Patents Examined by Jeffrey S Steinberg
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Patent number: 10319313Abstract: Video displays using relatively low frame rates of about 10 to about 20 frames per second, but having acceptable video quality are described. The displays may use bistable media, and may be driven such that the medium, when driven, changes its optical properties continuously during the driving of each frame. The displays may use an electro-optic medium such that the frame period is from about 50 to about 200 per cent of the switching time of the electro-optic medium at the driving voltage used.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: George G. Harris, Shamus Ford Patry, Michael D. McCreary
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Patent number: 10036907Abstract: Electronic equipment such as a computer tablet stylus, computing equipment, or other electronic devices may be provided with status indicators. A status indicator may be formed from a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a pair of polarizers. Electrode structures may be used to apply electric fields to the liquid crystal material to place the status indicator in an opaque state or a transparent state. A colored structure or other structure may be placed under the liquid crystal material to allow the status indicator to change between a dark or diffuse to colored appearance. The status indicator may be provided in the shape of a ring that extends around the perimeter of a cylindrical stylus. Multiple status indicators may be grouped in a cluster to serve as an analog gauge. Light guide structures and light sources may provide illumination for the status indicators.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Joel S. Armstrong-Muntner
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Patent number: 10002571Abstract: The system for coordinated color control of LCD backlight and filters comprises a display pixel, a light source driver, a filter driver, and a processor. The light source driver sets a backlight color and a backlight intensity level for the display pixel. The filter driver sets an array of filter levels for three or more filters for the display pixel. The processor is configured to determine the backlight color and the backlight intensity level and the array of filter levels to target a desired color and intensity for the display pixel. The array of filter levels is determined based at least in part on the backlight color and the backlight intensity level.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Zulch Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Richard C. Zulch
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Patent number: 9898184Abstract: An operation method of an operating system, applied to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touchpad and a screen. The touchpad has a first edge. The electronic device is used for executing the operating system. The screen is used for displaying a display image outputted by the operating system. A cursor is displayed at the display image. The operation method of the operating system comprises: determining whether a touch operation is a sliding gesture sliding from an edge when the touchpad senses the touch operation; determining which edge of the touchpad is sliding from by the sliding gesture if the touch operation is the sliding gesture sliding from the edge; displaying a charm bar in a first area of the display image and displaying the cursor on the charm bar if the sliding gesture slides from the first edge.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Hao-Ping Lin, Meng-Ju Lu
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Patent number: 9875016Abstract: A method and system for deploying an ancillary display screen of an electronic personal display device in rendering digital content item portions, including a persistent rendering thereof. The method comprises receiving a command to modify a page of e-book content, the page including at least one margin indicia as rendered on the primary display screen, activating the ancillary display screen while displaying the modified page bereft of the at least one margin indicia on the primary display screen; and transitioning display of the at least one margin indicia to the ancillary display screen of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: RAKUTEN KOBO INC.Inventor: Benjamin Landau
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Patent number: 9835878Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wearable eyeglass device including: an optical communication module receiving a first optical signal and transmitting a second optical signal; a display module displaying information corresponding to at least one of the first and second optical signals; and a control module controlling the display module to display first information corresponding to the first optical signal at the time of receiving the first optical signal and controlling the optical communication module to transmit the second optical signal corresponding to second information.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Dong-Woo Lee, Hyung-Cheol Shin, Ga-Gue Kim, Sung-Yong Shin, Gi-Su Heo, Yong-Ki Son, Hyun-Tae Jeong
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Patent number: 9818348Abstract: A color display pixel PCD in a liquid crystal display device (100) includes first through fourth pixels P1 through P4 arrayed in two rows by two columns, and first and second signal lines (13a, 13b) which are located in correspondence with each column of pixels and are supplied with signal voltages of polarities opposite to each other from a signal line driving circuit (30) in each vertical scanning period. A TFT (14) of one of the first and third pixel P1 and P3 is connected to the first signal line (13a), and a TFT (14) of the other pixel is connected to the second signal line (13b). A TFT (14) of one of the second and fourth pixel P2 and P4 is connected to the first signal line (13a), and a TFT (14) of the other pixel is connected to the second signal line (13b).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masae Kitayama, Mitsuaki Hirata, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Kenichi Hyodo, Ikumi Itsumi, Yuki Yamashita, Akane Sugisaka
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Patent number: 9766749Abstract: A touch device and a sensing compensation method are provided. The touch device may include a touch panel, a sensing compensation circuit and a sensing circuit. The sensing compensation circuit may be coupled to the touch panel for providing a compensation-impedance according to features of the touch panel. The sensing circuit may be coupled to the sensing compensation circuit. The sensing circuit receives touch information compensated by the sensing compensation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Yen-Lin Pan, Wei-Yen Lee, Chang-Po Chao, Hung-Ming Tsai, Hsuan-Wen Peng
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Patent number: 9665124Abstract: Disclosed are a wearable device and method of controlling the same, which output more suitable image information on the basis of a state in which the wearable device is covered. The wearable device includes a wearable device body, a display unit provided in the wearable device body, a sensing unit included in the wearable device body, and configured to sense a region, in which the display unit is covered by an object, and a region in which the display unit is not covered, and a control unit configured to display first image information in a predetermined first region when the region in which the display unit is not covered corresponds to the predetermined first region, and display second image information in a predetermined second region when the region in which the display unit is not covered corresponds to the predetermined second region, as a result in which a portion of the display unit is covered by the object.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyeonhui Kim, Jinhee Lee, Guang Jang, Yuvin Ha, Jungdo Kim, Sinae Chun, Changshik Shin, Myeongsoo Shin, Sangbum Ha, Jihwan Kim
