Patents Examined by Emily Frank
  • Patent number: 10007329
    Abstract: The technology disclosed can provide capabilities such as using motion sensors and/or other types of sensors coupled to a motion-capture system to monitor motions within a real environment. A virtual object can be projected to a user of a portable device integrated into an augmented rendering of a real environment about the user. Motion information of a user body portion is determined based at least in part upon sensory information received from imaging or acoustic sensory devices. Control information is communicated to a system based in part on a combination of the motion of the portable device and the detected motion of the user. The virtual device experience can be augmented in some implementations by the addition of haptic, audio and/or other sensory information projectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Holz
  • Patent number: 10007342
    Abstract: A force-based haptic switch panel comprises a touch plate having first and second surfaces, the first surface comprising a touch surface and the second surface opposing the first surface. The switch panel also comprises a circuit board having a plurality of force sensors electrically coupled thereto. The force sensors are disposed between the circuit board and the second surface of the touch plate, and each force sensor is configured to measure a respective portion of a force applied to the touch surface of the touch plate. The switch panel also comprises an actuator affixed to the second surface of the touch plate and configured to generate a mechanical output to the touch plate, wherein the circuit board comprises a passage for allowing a portion of the actuator to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquistion LLC
    Inventors: Jason Lisseman, David Andrews
  • Patent number: 9983842
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an adjusting method and an electronic device. The method comprises: acquiring a first shape parameter of a first foldable screen; and transmitting the first shape parameter to a second electronic device coupled to the first electronic device, so as to allow the second electronic device to adjust a shape of a second foldable screen of the second electronic device based on the first shape parameter, or generating first synchronization information based on the first shape parameter and transmitting the first synchronization information to the second electronic device coupled to the first electronic device, so as to allow the second electronic device to adjust the shape of the second foldable screen based on the first synchronization information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Jianfeng Chen
  • Patent number: 9977524
    Abstract: A flexible touch panel that achieves both thinness and high detection sensitivity. In the flexible touch panel obtained by attaching a flexible display panel and a flexible touch sensor with a bonding layer, the bonding layer has a Young's modulus of 1 kPa to 300 kPa, a thickness of 0.1 mm to 1 mm, and a transmittance of 70% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Hisao Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9971443
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for decreasing latency between an acquisition of touch data and processing of an associated rendering task in a touch sensitive device having a touch sensing system capable of producing touch data at a touch sampling rate and having a display system that displays frames at a refresh rate. In an embodiment, the system estimates at least one of (a) a period of time for sampling touch data from the touch sensing system, (b) a period of time for computing touch event data from sampled touch data, and (c) a period of time for rendering of a frame to a frame buffer. The system determines a period of time Tc for (a) sampling touch data from the touch sensing system, (b) computing touch event data from sampled touch data, and (c) rendering of a frame to a frame buffer, based at least in part on the estimate. The system determines a point in time Tr at which the display system will be refreshed from the frame buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TACTUAL LABS CO.
    Inventors: Bruno Rodrigues De Araujo, Ricardo Jorge Jota Costa, Clifton Forlines
  • Patent number: 9965121
    Abstract: To provide a display capable of achieving downsizing and a touch detection method. The display includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix form, a plurality of scanning lines disposed in each row of the pixel array and supplying scanning signals to the plurality of pixels disposed in corresponding rows, a plurality of signal lines disposed in each column of the pixel array and supplying image signals to the plurality of pixels disposed in corresponding columns, a plurality of common electrodes disposed in each of the columns of the pixel array and supplied with driving signals for detecting touch, and a semiconductor device for touch including a plurality of driving terminals for supplying the driving signals. Here, the plurality of driving terminals of the semiconductor device for touch are smaller in number than the plurality of common electrodes disposed in the pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Daisuke Ito, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 9965088
    Abstract: A touch control display device is provided. The touch control device includes: a display area including a gate electrode, a plurality of gate lines, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a plurality of source lines, a plurality of conversion lines, and a plurality of common electrodes. A first via hole may be formed on the gate line and exposes at least a portion of the gate line, and a second via hole may be formed on the common electrode and exposes at least a portion of the common electrodes. The plurality of conversion lines may include a plurality of first conversion lines and a plurality of second conversion lines. The plurality of first conversion lines may be electrically connected to the plurality of gate lines via the first via hole, and the plurality of second conversion lines may be electrically connected to the plurality of common electrodes via the second via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Lu, Xu Qian, Wenxin Jiang, Junchao Ma, Yong Wu
  • Patent number: 9952707
    Abstract: A password input device includes: at least two mutually separate touch display screens; a controller configured to control the touch display screen to randomly display characters; and a processor configured to determine the characters currently displayed on corresponding touch display screens subjected to a touch operation after detecting the touch operation, determine a character string inputted by a user according to a sequence of the touch operation, and take the character string as a password inputted by the user. The password input device can adopt a flexible overall arrangement mode of the character string for the password and improve the security of password input. A password input method is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiannan Zhang, Jianfeng Yuan, Seung Moo Rim
  • Patent number: 9946398
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods relate in general to the field of user input to a touch sensitive device, and in particular to user input systems and methods which can reduce the latency between a most recent input event and the displaying of a rendered frame reflecting such input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventors: Bruno Rodrigues De Araujo, Ricardo Jorge Jota Costa, Clifton Forlines
