Patents Examined by Emily Frank
  • Patent number: 10175487
    Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to a head mounted display device having a display with a central portion and a periphery portion. Graphical content can be displayed on the central portion of the display. The central portion can be a primary display that provides a field of view and displays the graphical content, and the periphery portion can be a peripheral display. The peripheral display can be positioned relative to the primary display such that an overall field of view provided by the primary display and the peripheral display is extended compared to the field of view of the primary display. Further, complementary content can be rendered based on the graphical content and caused to be displayed on the periphery portion (e.g., the peripheral display). The complementary content can include a countervection visualization viewable in a far periphery region of a field of view of human vision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Hrvoje Benko, Bo Robert Xiao
  • Patent number: 10175800
    Abstract: An electrode member according to an embodiment includes a first resin layer; and an electrode layer on the first resin layer, wherein the first resin layer has a thickness in the range of 1 ?m to 25 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jae Lee, Hyun Seok Lim, Soo Kwang Yoon
  • Patent number: 10178369
    Abstract: An image brightness adjustment device, comprising an image data processing unit for extracting brightness values of subpixels arranged in a matrix manner in a frame image according to the received image data, wherein each two adjacent subpixels in a frame image form one group, a calculating unit for calculating a difference between brightness values of the two subpixels in at least part of groups and outputting a calculation result, and a comparing unit for comparing the calculation result with a predetermined value Q, a brightness adjusting unit for adjusting the brightness values of the two subpixels in the group if the calculation result is greater than the predetermined value Q, a display data generating unit for generating display data from the image data if the calculation result is smaller than or equal to the predetermined value Q, and generating display data from the adjusted image data if the calculation result is greater than the predetermined value Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Multimedia Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhuan Yu, Peng Cheng
  • Patent number: 10162450
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a plurality of data lines; a plurality of scanning lines intersecting the data lines to define pixel units; a plurality of pixel electrodes within the pixel units; and a plurality of touch electrodes having a grid shape and formed by a plurality of first sub-electrodes and a plurality of second sub-electrodes intersecting each other. Projections of the first sub-electrodes and the second sub-electrodes onto a layer containing the pixel electrodes are respectively located between adjacent pixel electrodes, or the first sub-electrodes and the second sub-electrodes are respectively located between adjacent pixel electrodes. The product of the resistance of the touch electrode and the load capacitance between the touch electrode, the source electrode and the first metal is reduced, which reduces the charging time of the touch driving signal and enables the touch state and the display state to operate in a time division manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Lu, Zhongshou Huang, Xianxiang Zhang, Xiaoye Li, Gang Liu, Yingying Xu
  • Patent number: 10156869
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a hollow display cover structure. The hollow display cover structure may be formed from a structure having an inner surface. The structure may be an elongated member having a longitudinal axis. A material such as sapphire, other crystalline materials, or other transparent materials may be used in forming the hollow display cover structure. A flexible display layer such as an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other flexible display structure may be wrapped around the longitudinal axis to cover the interior surface of the hollow display cover structure. The electronic device may have a touch sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and other sensors for gathering input such as user input. The electronic device may use one or more sensors to gather information on rotational motion of the device and can display content on the flexible display layer accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Myers, Derek Wright, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 10152088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a control method therefor, the mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a display unit disposed on a front side and comprising a first part, and a second part formed so as to be rotatable about a boundary part on one side of the first part, thereby being in either a first-part covering state or a first-part not-covering state; and a control unit controlling the display unit so that at least one page among a plurality of pages in an electronic document can be outputted, detecting the bending of the display unit by the movement of at least one of the left-end and right-end, selecting, on the basis of the detected bending, at least one page among the plurality of pages, and controlling the display unit so that the selected page is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hokyung Ka, Chul Park, Jaedong Kim, Kyoungho Lee, Jinho Cho
  • Patent number: 10140908
