Patents Examined by Kelly B Hegarty
  • Patent number: 9671884
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for operating a multimedia apparatus and performing wireless charging of a portable apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes: a communicator configured to perform a communication with a multimedia apparatus; a touch pad configured to generate an input signal according to an input generated from an external source; and a controller configured to verify an input position generated in the touch pad so that a point is displayed on a position of the multimedia apparatus that is identical to the position where the input is generated, and provide the verified input position to the multimedia apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Woo Chun, Sung Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 9632622
    Abstract: Ground detection of a touch sensitive device is disclosed. The device can detect its grounded state so that poor grounding can be selectively compensated for in touch signals outputted by the device. The device can include one or more components to monitor certain conditions of the device. The device can analyze the monitored conditions to determine the grounding condition of the device. The device can apply a function to compensate its touch signal outputs if the device determines that it is poorly grounded. Conversely, the device can omit the function if the device determines that it is well grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Porter Hotelling, David T. Amm, Michael Lammers, John T. Orchard, Brian Michael King, Omar Leung, Deniz Teoman
  • Patent number: 9619025
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a mobile device according to a rate of change of a touch area are provided. The system includes a touch screen for creating a touch event according to a touch and a controller. The controller detects the rate of change of the touch area, according to information of a location where the touch event occurred and the occurrence of the touch event. The controller performs a function linked to the touch event detected location, by varying a property of the function according to the rate of change of the touch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung Hyun Lim
  • Patent number: 9614523
    Abstract: A keypad with optical sensors is provided. The keypad comprises keycaps, each keycap having a top surface. One or more optical sensors are located beneath top surfaces of adjacent keycaps. One or more light guides extend from a respective optical sensor towards the top surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hsin Chin Lee, Antanas Matthew Broga, Amit Pal Singh
  • Patent number: 9613561
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of common lines, a plurality of drive lines, a plurality of light emitting elements, a source driver, and a sink driver. At least one charging device is connected to at least one of the common lines and configured to increase a voltage of the common lines to a predetermined value when the voltage of the common lines is lower than the predetermined value during a period while the source driver does not apply the voltage. At least one discharging device is connected to at least one of the plurality of common lines and configured to decrease the voltage of the common lines to the predetermined value when the voltage of the common lines is higher than the predetermined value during the period while the source driver does not apply the voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9607561
    Abstract: An image determination part configured to determine whether or not an image based on an input image signal is an image analogous to a polarity reversal pattern in a reversal driving scheme employed by default and to output a determination result, and a reversal pattern decision part configured to decide a reversal driving scheme based on the determination result are provided as constituent elements anterior to a liquid crystal drive unit. With regard to each unit area where the determination by the image determination part is made, the reversal pattern decision part decides the reversal driving scheme in the unit area, as a reversal driving scheme different from the reversal driving scheme employed by default, when the determination result indicates that the image based on the input image signal is the image analogous to the polarity reversal pattern in the reversal driving scheme employed by default.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Inada, Taketoshi Nakano, Asahi Yamato, Akizumi Fujioka
  • Patent number: 9601082
    Abstract: The invention discloses a display substrate and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes a plurality of rows or columns of pixel units, wherein each row or column of pixel units include first pixel units and second pixel units which are arranged alternately, one first pixel unit and one second pixel unit are composed of three sub-pixels, and wherein the first pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, the second pixel unit includes the second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel, and the first, second and third sub-pixels are arranged in turn. In the invention, three sub-pixels form two pixel units, thus the number of the sub-pixels needed to form a certain number of pixel units is decreased, and the manufacturing process is simplified and the defective rate of product is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renwei Guo, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 9575589
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a display unit, a sensing unit configured to acquire one or more pieces of first external state information, a wireless communication unit configured to acquire one or more pieces of second external state information, and a controller configured to change the input mode of the mobile terminal to at least one of a touch input mode with respect to a touch input corresponding to a touch operation performed on the display unit and a non-touch input mode with respect to a non-touch input that does no involves a touch operation performed on the display unit according to at least one of the first external state information and the second external state information, and to change a display screen of the display unit based on the input according to the changed input mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taeyoung Jeon, Sungchae Na