  • Patent number: 9928771
    Abstract: A distributed pulse-width modulation system includes an array of pulse-width modulation elements, each element including a digital memory for storing a multi-bit digital value and a drive circuit that drives an output device in response to the multi-bit digital value stored in the digital memory. A system controller includes a memory for storing a multi-bit digital value for each element and a communication circuit for communicating each multi-bit digital value to each corresponding pulse-width modulation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventor: Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 9921608
    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: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Myers, Derek Wright, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 9905166
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel driving circuit, a display apparatus and a pixel driving method. The pixel driving circuit comprises a reset unit. The reset unit is arranged to enable the storage capacitor to store not only a data voltage but also a threshold voltage of the driving unit in the charging phase, to compensate for the driving unit in the driving phase, so that the operating current of the driving unit is not influenced by the threshold voltage. This eliminates the influence of the threshold voltage of the driving unit to the operating current of the driving unit. Further, the reset unit is moved outside an active display area, and is shared by a row of pixel driving circuits, which can significantly increase the aperture rate of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haigang Qing, Xiaojing Qi
  • Patent number: 9898115
    Abstract: A touch electrode layer includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes. The first touch electrodes are arranged to form a rectangle, wherein shapes of the first touch electrodes have the same size. The second touch electrodes are disposed around a periphery of the first touch electrodes. The second touch electrodes and the first touch electrodes are arranged to form a circle or a quasi-circle so as to define a circuit touch area or a quasi-circle touch area. A shape of each of the second touch electrodes is an arcuate triangle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: ITE TECH. INC.
    Inventors: Tsang-Chih Wu, Tsung-Yen Chuang, Yu-Fen Weng, Fang-Nan Chu
  • Patent number: 9898087
    Abstract: A force-based haptic switch panel, comprising a touch plate having first and second surfaces, the first surface comprising a touch surface and the second surface opposing the first surface. The haptic switch panel may also comprise a circuit board having a plurality of force sensors electrically coupled thereto. The force sensors are disposed between the circuit board and the second surface of the touch plate, wherein each force sensor is configured to measure a respective portion of a force applied to the touch surface of the touch plate. The haptic switch panel may also comprise an acoustic actuator disposed proximate a second surface of the touch plate and configured to generate a haptic output and an audible output responsive to the force applied to the touch surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lisseman, David Andrews
  • Patent number: 9892681
    Abstract: To provide a pixel circuit and the like capable of preventing contrast deterioration caused by leaked light emission at the time of reset actions. The pixel circuit includes: a light emitting element; a driving transistor which supplies an electric current to the light emitting element according to an applied voltage; a capacitor part which holds a voltage containing a threshold voltage and a data voltage of the driving transistor and applies the voltage to the driving transistor; and a switch part which makes the capacitor part hold the voltage containing the threshold voltage and the data voltage. The switch part includes a current detour transistor which makes the electric current supplied from the driving transistor detour to a reference voltage power supply line without going through the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Matsueda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Kenichi Takatori
  • Patent number: 9886101
    Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device having flexible display which is capable of N display surfaces, the method includes: obtaining N posture parameters of the N display surfaces; obtaining an object attribute of an i-th display object among M display objects to be displayed, where M?1 and i is an integer inclusively ranging from 1 to M; determining a display surface for displaying the i-th display object from the N display surfaces, based on the N posture parameters and the object attribute; and displaying the i-th display object on the determined display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ben Xu
  • Patent number: 9880645
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus has one or more sensors that detect the movement of the stylus, such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer. The stylus wirelessly transmits signals to a device based on the movement of the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Trond Jarle Pedersen, John Logan, Esat Yilmaz, Vemund Kval Bakken
  • Patent number: 9875684
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate including a plurality of subpixel array arranged in a matrix form. Each subpixel array may include a first subpixel, a second subpixel, a third subpixel, a first gate line for controlling the first subpixel, a second gate line for controlling the second subpixel, a third gate line for controlling the third subpixel, a first data line and a second data line. The first subpixel may be arranged between the first gate line and the second gate line. The second subpixel and the third subpixel may be arranged between the first gate line and the second gate line. The first subpixel, the second subpixel and the third subpixel may be arranged between the first data line and the second data line adjacent to each other. The first subpixel and the second subpixel may share the first data line, or the first subpixel and the third subpixel may share the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaohui Meng
  • Patent number: 9864429
    Abstract: A method of controlling an operation of a display device using eye movements and a device for performing the method are provided. The method includes receiving eye movement information of a user; receiving blinking information of the user; generating a control command corresponding to the eye movement information and the blinking information; and controlling an operation of the display device based on the generated control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-seok Lee, Kyung-hwa Yu, Sang-won Leigh, Jin-yong Chung, Sung-goo Cho
  • Patent number: 9858881
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, its driving method and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of subpixels defined by the gate lines and the data lines crossing each other. At least one additional line for providing an additional data signal is arranged between the subpixels in two adjacent columns, the subpixels in an identical column correspond to at least one additional line, and at least one subpixel among the subpixels in an identical column is driven by the additional line corresponding to the at least one subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenbo Li