    Abstract: A LED driving circuit comprises a high bit driving circuit, a low bit driving circuit and a driving output terminal. The high bit driving circuit coupled to a high bit signal of the grayscale signal determines a first current continuously driven during a grayscale period according to the value of the high bit signal. The first current is invariant during the grayscale period. The low bit driving circuit coupled to a low bit signal of the grayscale signal determines a second current driven in at least two time intervals during the grayscale period according to the value of the low bit signal. The driving output terminal coupled to the high bit driving circuit and the low bit driving circuit outputs the driving current added by the first current and the second current. Accordingly, the LED display can be improved with higher refresh rate and/or better uniformity in low grayscale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MY-SEMI INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Ting Kuo, Cheng-Han Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10133369
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a processor of a stylus, a tilt direction of the stylus based on respective first signal strengths at a plurality of receivers. The tilt direction comprises a direction of the stylus along an axis of a touch-sensing device. The method further includes generating, by the processor of the stylus, a response signal comprising information indicative of the tilt direction of the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Bell
  • Patent number: 10135547
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to control devices configured for use with computing devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and devices for shortening wireless reconnection time by determining the presence of an object or body near a device. When the control device detects an object or body in proximity to the device, the control device may automatically establish a wireless connection with a host devices, such that when the control device receives any user interactions, the wireless connection has already been established, preventing loss of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Hemes, Francesco Spina, Olivier Gay, Gilles de Preux, Olivier Bodenmann, Paolo Cremonino, Laurent Mealares
  • Patent number: 10133411
    Abstract: A mobile station and unattached work area is used with an electronic pen, which includes a transmitter, such as an acoustic transmitter. The mobile station includes a receiver that receives signals from the transmitter and orientation sensors that detect movement of the mobile station. The position of the receiver is calibrated with respect to the unattached work area. Data from the orientation sensors is received when the mobile station, and thus, the receiver is moved with respect to the work area. A transformation matrix is generated based on the data from the orientation sensors, which can be used to correct for the movement of the receiver. The position of the transmitter in the electronic pen is calculated and mapped based on received signals and the transformation matrix and the mapped position is then displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Baruch Eruchimovitch, Leonid Sheynblat
  • Patent number: 10126826
    Abstract: A user interface apparatus for controlling any kind of a device. Images obtained by an image sensor in a region adjacent to the device are input to a gesture recognition system which analyzes images obtained by the image sensor to identify one or more gestures. A message decision maker generates a message based upon an identified gesture and a recognition mode of the gesture recognition system. The recognition mode is changed under one or more various conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Eyesight Mobile Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Itay Katz, Nadav Israel, Tamir Anavi, Shahaf Grofit, Itay Bar-Yosef
  • Patent number: 10126870
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for reducing certain types of noise in capacitive sensing devices. The techniques generally comprise utilizing a low-pass filter in conjunction with a comb filter to “zero out” frequency components associated with certain types of noise. More specifically, the comb filter is configured to zero out noise associated with the fundamental frequency and harmonics of noise that approximates a square wave or an impulse train. The frequency of the sensing signal for capacitive sensing is chosen such that the comb filter does not zero out such frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Adam Schwartz
  • Patent number: 10121418
    Abstract: A video wall control device is provided in which a data processor is configured to determine a backlight control signal controlling an intensity of light supplied by at least one backlight unit among a plurality of backlight units based on image data obtained by capturing an image of a video wall device including a plurality of display panels and the plurality of backlight units supplying the light to each of the plurality of display panels, and signal transmission and reception circuitry configured to transmit the backlight control signal to the video wall device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-kyun Beon, Min-jung Kim, Oh-yun Kwon
  • Patent number: 10120471
