provision to end user systems. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188958 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - When an unfair gaming currency is delivered to a dealer from a player, the currency is detected as unfair. The inspection system | 2019-06-20 |
20190188959 | GAME OF CHANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVOKING COMMANDS UTILIZING A MOBILE DEVICE AND A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT DEVICE - The present disclosure relates generally to a system that enables one or more requested actions or transactions to be initiated via one or more inputs received by a mobile device and concluded via one or more inputs received by a gaming establishment device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING VIRTUAL TICKETS - The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a virtual ticket audit device to account for the transfer of virtual ticket vouchers between different components of a gaming establishment ecosystem. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MASTER GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT AND A SUBSIDIARY GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT - The present disclosure relates generally to a system that enables funds associated with certain controlling gaming establishment accounts to be accessed by certain other controlled gaming establishment accounts which have a predefined relationship with the controlling gaming establishment accounts. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AWARDS FOR UTILIZING A MOBILE DEVICE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT RETAIL ACCOUNT - The present disclosure relates generally to a system that determines whether or not a player wins an award, such as a progressive award, in association with utilizing funds transferred to (or otherwise funded directly to) at least the gaming establishment retail account (or an account linked or otherwise associated with a gaming establishment mobile wallet system). | 2019-06-20 |
20190188964 | Gaming Machine And Method With Token Based Jackpot Award - A gaming machine comprises a display and an electronic controller for playing a first game. The first game includes randomly displaying bonus symbols that may be accumulated or collected to obtain the award of a bonus prize, such as a progressive grand jackpot prize. The threshold number of bonus symbols required to win the bonus prize varies depending on the amount of the wager or bet made to play the game. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188965 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A KENO GAME INCLUDING BONUS TILES - The present disclosure is directed to a gaming system and method providing a keno game including bonus tiles. The method includes, in response to a determination that a quantity of bonus draws for a first keno board is greater than zero bonus draw, causing a display device to display at least one bonus tile with the first keno board, for each bonus tile displayed with the first keno board, adding a bonus keno number to the set of different keno numbers, selecting a quantity of keno numbers from the set of different keno numbers based on in part the quantity of bonus draws, adding the selected keno numbers to a gaming system keno number set, and determining any bonus awards based on a comparison of the keno numbers included in the gaming system keno number set and the bonus keno numbers that map to any of the displayed bonus tiles. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188966 | ELECTRONIC METHOD OF GAMING - A gaming machine comprising a display, and a game controller that at least: selects a first set of symbols, causes the display to display the first set of symbols at a first set of display positions and conducts a random selection process so that a second set of display positions has an overlapping spatial relationship with a first set of display positions. The random selection process includes a first type of outcome where a designated number of special symbols is selected and a second type of outcome where less than the designated number of special symbols is selected. Upon the occurrence of the second type of outcome, the game controller displays the less than the designated number of special symbols selected at either individual ones of the first set of display positions or of the second set of display positions, and triggers a feature game for conducting feature game play. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188967 | HYBRID WAGERING AND SKILL-BASED GAMING SYSTEM AND SERVER - Embodiments of the invention provide A system includes a game device. A first game including a transition point is conducted on the game device. When a transition point is reached, a second game outcome is selected. The second game outcome is generated by a second game that is logically independent of the first game. The second game outcome generated by the second game is independent of the first game. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188968 | GAMING MACHINE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE REEL SET CONTROL - A gaming machine includes a display system, player input system, and processor programed or otherwise operable to perform a number of operations through the gaming machine hardware to provide a player-interactive feature. The gaming machine is adapted to operate in a base game state in which a base set of symbol locations is populated with game symbols responsive to a play initiation input from the player input system. The gaming machine is also controlled to activate a bonus input device while the gaming machine is in the base game state, and to place the gaming machine in a bonus state in response to a player actuation of the activated bonus input device. In response to a play initiation input while the gaming machine is in the bonus game state, two or more bonus game sets of symbol locations are populated with game symbols for that respective play initiation input. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188969 | CRAPS GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods providing a live craps game and a plurality of electronic gaming machines that facilitate participation in the live craps game. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188970 | GAME LIVE AUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A method for conducting a raffle comprising reading an item identifier from an identification tag affixed to an item at an equipment management system, prior to an event related to the item. The raffle notification data is then transmitted to users after the event has occurred. A plurality of raffle ticket purchase requests are then received from the plurality of devices and are processed. The raffle tickets are then delivered to the plurality of devices, such as in electronic form. One of the raffle tickets is then selected, and winning notification data is transmitted to the associated device. The winner can authenticate the winning item by reading the identification tag affixed to the item after the event at the equipment management system. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188971 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUED GAMING IN THE COURSE OF THE GAME AFTER FORFEITING INTEREST IN THE GAME - A method for playing a community card poker card game includes allowing the participants to either fold or place a first bet. The first bet is resolved based on a final card hand associated with the participant, and the combination of first bets comprises a main pot. After first ones of the community cards are revealed, the participants that folded are allowed to either continue to fold or to place a second bet. The second best is resolved based on a final card hand associated with the participant, and the combination of second bets comprises an auxiliary pot. Thereafter, the remaining community cards are revealed, and the main pot is resolved according to a rank of final card hands for those participants that made the first bet. Thereafter, the auxiliary pot is resolved according to a rank of final card hands for those participants that made the second bet. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188972 | GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SPORTS-BASED CARD GAME - A gaming system, gaming device, and method using a deck of cards containing statistics and identifying information from real-world sports players is described. The cards in the deck may contain the player scores for a set of games or matches as well as other player-related information. The gaming system and device randomly generate a hand and randomly select one of the player's pre-determined scores for each of the cards. The user's score may be determined through a variety of methods utilizing the player scores on the cards in the user's hand. The outcome of the user's hand may be determined by matching the user's score with a pay table, or for a multi-user game, the outcome may be determined by finding the highest scorer among the participating users. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188973 | UPGRADE SYMBOL COLLECTION FOR SKILL-BASED GAMES IN A GAMING SYSTEM - Technology for providing bonus symbol collection for skill-based games in a gaming system is disclosed. An electronic gaming machine (EGM) may collect one or more upgrade symbols generated from an outcome of a primary game funded by one or more wagers such that the one or more upgrade symbols are categorized according to a type of symbol for use in a skill-based bonus game. The skill-based bonus game may be accessed according to the one or more primary game outcomes. One or more upgrade symbols may be used to enhance player performance of one or more quantifiable skill-based inputs during the skill-based bonus game. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188974 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF OPERATING GAMING MACHINES TO PROVIDE SKILL-BASED WAGERING GAMES TO PLAYERS - A gaming machine for providing a skill-based wagering game to a player is described herein. The gaming machine includes a controller programmed to display the skill-based wagering game on a display device, receive a signal indicating a wager being received from the player, and initiate the skill-based wagering game. The controller generates a skill event associated with the skill-based wagering game and randomly selects a skill event record associated with the skill event from a database. The controller receives a player's selection input from a user input device in response to the displayed skill event, determines a player skill level value based on the received player's selection, determines an award value included in the selected skill event record based on the player skill level value; and adjusts the credit balance based on the determined award value. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING RESOURCE ACCESS - Systems and methods for transferring resource access from a sender to a recipient are disclosed that can allow a sender to specify an amount of a resource to provide access to (e.g., an amount of money or an amount of access rights), while still providing security for the sender's sensitive credential information (e.g., PAN and/or PIN). These systems and methods can allow a sender to transfer resource access from any location and at any time of the day. In the case of money transfers, the recipient can quickly and directly obtain the money from any ATM location associated with any bank and at any time of the day, even without a bank account. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188976 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING INCREASED HUMAN PERCEPTION OF HAPTIC FEEDBACK SYSTEMS - In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing increased human perception of haptic feedback systems. For instance, there is disclosed in accordance with one embodiment there is wearable device, having therein: a wearable device case; a plurality of actuators within the wearable device case, each of which to vibrate independently or in combination; one or more pins attached to each of the plurality of actuators, one end of each of the plurality of pins affixed to the actuators extrudes beyond surface of the wearable device case and is exposed outside of the wearable device case; electrical interconnects from each of the plurality of actuators to internal semiconductor components of the wearable device. Other related embodiments are disclosed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188977 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for interactive emergency response systems are provided. Some methods can include retrieving a building information model of a monitored region stored in a database device, receiving real time data related to an occupant in the monitored region, receiving real time ambient condition signals from a plurality of devices in the monitored region that identify current conditions in the monitored region, dynamically generating and updating an evacuation plan for the occupant from the monitored region based on the building information model, the real time data, and the real time ambient condition signals, and dynamically transmitting a notification of the evacuation plan as updated to a user device carried the occupant for use in exiting the monitored region and moving to a safe assembly area. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188978 | SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for monitoring a door or a window is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving, by a processor, an electronic signal from a motion sensor in response to movement of the door or window, determining a direction of movement of the door or window from the electronic signal by the processor, comparing the direction of movement to a predetermined direction by the processor, detecting, by the processor, an alarm condition of the door or window if the electronic signal indicates that the door or window is being opened, and transmitting, by a transmitter coupled to the processor, an alarm signal when the alarm condition has been detected. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188979 | ALARMING CABLES, ASSEMBLIES, AND SYSTEMS - Alarming cables, assemblies and systems for displaying and protecting a powered article of merchandise from theft include an alarm unit disposed between a first cable having a first connector for connection to a power source and a second cable having a second connector for connection to the merchandise. An alarm unit connector may connect the second cable to the alarm unit. The alarm unit and the alarm unit connector may each include a connection member to electrically connect the merchandise with the alarm unit and the power source when the alarm unit connector aligns with and engages the alarm unit. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188980 | EXTERNAL VIDEO CLIP DISTRIBUTION WITH METADATA FROM A SMART-HOME ENVIRONMENT - Various arrangements for video clip distribution for a smart home environment are presented. A video stream of the smart home environment may be received. A cloud-based storage system may be used to store the video stream. One or more event analysis processes can be performed on the stored video stream to identify an occurrence of a type of event. Event metadata may be stored by the cloud-based storage system that identifies the types of events that have occurred. An external analysis system may send a clip request. In response, the cloud-based storage system may retrieve a video clip from the video stream corresponding to a time period indicated in the clip request. The cloud-based storage system may also identify event metadata corresponds to the clip request. The cloud-based storage system may transmit to the external analysis system via the Internet, the video clip and the event metadata. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188982 | ANTI-FRAUD SECURITY TAG REMOVAL - An anti-fraud security tag removal system reads product identifiers on groups of items presented for purchase at a point of sale area. The product identifiers indicate how many of the items include security tags that must be removed. A security tag detacher removes security tags only on items for which the system has detected that the item was present, preventing removal of security tags on items which were not read by the point of sale system. An RF antenna and a security tag detacher are co-located such that the product identifier of the item is highly likely to be read when a sales clerk removes the security tag. The product identifier may be incorporated into the security tag and disabled when the security tag is attached to the item. The product identifier may be shunted by the security tag. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188983 | HARD TAG APPLICATOR - Systems and methods for coupling a tag to an item. The methods comprise: dispensing the tag from a tag feeder of a tag applicator; performing first operations by the tag applicator to mechanically move the tag into a nest of the tag applicator; determining if a given criteria is met based on feedback information received from at least one of a user of the tag applicator and a sensor provided with the tag applicator; and performing second operations by the tag applicator to couple the tag to the item, when a determination is made that the given criteria is met. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188984 | RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR LOST ITEMS USING ELECTRONIC SENSORS - In one embodiment, a system and method for monitoring lost items, includes a sensor device attached to the lost item, the sensor device configured to transmit a tracking alert signal, the sensor device having a first unique identifier; a portable computing device configured to receive the tracking alert signal when the portable computing device is located proximate the lost item; a location manager configured to determine the location of the portable computing device; and a recovery server configured to: determine and transmit a list of the at least one establishment to the portable computing device; receive a selection of one of the at least one establishment; transmit a return alert to the selected establishment; determine if the first unique identifier matches a second unique identifier stored in a database; and transmit a found notification to a client computing device if the first unique identifier matches the second unique identifier. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188985 | METHOD TO GENERATE A SOUND ILLUSION PROFILE TO REPLICATE A QUANTITY OF RESOURCES - A method is provided that generates a sound illusion profile to replicate a quantity of resources arriving at an incident scene. A virtual partner or the like determines that an incident has escalated from a first severity level to a second severity level. The virtual partner determines a quantity of resources needed to deescalate the incident to the first severity level. A sound illusion profile is generated to replicate a sound associated with the quantity of resources. A signal is sent to one or more speaker devices in a region surrounding the location of the incident to generate an output sound based on the sound illusion profile. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188986 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING STATE OF USER AND RELATED METHODS - A system includes a server, a local base station including first and second wireless transceivers, the first wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the server over an external network, and a personal monitoring device adjacent the user. The personal monitoring device includes a local wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the second wireless transceiver of the local base station, sensors configured to monitor corresponding different characteristics of the user, each different characteristic having a desired range, and a controller coupled to the local wireless transceiver and the sensors. The controller is configured to send an alert to the local base station when a different characteristic exceeds a respective desired range. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188987 | SIMPLE ALARM FOR UNDERGROUND SOIL LOSS - A simple alarm for underground soil loss, includes an insulating installing box and an alarm loop, a rotating shaft is disposed in the insulating installing box; the rotating shaft is provided with a spring torque gauge; a bottom end of the rotating shaft is connected with a pozidriv cross recessed plate head; the spring torque gauge is connected with a first conductive metal sheet; the insulating installing box is connected with a second conductive metal sheet; the second conductive metal sheet is disposed on a motion track formed by that the first conductive metal sheet moves around the rotating shaft; the spring torque gauge, the first and second conductive metal sheets are positioned in the insulating installing box; the pozidriv cross recessed plate head is positioned outside the insulating installing box; and the first and second conductive metal sheets are arranged on the alarm loop. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188988 | GAS-MEASURING DEVICE - A gas-measuring device includes a control unit, a gas sensor module, a radio receiver unit, a first radio transmitter unit and a second radio transmitter unit. The control unit detects sensor data via the gas sensor module in a first operating state and upon detecting a potential hazardous state, based on the sensor data, changes over into a second operating state. The control unit further detects one or more radio signals, which indicate respective characteristics of respective portable transmitter units, by the radio receiver unit in the second operating state, and determines, on the basis of the radio signals, which of the transmitter units have a sufficiently close proximity in space to the gas-measuring device. The control unit provides the characteristics of the transmitter units, having a sufficiently close proximity in space, via the first radio transmitter unit. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188989 | Sterile Wet Pack Detector System - A system and method for indicating dryness of a sterilizer product includes taking a first humidity reading before a cycle of the sterilizer is started, taking a second humidity reading after the cycle of the sterilizer is finished, indicating to a user the dryness of the sterilizer product based on the first humidity reading and the second humidity reading. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188990 | Water Flow Detector WFD01 - A water flow detector comprised of a check valve and parallel flow detection loop in which flow can be measured by monitoring the pressure differential as the difference between the water supply line pressure at the tee on the inlet side of the check valve (high pressure side) and the low pressure being at the tee connection on the downstream or outlet side of the check valve. The proportional water flow in the loop acts on a float which position is detected by optical and electronic means and enables the recognition of very small flows (small leaks) triggering an alarm to signal the leak. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188991 | User Reminding Method and Apparatus, and Terminal Device - A user reminding method and apparatus, and a mobile terminal includes, obtaining, by a terminal device, a physical status of a user and a first blood pressure value of the user when a time difference between a current time and a preset reminding time is less than a first threshold; determining a first safety level based on the physical status and the first blood pressure value; and sending a first reminding signal in a manner corresponding to the first safety level. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188992 | HOSPITAL HEADWALL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A patient support apparatus includes a first transceiver adapted to wirelessly communicate with a second transceiver of a headwall interface that is positioned off of the patient support apparatus. A communication link is automatically established between the first and second transceivers without requiring a user of the patient support apparatus to activate a designated control and without requiring the user to identify the headwall interface. The first transceiver includes a unique identifier assigned to the headwall interface in its messages to the headwall interface. The first transceiver may also automatically transmit a disconnect signal to the headwall interface indicating the termination of the communication link is not accidental. The disconnect signal is sent based on one or more of the following: (1) a brake being off, (2) an A/C power cord being unplugged; and/or (3) a signal strength between the transceivers decreasing. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188993 | INTEGRATED PHYSICAL AND LOGICAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT VIA A PORTABLE DEVICE - Integrated physical and logical security management is extended to a mobile device, such as a portable wireless device or radio. The Mobile-IMPACT solution extends the reach of authorized users to handheld devices for monitoring, managing and/or controlling of IT/network and physical security. Allowing authorized users to view and control access events while not in their office and logged into their console, mobility within and outside of a facility or campus organization no longer requires a laptop computer. With new handheld technologies more widely accessible and dropping in price while still gaining additional functionality, a chief security officer and their security staff can now monitor access to their building/doors/control zones, look-up user and card information, trigger queries/reports, set new alarm conditions and monitor sensors or a perimeter from a handheld device anywhere in the world using an electronic communication medium, such as a PDA, cell phone, radio, or the like. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188994 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Security Services - Methods, systems, and products notify of alarms associated with security systems. An alarm is detected by an alarm controller, and an alarm message is sent to notify of the alarm. The alarm message identifies a unique network address assigned to the alarm controller. The alarm controller then receives a Voice-over Internet Protocol call to the unique network address to verify the alarm. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188995 | COMMUNITY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM WITH INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL COMPATIBILITY - A community safety system with inter-organizational communication, allowing for members of a first organization to provide alerts when located within a security zone associated with a second organization. A notification management entity, responsible for managing the different safety systems associated with each organization, determines where a user is located and whether the user is associated with any of the organizations responsible for the security zone in which the user is located. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188996 | Dynamic Determination of a Geographically Dispersed Group for Alert Resolution - Described herein are techniques for receiving an alert associated with an entity and dynamically determining, based on the alert and on substantially real-time attributes for the entity, a geographically dispersed group in which each member of the geographically dispersed group either is a device associated with the entity or shares at least one attribute with the entity. The techniques further include requesting information about the entity from the geographically dispersed group, receiving information from at least a subset of the group, and taking action responsive to the alert based on the received information. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188997 | Priority-Based Wireless Collision Avoidance and Interfering Device Response - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for detecting, avoiding, and responding to wireless collisions. Wireless messages may be transmitted at various times and at various transmission power levels based on priorities of the messages, such that limited power and transmission channel resources may be devoted to higher-priority messages. Wireless gateways may manage transmission time windows for connected wireless devices, dynamically adjusting the windows based on detected wireless collisions. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188998 | ALERT DIRECTIVES AND FOCUSED ALERT DIRECTIVES IN A BEHAVIORAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Alert directives and focused alert directives allow a user to provide feedback to a behavioral recognition system to always or never publish an alert for certain events. Such an approach bypasses the normal publication methods of the behavioral recognition system yet does not obstruct the system's learning procedures. | 2019-06-20 |
20190188999 | SENSOR RELAY APPARATUS AND SENSOR RELAY SYSTEM - In a sensor relay apparatus ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190189000 | Methods and Systems Employing Orientation of Phone to Adjust Physical Objects and/or Employing Phone Proximity to Select Parts of Physical Objects for Adjustment - A method and system involve a controller receiving from a phone an orientation signal indicative of an orientation of the phone and adjusting an object according to the orientation of the phone. The controller may select one of the parts of the object according to an initial orientation of the phone and adjust the selected part of the object in correspondence with the orientation of the phone as the orientation of the phone changes. The selected part may be selected in response to the phone being in the proximity of the selected part. The controller may receive from the phone a control signal indicative of a user input to the phone and adjust the object according to the user input. The object may be a vehicle seat having a first part in the form of a seat bottom and a second part in the form of a seat back. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189001 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A LOCALIZED LINK-CENTRIC METRIC FOR DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC PROPAGATION - An approach is provided for a localized link-centric metric for directional traffic propagation. The approach, for instance, involves designating a base link of the road network. The approach also involves determining a plurality of vehicle trajectories that pass through the base link. The plurality of vehicle trajectories is based on probe data collected from one or more sensors of a plurality of vehicles travelling in the road network. The approach further involves determining a frequency at which the plurality of vehicle trajectories passes through the base link to each of one or more other links in the plurality of vehicle trajectories within a proximity threshold. The approach further involves computing a link-centric metric for said each of the one or more other links relative to the base link based on the determined frequency. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189002 | SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING DANGER INFORMATION - A server apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire utterance information on a traveling location point, the utterance information being provided by occupants of a plurality of vehicles and derive a reason for danger near the traveling location point based on the acquired utterance information. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189003 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WRONG-WAY DRIVER DETECTION - A method for wrong-way driver detection, including a step of reading map data mapping road segments of a road network negotiable by a vehicle, a step of determining a plurality of instantaneous particles using a measured instantaneous position of the vehicle, one particle representing an assumed position of the vehicle and a weighting assigned to the assumed position, a step of reading in a plurality of previously filtered particles representing particles filtered in a preceding step of filtering using a particle filter, a step of determining a set of plausible road segments, using the plurality of instantaneous particles and the plurality of previously filtered particles, and a step of filtering the plurality of instantaneous particles based on the set of plausible road segments, using the particle filter, to determine a plurality of filtered particles. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189004 | SERVER DEVICE AND CONGESTION IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A server device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle information including at least positional information of a vehicle and related time information from a plurality of vehicles; and a congestion identification unit configured to acquire a speed of the vehicle obtained from the vehicle information and information of a road of multiple lanes in one direction based on map information, and identify that there are a congested lane and a non-congested lane among the multiple lanes in one direction based on speeds of a plurality of vehicles traveling on the same road of the multiple lanes in one direction. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189005 | METHOD FOR JUDGING HIGHWAY ABNORMAL EVENT - The present invention provides a method for judging a highway abnormal event, which can determine the traffic jam phenomenon in the target road segment based on the trajectory data of each sample vehicle of the target road segment. The solution of the present invention has the following beneficial effects of 1. comprehensively considering the vehicle speed information of the sample vehicles to judge the traffic jam event; 2. determining the overall traffic jam event of the target road segment; 3. more accurately judging the traffic jam event of the target road segment. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189006 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A three-dimensional information processing method includes: obtaining, via a communication channel, map data that includes first three-dimensional position information; generating second three-dimensional position information from information detected by a sensor; judging whether one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information is abnormal by performing, on one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information, a process of judging whether an abnormality is present; determining a coping operation to cope with the abnormality when one of the first three-dimensional position information and the second three-dimensional position information is judged to be abnormal; and executing a control that is required to perform the coping operation. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189007 | INTER-VEHICLE COOPERATION FOR PHYSICAL EXTERIOR DAMAGE DETECTION - Method and apparatus herein are for inter-vehicle cooperation for physical exterior damage detection. An example vehicle includes an inter-vehicle communication module and a body control module. The body control module is to monitors an area around the vehicle and characteristics of the vehicle to detect a triggering event and, in response to detecting the trigger event, broadcasts a request for images. Additionally, the body control module generates a composite image based on the images and compares the composite image to a reference image to identify damage on the vehicle. In response to identifying damage, the body control module takes an action specified by an operator. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189008 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF ICY CONDITIONS USING INTEGRATED VEHICLE SENSORS - Methods and apparatus for detection and notification of icy conditions using integrated vehicle sensors. An example apparatus includes a sensor to detect an icy condition adjacent to a door of a vehicle, a processor to determine if a person is exiting the vehicle, and a human-machine interface to alert the person exiting the vehicle of the icy condition. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189009 | PASSENGER TRANSIT VEHICLE GEOLOCATION - Locating passenger transit vehicles by detecting interactions. Each interaction is between a transit terminal and a geolocation-enabled user device, and is characterized by data indicative of the interacting terminal, the interacting user device, and the time of interaction. For each detected interaction, a geolocation of the corresponding user device at the time of the interaction is requested; and in response to the requesting, the geolocation of the corresponding user device, the time of the geolocation, and the data indicative of the interacting terminal is received. A particular passenger transit vehicle associated with at least one interacting terminal is identified based on the user device geolocations. The location of the passenger transit vehicle is transmitted for display on user devices. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189010 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SERVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, CONTROL METHOD FOR TERMINAL OF USER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A parking assistance service management device includes a processor configured to receive, from a terminal of a user of a parking assistance service, a use request for using the parking assistance service. The use request includes point information and time information. The processor is configured to extract, in response to the reception of the use request, from a plurality of parking lots, a parking lot that is present within a predetermined range from the point represented by the point information and has an empty parking space at the date and time represented by the time information. The processor is configured to reserve a parking space for the date and time represented by the time information. The information notification unit is configured to notify a terminal of an agent of the parking assistance service and the terminal of the user of reserved parking lot information indicating the reserved parking lot. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189011 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SERVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AGENT TERMINAL, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user includes a reception unit configured to receive user information including information indicating a position of the vehicle from a terminal of the service user, a specifying unit configured to specify a terminal of the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information indicating the position of the vehicle to the terminal of the agent. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189012 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UTILITY VEHICLES - A system for controlling a commercial vehicle in a restricted area, including: an information acquisition module to acquire information from a database about the restricted area, wherein the commercial vehicle includes a sensor unit to detect objects in surroundings of the commercial vehicle, and wherein the acquired information includes cartographic data for objects in the restricted area; a detection module to detect at least one object in the surroundings of the vehicle using the sensor unit of the commercial vehicle; an identification module to identify the at least one detected object in the cartographic data; and a movement module to allow autonomous movement of the commercial vehicle in the restricted area based on the identified objects. Also described are a related commercial vehicle, a method and a computer readable medium. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189013 | Automatic Generation of Pedestrians in Virtual Simulation of Roadway Intersections - The disclosure includes embodiments for automatically generating a virtual pedestrian for inclusion in a digital simulation. Some embodiments of a method may include automatically generating a virtual pedestrian based on a path specification and a behavior specification. The method may include executing a digital simulation that includes the virtual pedestrian crossing an intersection and a virtual vehicle responding to the virtual pedestrian crossing the intersection, wherein the digital simulation is operable to measure a performance of a virtual Advanced Driver Assistance System (virtualized “ADAS system”) included in the virtual vehicle to protect the virtual pedestrian when responding to the virtual pedestrian crossing the intersection. The method may include displaying a set of visualizations on a display, wherein the set of visualizations on the display visually describe the performance of the virtual ADAS system to protect the virtual pedestrian when responding to the virtual pedestrian crossing the intersection. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189014 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE CONFIGURED TO CONTROL PROJECTION DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A display control device configured to control a projection device that projects an image on a windshield of a vehicle includes a circuitry. The circuitry is configured to determine a target ground object that is a ground object other than an object which a driver of the vehicle is to be warned of, the target ground object being used to provide the driver with a sense of distance to the object, and project, using the projection device, an image for indicating a presence of the object in a manner that allows the driver to perceive a sense of distance to the object on a windshield of the vehicle, such that a first part of the image and the target ground object overlap each other and a second part of the image and the target ground object do not overlap each other when viewed from the driver. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189015 | Blind Spot Detection System - A blind spot detection system for a primary vehicle. The system includes rear primary vehicle sensors configured to be mounted at a rear of the primary vehicle to detect a secondary vehicle present in a blind spot of the primary vehicle. Side view mirror primary vehicle sensors are configured to be mounted to side view mirrors of the primary vehicle to detect a secondary vehicle present in the blind spot of the primary vehicle. A control module is configured to: detect a trailer connected to the primary vehicle; activate the rear primary vehicle sensors and not activate the side view mirror primary vehicle sensors when the trailer is not connected to the primary vehicle; and not activate the rear primary vehicle sensors and activate the side view mirror primary vehicle sensors when the trailer is connected to the primary vehicle. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189016 | MITIGATING NOISE EXPOSURE TO UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - A computer implemented method of distributing noise exposures to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a neighborhood includes: receiving flight routing requests to fly the UAVs over the neighborhood; accessing a noise exposure map stored in a noise exposure database in response to the flight routing requests; and generating new flight paths for the UAVs over the neighborhood that load level additional noise exposures that the new flight paths will contribute to the noise exposure map. The noise exposure map includes noise exposure values indexed to properties within the neighborhood. The noise exposure values quantify cumulative noise exposures of the properties due to historical flight paths of the UAVs over the neighborhood. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189017 | TCAS COUPLED FMS - An enhanced flight control system and method providing a technological improvement over a conventional flight control systems is provided. A control module employs rules to determine whether or not a received traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) evasive maneuver is automatically implemented. Specifically, the control module effectively couples the TCAS to the FMS, allowing access to the flight plan and to the navigation database and the approach procedures and runway data therein. An algorithm in the control module determines when there is a co-occurrence of the conditions (1) a flight plan uploaded in the FMS, (2) autopilot is engaged, (3) VNAV is engaged. Upon co-occurrence of (1) and (2) and (3), and an evasive maneuver is received from a TCAS, the control module determines whether or not to automatically implement the evasive maneuver. Look ahead algorithms may also analyse and modify the flight plan to preclude TCAS alerts and evasive procedures being required. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189018 | AIRCRAFT TAXI ROUTING - Methods, devices, and systems for aircraft taxi routing are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive a record of a plurality of historical routes taken by a plurality of aircraft through taxiways of an airport, receive an indication of a plurality of conditions particular to the airport, receive an indication of a starting point of a proposed route in the airport and an endpoint of the airport, wherein the starting point and the endpoint are associated with a proposed taxiing of an aircraft, determine a route between the starting point and the endpoint based on the plurality of historical routes and the plurality of conditions, and provide the determined route to an air traffic controller. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189019 | System and Method for Integrating Special Effects with a Text Source - Systems, methods, and computer program products relate to special effects for a text source, such as a traditional paper book, e-book, mobile phone text, comic book, or any other form of pre-defined reading material, and for outputting the special effects. The special effects may be played in response to a user reading the text source aloud to enhance their enjoyment of the reading experience and provide interactivity. The special effects can be customized to the particular text source and can be synchronized to initiate the special effect in response to pre-programmed trigger phrases when reading the text source aloud. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189020 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR DELIVERY OF A TAILORED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE - Arrangements for delivering educational content to students are disclosed. The arrangements can include a method that includes registering a student by interviewing the student and storing information associated with the student's educational history and generating parameters and variables related to the student's prior educational experiences. A query for educational content can be received from the student, with student selectable filters and tailored search criteria for educational materials can be generated based on the variables, and parameters associated with the student and the received query. The results of the search can be transmitted to a search engine and tailored search results can be received and displayed to the student. The system can be self-learning where after use by students, student specific profiles and user models can be generated which can increase the number of user parameters and variables and supplementary information in the student's profile and or model. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189021 | STEM-CyLE: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS CYBERLEARNING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and method are provided for educational content and learning management systems. A system can include a computer-readable storage medium, a graphical user interface, an application programming interface, a communication link for connecting the computer-readable to at least one computing device. The medium can have instructions stored thereon and including learning objects, course materials, educational tutorials, virtual problem-based environments, and gamification elements. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189022 | PERSONALIZED TUTORING WITH AUTOMATIC MATCHING OF CONTENT-MODALITY AND LEARNER-PREFERENCES - An embodiment includes a method for use in presenting a plurality of concepts to a plurality of students. The method includes developing a first statistical model of one or more modalities effective for teaching at least a given concept of the plurality of concepts across the plurality of students. The method also includes developing a second statistical model of one or more modalities effective for learning by at least a given student of the plurality of students across the plurality of concepts. The method further includes combining the first and second models to determine one or more modalities for presenting at least the given concept to at least the given student; and presenting at least the given concept to at least the given student using the determined one or more modalities. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189023 | VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING METHOD FOR PREVENTION OF BULLYING - The present invention refers to a virtual reality training method oriented for the prevention of harassment in schools. It seeks to lower the incidence of bullying in academic environments by recreating spaces such as classrooms and playgrounds, where users are presented with real school bullying situations experienced by children. The situations have scope for bullies, victims and bystanders of bullying situations. The training method is designed for middle school and junior high school students in the age rate between 11 to 15 years. The virtual reality training consists of 1 tutorial and 12 levels. It requires hardware ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190189024 | DATABASE AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR TASK ASSIGNMENT AND INCENTIVE TRACKING - In one aspect, a task management computing device is provided, including a processor in communication a memory and a database. The task management computing device is configured to receive a task request including a task description and a virtual point value, and store a task record in the database based on the task request. The task management computing device is further configured to receive a task update indicating the task has been completed, and update a household member profile stored in the database based on the task update including increasing a virtual point balance. The task management computing device is also configured to update the associated task record based on the task update, and store the updated household member profile and the updated task record in the database. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189025 | PERSONALIZED INTERVENTION BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE STATES - A system provides an intervention for a user and comprises at least one processor. The system monitors behavior and context of a user to generate a behavior history. One or more models are utilized to determine an intervention for the user to induce a behavior modification, wherein the one or more models map interventions to user context and behavior and utilize the behavior history to determine an effective intervention for the user. The intervention is provided to the user and feedback is received in response to the intervention. The one or more models are updated based on the feedback. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for providing an intervention to a user in substantially the same manner described above. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189026 | Systems and Methods for Automatically Integrating a Machine Learning Component to Improve a Spoken Language Skill of a Speaker - Computer-implemented systems and methods for automatically integrating a machine learning component to improve a spoken language skill of a speaker. The method includes selecting an anchor phrase and a target word as part of an interactive game, presenting a visual representation of the anchor phrase and the target word to the speaker, processing a received and digitized anchor phrase and target word with a speech engine, extracting a plurality of features from speech engine output with a feature extraction device and transmitting the plurality of features to a plurality of classifiers, deriving a plurality of classifier outputs from the plurality of features with the feedback classifiers and transmitting the plurality of classifier outputs to a resolver, selecting a feedback response with the resolver using a set of pre-defined rules based at least in part on the plurality of classifier outputs, and presenting the feedback response to the speaker. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE UTILIZING INTERPRETATION PHRASES AND NEAR SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION OF DIGITAL CHILDREN'S STORIES AND RELATED IMAGES - Provided is a system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more processors effectuate operations comprising dividing a text of a plurality of words in a foreign language into one or more Interpretation Phrases, each of the Interpretation Phrases being made of one or more words chosen at an optimal composition for a user to listen to, read along, and maintain comprehension and engagement, wherein the optimal composition is determined based on the biographical data of the user and the historical usage by the user; reading aloud the first Interpretation Phrase by a narrator; and after reading aloud the first Interpretation Phrase, interpreting aloud the first Interpretation Phrase into the said user's native language to provide understanding of the Interpretation Phrase in the user's native language, to maintain the flow of the story, and to create and promote subconscious associations between native and foreign language words. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189028 | ENABLING A VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR BLIND PERSON TO HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION PRINTED ON A PHYSICAL DOCUMENT - A method and system for accessing information related to a physical document. An electronic copy of an existing physical document is identified and located. The electronic copy of the physical document is an exact replica of the physical document. A selected part of the physical document is identified and in response, data related to the selected part of the physical document is retrieved from the electronic copy of the physical document. The retrieved data is presented visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, which enables the visually impaired person to see or hear, respectively, the retrieved data. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189029 | Administration Mechanism for a Medicament Delivery Training Device - The present disclosure relates to an administration mechanism ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190189030 | Shape-Matrix Geometric Instrument - Shape-matrix geometric instruments having numerous applications including, but not limited to, anti-counterfeiting, graphical passwording, games, and geometry education. A shape-matrix geometric instrument is a manufacture and/or a method whose design is based on a shape-matrix that, in turn comprises a set of building blocks that are N-dimensional polytopes. Corner shapes are positioned in or near the interior corner spaces of at least ones of the shape-matrix building blocks. At least ones of the corner shapes differ from others in at least one property or aspect including, for example, geometric shape, orientation within the building block, and one or more surface “finishes,” such as color, shading, cross-hatching or real or apparent texture. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189031 | Apparatus And Methods For Visual Demonstration Of Dental Erosion On Simulated Dental Materials - Comparative effectiveness of various oral care products such as dentifrices on preventing dental erosion may be demonstrated using simulated enamel A substrate is prepared. A mineral layer to simulate dental enamel is nucleated by solution growth on the substrate surface. Alternatively, the mineral layer may be nucleated on a template comprising a self-assembled monolayer formed on a gold layer deposited on the substrate surface. The mineral layer may comprise a homogeneous layer of hydroxyapatite or a thin veneer of hydroxyapatite on a layer of amorphous calcium phosphate. The simulated enamel is then optionally treated with an oral care product and subjected to an acid challenge. The amount of mineral layer remaining after the acid challenge illustrates the effectiveness or non-effectiveness of the oral care product at preventing dental erosion. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189032 | TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION SURGICAL SIMULATOR - A TME surgical simulator is provided. The TME surgical simulator includes a simulated tissue layers and simulated vasculature and/or organ structures. The simulated tissue surgical simulator is adapted for but not limited to laparoscopic and/or transanal TME surgical procedures. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189033 | Tamper Evident Tag And Method - A tamper evident tag and a method of preventing the fraudulent return of an article back to a seller are provided. The tag includes inner and outer layers. A first end of a tag fastener is inserted through the article and through an aperture formed in the inner and outer layers of the tag. A unique code is printed on the tag. A portion of the inner layer of the tag is removed to expose an adhesive. The exposed adhesive is bought into contact with the inner layer of the tag to capture the first end of the tag fastener between the outer layer and the inner layer. The unique code is associated with the article for future reference. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189034 | TAMPER RESISTANT CABLE LOCK - A cable lock and cable, the lock comprising a body adapted to secure at least one end of a cable therein, the body having a side, and a body opening in the body side and receiving another end of the cable. The lock also includes a boss on the body side, the boss being spaced apart from the body opening and having a cable passing there through. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189035 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel which is flexible, and including a pair of flat portions held in a flat state, and a bending portion provided between the pair of the flat portions and held to be bendable; a first support supporting one of the pair of the flat portions in a flat state; a second support supporting the other of the pair of the flat portions in a flat state; and a joint joining the first support and the second support together. The joint is flexible and provided not to interfere with the bending portion. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189036 | REDUCED COST LOTTERY SIGNS FOR DISPLAYING LOTTERY JACKPOTS OF MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS - Reduced cost, illuminated displays for indicating the current jackpot values are disclosed. The illuminated display comprises a front panel assembly that rests on a base assembly. The base assembly includes a one-piece housing unit that may be formed in a cost-effective manufacturing process such as through injection molding. The base assembly also holds modular electronic devices such as a LED array formed on a single printed circuit board, a power and control board for energizing the LED array to indicate the current jackpot value, as well as other modular components. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189037 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM OVER-SCANNING FOR PUPIL DISTANCE COMPENSATION - Disclosed herein are devices and methods to provide a display including a projection system and a lens including a holographic optical element to receive light and reflect the light to an exit pupil. The projection system is adapted to move the image projected onto the lens based on a location of the HOE within the lens. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189038 | ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANAGING DEFECTIVE PIXELS THEREON - An electroluminescence display and a method of managing defective pixels thereon are provided. Defective pixels are detected from the pixels, based on sensing results on the electrical characteristics of a driving element, and defect candidates are selected from among the pixels within a compensation range in which the electrical characteristics of the driving element can be compensated by a compensation value obtained based on the sensing results on the electrical characteristics of the driving element. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189039 | SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT, SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT - A shift register circuit, a scan driving circuit, a display device and method for driving the scan driving circuit are provided. The shift register circuit includes: an input circuit for providing an active level for the first node upon receiving the active level of scan trigger signal; a trigger circuit for outputting the active level of scan trigger signal at the second node when first node is at the active level and a first clock signal is at first level; a locking circuit for locking the level of first node as inactive level when a first control signal is at the active level; and an output circuit for outputting a gate turn-on voltage during a period in which the second node is at an active level of the scan trigger signal, and outputting a voltage same as voltage of a second control signal during other periods other than the period. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189040 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a display panel which displays an image corresponding to an input image data in a display area; and a fingerprint sensor which senses a fingerprint of a finger using light reflected by the finger positioned on the display area among light emitted from the display panel. When a fingerprint sensing mode is changed to an activated state from an inactivated state, a luminance of an image displayed in a first display area corresponding to a position of the finger in the display area is increased. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189041 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display, a touchpanel, a memory and a processor. The display displays a shelf label image including a product information item of a product displayed on a display shelf. The touchpanel in or on the display detects a contact position of an object. The processor executes a program stored in the memory, makes a state of the touchpanel from an inactive state to an active state when an external terminal is connected to the display device, detects a type of an action, based on the contact position of the object detected by the touchpanel in the active state, changes the shelf label image displayed on the display in accordance with the type of the action. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189042 | COMPENSATING FOR TEMPERATURE INDUCED DIFFERENCES IN A COMPUTING DEVICE HAVING DUAL-DISPLAYS OR A FOLDABLE DISPLAY - In some examples, a computing device includes a first display in a first housing and a second display in a second housing. The computing device may determine an angle between the first display device and the second display device, determine a first temperature map of the first housing based on the angle and first temperature data received from a first set of temperature sensors in the first housing, and determine a second temperature map of the second housing based on the angle and second temperature data received from a second set of temperature sensors in the second housing. The computing device may determine a temperature difference between the first display device and the second display device, determine a remedial action, and perform the remedial action to reduce the temperature, color, and/or color intensity difference between the first display device and the second display device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189043 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel is provided. A pixel array includes a plurality of first subpixels, a first source line coupled to the first subpixels, a plurality of second subpixels displaying the same with the first subpixels, and a second source line coupled to the second subpixels. A multiplexer circuit includes a first switch coupled between the first source line and a source driver and a second switch coupled between the second source line and the source driver. A first compensation capacitor couples between the first source line and a reference voltage, and a capacitance value thereof is related to a cut-off time point of the first switch. A second compensation capacitor couples between the second source line and the reference voltage, and a capacitance value thereof the second compensation capacitor is related to a cut-off time point of the second switch different from the cut-off time point of the second switch. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189044 | Display Device and Operating Method for Display Device - A display device and a method for operating a display device are disclosed. In an embodiment a display device includes a plurality of image points configured for emitting visible light of adjustable color by at least one semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the image points are independently controllable of one another, wherein each of the image points includes a plurality of types of pixels and each type of pixel is configured to emit light of a particular color, wherein the pixels are independently controllable of one another, wherein each of the pixels is divided into a plurality of subpixels, the subpixels being independently controllable of one another within the associated pixel, and wherein all subpixels of the associated pixel are configured for emitting light of the same color from the display device without further color change. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189045 | DISPLAY DEVICE PERFORMING LOW GRAY SINGLE COLOR IMAGE COMPENSATION, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - In a method of operating a display device, it is determined whether an image represented by input image data is a single color image, it is determined whether the image represented by the input image data is a low gray image, compensated image data are generated by adding sub-pixel data corresponding to a color different from a color of the single color image to the input image data when the image represented by the input image data is the single color image and the low gray image, and an image is displayed based on the compensated image data. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189046 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel including a display area, and a peripheral area disposed in the vicinity of the display area; a scan driver including a plurality of stages integrated on the peripheral area; a plurality of gate lines connected to the plurality of stages, respectively; and a plurality of pixel rows in the display area and connected with the plurality of gate lines, respectively. The plurality of stages and the plurality of pixel rows are each arranged in a first direction in a line, the peripheral area includes a fan-out region between the plurality of stages and the plurality of pixel rows, and at least one of the plurality of gate lines in the fan-out region is inclined with respect to the first direction, and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189047 | DATA DRIVING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are a data driving device capable of variably enabling or disabling multiple channels and a display device including the same. The display driving device may include: a first latch circuit configured to latch image data; a source driving circuit configured to form multiple channels, and provide source driving signals corresponding to the image data to a display panel through the multiple channels; and a second latch circuit configured to latch control data for enabling or disabling the multiple channels in units of a predetermined number of channels, and provide a channel enable signal corresponding to the control data to the source driving circuit. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189048 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT TIMING OF SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO STATE IN WHICH CONTENT CAN BE RECEIVED BASED ON DISPLAY LOCATION OF CONTENT DISPLAYED ON DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a display panel; a processor; and display driving integrated circuitry (DDIC). The DDIC is configured to control the display panel and includes an internal memory. The DDIC is configured to receive, from the processor while the processor operates in an active state, a first content including a plurality of images to be displayed based on a specified order through the display panel while the processor operates in a low-power state; store the first content in the internal memory; change a timing for outputting a signal corresponding to a state capable of receiving a second content based on a change of a location in which an image among the plurality of images is displayed through the display panel while the processor operates in the low-power state; and output the signal to the processor based on the changed timing. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189049 | MICRO LED DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A micro LED display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel areas each having a thin film transistor. A first micro LED and a second micro LED are in each pixel area. The first micro LED is configured to emit light to display an image, and the second micro LED is configured to emit light to improve a displayed brightness for a specific area of the image. | 2019-06-20 |
20190189050 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure a display device includes: a display panel including subpixels displaying an image; and a life controller controlling at least any one of a compensation rate and a delay rate of the subpixels on the basis of usage data obtained by calculating usage of the display panel and life data of the subpixels. | 2019-06-20 |