Patents Examined by Christopher Kohlman
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Patent number: 9572268Abstract: To provide a display device that gives a viewer a strong stereoscopic effect or sense of depth or a natural stereoscopic effect or sense of depth in a two-dimensional image, a display device including a display portion having a curved surface is provided. The display portion may be bent in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction. Alternatively, the display portion may have a convex surface or a concave surface on a display surface side. The display device may include a frame portion. A display device including a frame portion and a display portion which has a display surface on a frame portion side, is located so as to be apart from the frame portion with a distance therebetween, and has a curved surface, in which the display portion overlaps with an opening of the frame portion, and an end portion of the display portion overlaps with the frame portion, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Hisao Ikeda
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Patent number: 9570026Abstract: A scan driving circuit includes a pull-up assembly, a pull-up control assembly that drives the pull-up assembly, a pull-down maintaining assembly, and a reference low-level signal. When the current scanning line is inactive, the pull-down maintaining assembly is controlled by a pull-down maintaining signal to make a reference low-level signal be sent to an output end of the pull-up control assembly and the current scanning line.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Chao Dai
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Patent number: 9552065Abstract: A dynamic tactile interface including a tactile layer defining a first region and a deformable region adjacent the first region; a substrate coupled to the tactile layer at the first region, defining a variable volume adjacent the deformable region and defining a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the variable volume; a set of rigid structures distributed across the tactile layer defining an anti-reflective coating over the tactile layer; and a displacement device fluidly coupled to the fluid channel, the displacement device displacing fluid into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting, the deformable region tactilely distinguishable from the first region in the expanded setting, the set of rigid structures conforming to the tactile layer, each rigid structure in the set of rigid structures shifting relative to an adjacent rigid structure in the set of rigid structures.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Tactus Technology, Inc.Inventors: Micah B. Yairi, Craig M. Ciesla, Curtis Ray
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Patent number: 9552091Abstract: There is provided a display driving circuit, including: a touch signal terminal, a first clock terminal, a second clock terminal, a power supply terminal, a drive signal enabling terminal, a drive electrode signal terminal, a common electrode signal terminal, and a plurality of sub-circuits connected in cascades, each of the sub-circuits including: a logic unit, a driving unit and a transmission unit, wherein the logic unit is connected to the touch signal terminal, the first clock terminal, the second clock terminal, the power supply terminal, the drive signal enabling terminal, and the driving unit, the driving unit is connected to the transmission unit, and the transmission unit is connected to the drive electrode signal terminal and the common electrode signal terminal. The present application realizes co-electrode time-division multiplexing of the in-cell capacitive touch screen in the narrow-fame display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Fan, Cheng Li, Jian Sun
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Patent number: 9519350Abstract: An interface controlling apparatus and method may generate content control information by analyzing force input information received from at least one force sensor, and may control content based on the content control information.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bho Ram Lee, Joon Ah Park, Hyun Jeong Lee, Soo Chul Lim, Hyung Kew Lee, Seung Ju Han
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Patent number: 9501192Abstract: The present invention relates to the touch control technology filed. Provided are a single-layer capacitive touch sensor and a touch control terminal, wherein a substrate of the single-layer capacitive touch sensor is distributed with several rows of induction electrode and drive electrode pairs with electrode extension parts mutually interlocked, and several ground electrodes located between saturated surfaces of adjacent induction electrodes. According to the present invention, two types of electrodes are designed into an interlocking shape, a capacitive structure is formed through interlocked parts, making wiring simpler, and furthermore, the ground electrodes are added on the substrate, and an area to the ground is enlarged, thereby reducing a suspension effect.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Shenzhen Huiding Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gengchun Deng, Hai Li, Wu Liu
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Patent number: 9501167Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide an integrated input device that is configured to sense the position and amount of force applied by input objects that are in contact with an input region of an input device. The input device is generally configured to sense the position and amount of force applied by an input object that is in contact with the input region using a piezoelectric material. The input device generally includes a plurality of electrodes that are positioned to measure an electrical characteristic of the piezoelectric layer at different points within the input region to determine the position and/or amount force applied by the input object(s). The input device may also include one or more components that are able to simultaneously or sequentially sense the position of an input object using a touch sensing technique that does not rely on the electrical properties of the piezoelectric material to sense the position of the input object.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATEDInventor: Shawn P. Day
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Patent number: 9501967Abstract: In a display device having a display area in which a plurality of pixels are formed to display an image, each of the plurality of pixels includes a brightness control layer that controls brightness of the pixel by light emission, and a light emission color control layer that controls a light emission color in the pixel by controlling a transmission wavelength band of a light emitted from the brightness control layer to be transmitted, and a light emission color control signal for controlling the transmission wavelength band to control the light emission color in the pixel is input to the light emission color control layer in each pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Toshihiro Sato
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Patent number: 9501976Abstract: A pixel circuit for an organic light emitting display includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth MOS transistors, a first capacitor, and an organic light emitting diode. The gate electrode of the first MOS transistor receives a first scanning signal. A first electrode of the first MOS transistor receives a data signal. The gate electrode of the third MOS transistor receives a third control signal. The gate electrode of the fourth MOS transistor receives the first scanning signal. The gate electrode of the fifth MOS transistor receives a first control signal. A first electrode of the fifth MOS transistor receives a reference voltage. The gate electrode of the sixth MOS transistor receives a second scanning signal. The first electrode of the sixth MOS transistor receives the reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Qian, Tong Wu
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Patent number: 9501098Abstract: An interface controlling apparatus and method using a force may generate content control information by analyzing force input information received from at least one force sensor, and may control content based on the content control information.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bho Ram Lee, Joon Ah Park, Hyun Jeong Lee, Soo Chul Lim, Hyung Kew Lee, Seung Ju Han