    Abstract: Disclosed in an operation display apparatus including: a display unit; a touch panel to detect a touch position on which a display face of the display unit is touched; and a control unit to control display contents of the display unit and to switch a specific area provided in a part of the display face, between an operable state in which display of information and a detection of a touch action for the touch panel are operated and a non-operable state in which the display and the detection are not operated, wherein the control unit sets a part of the specific area, which is arranged in a boundary with another operation display apparatus disposed with the operation display apparatus side by side, to the operable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Masao Takahashi, Yasuaki Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10102817
    Abstract: A display device includes a processor including a first display mode in which the processor displays the image on the display screen from an internal image data after the processor receives a first control signal, and a second display mode in which the processor displays the image on the display screen from the image data received by the processor after the processor receives a second control signal. A luminance adjuster adjusts a display luminance based on the internal image data corresponding to a final frame immediately before switching from the first display mode to the second display mode to a display luminance higher than a display luminance of the internal image data of another frame in the first display mode. In the final frame, the image is displayed based on the internal image data in which the display luminance is adjusted by the luminance adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Onishi, Iwane Ichiyama, Tatsuhiro Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 10101823
    Abstract: A data input device, an electronic device using the data input device, and an operation method based on the data input device and the electronic device are provided. The data input device for effectively changing a color of data to be input to the electronic device includes a color changer configured to change a color of data to be input to the electronic device, a communicator configured to communicate with the electronic device, and a controller configured to receive an output signal from the color changer, to convert the received output signal into color identification information, and to control the communicator to transmit the converted color identification information to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-rock Lee, Tae-soon Park, Han-jin Park, Yong-min Jung
  • Patent number: 10078995
    Abstract: A gate driver includes a plurality of stage circuits to output a clock signal from the outside as gate signals. A jth stage circuit includes an input unit to charge a first node at an initial voltage when a first input signal is input to a first input terminal, a buffer unit to output the clock signal as a gate signal to an output terminal when the initial voltage is supplied to the first node, a holding unit to maintain the first node at a reset power source level when the clock signal is supplied to the holding unit, and an inverter unit to supply the clock signal or the reset power source to the holding unit. The input unit maintains the first node at a second input signal input voltage to a second input terminal when a third input signal is input to a third input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hee Kim, Ji Sun Kim, Young Wan Seo, Jae Keun Lim, Chong Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 10049630
    Abstract: An image correcting unit including: a data converting unit which receives image data, and generates display data by converting respective grayscale values which are included in the image data to high pixel data and low pixel data; and a white pixel detecting unit which detects image data lines which include not less than a first number of white grayscale values from the image data, and outputs a conversion signal when not less than a second number of the detected image data lines are successively arranged, wherein upon receiving the conversion signal from the white pixel detecting unit, the data converting unit converts the white grayscale values which are included in the successively arranged image data lines to first high pixel data and first low pixel data, wherein the first high pixel data and the first low pixel data have a different value from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tong Ill Kwak, Woon Yong Lim, Bong Kyun Jo, Ki Hyun Pyun, Young Uk Hwang
  • Patent number: 10049612
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel structure and a preparation method thereof, a pixel display method and an array substrate. The pixel structure comprises: a thin film transistor TFT for controlling a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System MEMS switch; the Micro-Electro-Mechanical System MEMS switch being used for controlling transmission amount of outgoing light of a quantum dot light emitting diode QLED device; the quantum dot light emitting diode QLED device being a top emission type for emitting light constantly based on a constant light emitting driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Zhang, Zhanfeng Cao, Xiangchun Kong, Qi Yao, Jincheng Gao, Zhengliang Li, Xiaolong He
  • Patent number: 10019934
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel structure and a preparation method thereof, a pixel display method and an array substrate. The pixel structure comprises: a thin film transistor TFT for controlling a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System MEMS switch; the Micro-Electro-Mechanical System MEMS switch being used for controlling transmission amount of outgoing light of a quantum dot light emitting diode QLED device; the quantum dot light emitting diode QLED device being a top emission type for emitting light constantly based on a constant light emitting driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Zhang, Zhanfeng Cao, Xiangchun Kong, Qi Yao, Jincheng Gao, Zhengliang Li, Xiaolong He