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Patent number: 9612693Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: PERCEPTIVE PIXEL, INC.Inventors: Jonathan Westhues, Jefferson Y. Han
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Patent number: 9548027Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels, a writing transistor, a driving transistor, a first switching transistor, a holding capacitor, and a second switching transistor; a first scanning section configured to drive the writing transistor in a unit of a row of the pixels; a second scanning section configured to drive the switching transistors in synchronism with scanning by the first scanning section; and a third scanning section configured to control the second switching transistors to a non-conducting state within a period after the image signal is written by the writing transistor until the signal writing period of the same row of the pixels ends but to a conducting state within any other period.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yutaka Mitomi, Masatsugu Tomida, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 9548016Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes determining whether an input data signal represents a video image or a static image, determining whether the input data signal has a color difference generating pattern and outputting an output data signal. The output data signal has a first frequency if the input data signal represents a video image. The output data signal has the first frequency if the input data signal represents a static image and the input data signal includes the color difference generating pattern. The output data signal has a second frequency lower than the first frequency if the input data signal represents a static image and the input data signal does not include the color difference generating pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Dae Lee, Kyoung-Won Lee, Eun-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9524695Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for display of a screen according to brightness intensity of ambient light. One or more characteristic values configuring display data is set to be higher than a preset color characteristic value when measured brightness intensity of ambient light is higher than preset brightness intensity of ambient light, and one of the set color characteristic values is converted to a contrast characteristic value and is displayed. Therefore, even when brightness intensity of ambient light is high, the user can accurately view a screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jong-Man Kim, Sung-Dae Cho, Hyun-Hee Park, Young-Min Jeong, Min-Woo Lee, Yun-Je Oh
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Patent number: 9524069Abstract: A capacitive touch keypad may receive a touch by a conductive object to one or more keys of the keypad, in which the keys each have a separate capacitive key electrode. The touched locations may be determined by precharging a pseudo-randomly selected set of key electrodes a number (M) of iterations while the keyboard is being touched, producing a sense voltage for each iteration by coupling all of the key electrodes to a reference capacitor, producing a 1-bit sense measurement for each iteration by comparing the sense voltage to a reference voltage to form a set of M 1-bit sense measurement, and by applying a modified binary iterative hard threshold (BIHT) algorithm to the set of M 1-bit sense measurements, in which only the non-zero locations of the solution are monitored in each iteration.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Chenchi Luo
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Patent number: 9491888Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, an input device, a sliding groove and an actuating unit. The input device is disposed on the housing, wherein the input device includes a first input interface and a second input interface, and the first input interface and the second input interface are respectively disposed on opposite surfaces of the input device. The sliding groove is formed on the housing. The actuating unit is connected to the input device, the actuating unit automatically moves between a first position and a second position of the sliding groove to rotate the input device, the first input interface faces outward from the housing when the actuating unit is in the first position, and the second input interface faces outward from the housing when the actuating unit is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Wistron Corp.Inventor: Ren-Jing Wei
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Patent number: 9465441Abstract: An optical navigation device, including a radiation source capable of producing a beam of radiation; a sensor for receiving an image; and an optical element for identifying movement of an object on a first surface to thereby enable a control action to be carried out. The optical element is such that a whole of the imaged area of the first surface is substantially covered by the object in normal use. The device is operable to receive from the object on the first surface an input describing a pattern, to compare the received pattern to a stored reference pattern and to perform a predetermined function if the received pattern and stored reference pattern are substantially similar. The pattern may be a continuous line, the device being operable to store the continuous line as a set of turning points in chronological order.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) LimitedInventor: Benjamin E. Norman
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Patent number: 9442578Abstract: A capacitive type stylus is provided. The stylus includes a body made of a conductive material, the body being configured to be elastically deformed and, once deformed, to maintain a deformed shape until deformed again, a cover configured to cover at least a portion of the body and a pen tip connected to a first end of the body.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyunseok Oh, Myungsun Kim, Hyungmo Koo, Dongguk Kang, Yonghyun Lee
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Patent number: 9406734Abstract: A foldable display device includes display panel and a driving circuit on a flexible substrate. The display panel includes at least one bendable area and a flat area. The flat area substantially maintains a same shape when the bendable area is bent. The bendable area has a different configuration of pixels or pixel circuits from the flat area.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-Wook Kim, Kwang-Min Kim
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Patent number: 9377883Abstract: A touch sensing method for a touch screen including an image display device with a touch-sensitive screen. The method includes a filtering process that includes calculating an output signal of an nth frame from a sensing signal of the nth frame output from a touch sensing unit configured to sense touches of the touch-sensitive screen, the calculating using an equation F(n)=I(n)×W(n)+F(n?1)×[1?W(n)], wherein F(n) represents the output signal of the nth frame, I(n) represents the sensing signal of the nth frame, F(n?1) represents an output signal of an (n?1)th frame, and W(n) represents a filtering coefficient; and outputting the output signal of the nth frame to an output end. The filtering coefficient is calculated by an equation W ? ( n ) = ? I ? ( n ) - F ? ( n - 1 ) ? R , wherein R is a scale constant. The touch sensing method has high touch sensitivity in an environment with heavy noise while being capable of correctly detecting touch coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Won Lee, Hee-Chul Hwang, Jong-Woong Park
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Patent number: 9372536Abstract: Examples of sensing a human touch to a touch screen and providing tactile and visual feedback are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Thomas M. Conte, Bill Mangione-Smith