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Patent number: 9489571Abstract: The inputted character candidate display section (1213)/inputted character string candidate display section (1214) cause candidates of a character/character string, which is predicted as an intended character/character string to be inputted by the user, to be displayed as inputted character candidates/inputted character string candidate, and the converted character string candidate display section (1215) causes converted character string candidates, which have been obtained by converting the inputted character string candidate, to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Michiaki Kuno
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Patent number: 9483132Abstract: A touch window includes a substrate in which first and second active areas are defined. A first sensing electrode is provided on the first active area to sense a position, and a second sensing electrode is provided in the second active area to sense a position. The first sensing electrode includes a material different from a material constituting the second sensing electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hak Her, Mun Suk Kang, Do Youb Kwon, Ji Chang Ryu, Soung Kyu Park, Seok Pyo Yun, Gyu Rin Lee, Jin Seok Lee
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Patent number: 9459748Abstract: A capacitance type touch panel includes: an insulating layer; a plurality of electrode portions; a plurality of lead-out wiring portions; a transparent resin layer; and a substrate disposed on the transparent resin layer, wherein at least on the surface of the peripheral edge of the transparent resin layer exposed between the insulating layer and the substrate and on the exposed surface of the lead-out wiring portions, a sealing layer is disposed, and the sealing layer has a moisture vapor transmittance equal to or less than 20 g/m2/24 h/atm (25° C., 90% RH, 25 ?m), and has a thickness equal to or greater than 1.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihiro Hashimoto, Yuki Matsunami, Nobuyuki Tada, Yasushi Endo, Kentaro Okazaki
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Patent number: 9454224Abstract: In one example an electronic device comprises at least one sensor to detect an input from a remote input source and a controller comprising logic, at least partly including hardware logic, to detect an input on the at least one sensor, generate a signal in response to the input; and forward the signal to an application. Other examples may be described.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Wah Yiu Kwong, Hong W. Wong
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Patent number: 9430977Abstract: The video signal processing circuit which analyzes video signals inputted from outside, performs conversion processing for image quality adjustment on the video signals based on a result of analysis, transmits those towards a video display unit includes: a feature value/maximum value calculation module which calculates a feature value that is a numerical value showing a degree of brightness of the video signals; a gradation conversion threshold value calculation module which calculates a threshold value regarding conversion of the gradation based on a threshold value calculation expression that is formed based on the feature value and a conversion coefficient set in advance; and a gradation conversion module which performs gradation conversion based on a linear function that increases linearly by taking a region of the gradation equal to or higher than the threshold value among the video signals as a target.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventor: Kouichi Ooga
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Patent number: 9424782Abstract: An organic light emitting display including a display panel having pixels coupled to data lines and first power voltage lines. Each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode; a driving transistor coupled to the organic light emitting diode and the first power voltage lines; a first transistor coupled to the data lines and a gate electrode of the driving transistor; a second transistor configured to supply a reference voltage of the data lines to a source electrode of the driving transistor; and a capacitor coupled to the gate and source electrodes of the driving transistor.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hye Min Park, Bum Sik Kim, Kil Hwan Oh, Hun Ki Shin, Ki Won Son
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Patent number: 9417724Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a detection module configured to detect an operation for the electronic apparatus, and a process execution module configured to execute a process corresponding to an operation detected by the detection module. When the detection module detects a first operation, the process execution module executes a predetermined process corresponding to the first operation. The first operation comprises an operation in which a contact module moves in a state of touching a display surface of the electronic apparatus. When the detection module detects a second operation after detecting the first operation, the process execution module re-executes the predetermined process. The second operation comprises an operation of a contact module for the electronic apparatus without being accompanied by a movement of the contact module along a display surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Kyocera CORPORATIONInventor: Atsuo Nishigaki
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Patent number: 9389781Abstract: A method for controlling an information processing apparatus configured to perform processing according to a type of an input operation, includes determining that the same type of operation as an operation input immediately before is likely to be repeated, based on input information of interest and information about the operation input immediately before, identifying by an identification unit an input operation based on the information of interest according to that the information of interest satisfies a predetermined condition set in advance, and setting, if the determination unit has determined that a same type of operation as the operation input immediately before is likely to be repeated, a condition for the identification unit to identify the operation input based on the information of interest as the same type of operation as the operation input immediately before so that the condition is easier to be satisfied than the predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masafumi Yoshida
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Patent number: 9383840Abstract: A system includes a touch path logic configured to receive a plurality of touch events and to generate an output based on the touch events; and a rendering logic configured to receive a video image; receive the output of the touch path logic; combine the video image with overlay data in accordance with the output of the touch path logic to generate a combined display image; and output the combined display image.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Frank Seto, Wei Xiong
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Patent number: 9378677Abstract: A display unit includes: a display panel; and a drive circuit. The display panel includes pixels arranged in a matrix, signal lines configured to supply a data pulse to the respective pixels, scan lines configured to supply a selection pulse to the respective pixels, the selection pulse selecting the respective pixels for each row, and power lines configured to supply power to the respective pixels. The drive circuit includes a signal line drive circuit configured to output the data pulse to each of the signal lines, a scan line drive circuit configured to sequentially output the selection pulse to each of the scan lines, and a power circuit configured to continuously output a constant voltage to the power lines. The data pulse is formed of a signal voltage and one of a first fixed voltage and a second fixed voltage, the signal voltage based on a picture signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: JOLED Inc.Inventor: Naobumi Toyomura