  • Patent number: 9560738
    Abstract: A light emitting device according to the embodiment includes touch window including: a substrate; and an electrode part on the substrate, wherein the electrode part includes: a first sub-pattern; an electrode layer on the first sub-pattern; and a second sub-pattern close to the first sub-pattern, and wherein a boundary area between the electrode layer and the first sub-pattern is larger than a boundary area between the substrate and the first sub-pattern. A light emitting device package according to the embodiment includes a touch window including: a substrate; and an electrode part on the substrate; wherein the electrode part includes: a first sub-pattern; an electrode layer on the first sub-pattern; and a second sub-pattern close to the first sub-pattern, and wherein a line width of the first sub-pattern is changed according to a height of the first sub-pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Keon Lee, Beom Sun Hong, Jung Ki Lee, Jun Phill Eom, Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9547396
    Abstract: An in-cell multi-touch panel system includes: an in-cell touch display panel, a touch display control system. In a first frame time interval, the touch display control system drives the in-cell touch display panel and samples the sensing voltage from the in-cell touch display panel to determine whether there is an approaching external object and noise interference. In a second frame time interval, the touch display control system finds out a frequency with minimum noise for use as a frequency of the touch driving signal when the noise interference exists. In a third frame time interval, the touch display control system is based on the frequency with minimum noise to correspondingly generate the touch driving signal so as to determine whether there is an approaching external object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: FOCALTECH SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hao Wang, Yen-Lin Huang
  • Patent number: 9524684
    Abstract: A display panel and a driving method for the same are provided. The display panel comprises at least one data line and pixel row units. The pixel row unit comprises a common line, a first pixel, a second pixel, a charge control line, a sharing control line, a fourth switch, a second sharing capacitor, and a switch control line. The charge control line is configured to turn on/off the first and second switches. The sharing control line is configured to turn on/off a third switch. The switch control line is configured to turn on/off a fourth switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zui Wang
  • Patent number: 9513760
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a first film-like printed circuit board including a first terminal portion, the first film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the display panel in a direction away from the display panel, a touch panel provided so as to be opposed to the display panel, and a second film-like printed circuit board including a second terminal portion, the second film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the touch panel in the direction away from the display panel, the one side of the touch panel corresponding to a side parallel with and adjacent to the one side of the display panel. The first terminal portion and the second terminal portion are provided so that a connecting direction of the first or second terminal portions is different from a connecting direction of the second or first terminal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crytsal Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka Kuwajima, Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 9497444
    Abstract: Provided is a stereoscopic display device capable of achieving good stereoscopic images with a low level of crosstalk in a wide area. A stereoscopic display device includes: a display panel; a switching liquid crystal panel arranged to overlap the display panel; a control section that controls the display panel and the switching liquid crystal panel; and a position sensor that obtains position information about a viewer and supplies the same to the control section. The display panel includes first pixel lines and second pixel lines that are arranged alternately in a vertical direction. The control section switches between a plurality of display modes including a tracking three-dimensional display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Murao, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9495907
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving method of an organic light emitting diode, the pixel driving circuit comprises: a first transistor (T1), a second transistor (T2), a third transistor (T3), a fourth transistor (T4), a fifth transistor (T5), a sixth transistor (T6), a storage capacitor (C1) and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED); which also comprises a scanning control terminal (Scan), a data signal terminal (Data), a constant current source (Iref), a control light emitting signal terminal (Em), a power supply voltage (VDD) and a power supply negative electrode (VSS); the first transistor (T1) is a driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Baixiang Han
  • Patent number: 9478182
    Abstract: Dual modulator displays are disclosed incorporating a phosphorescent plate interposed in the optical path between a light source modulation layer and a display modulation layer. Spatially modulated light output from the light source modulation layer impinges on the phosphorescent plate and excites corresponding regions of the phosphorescent plate which in turn emit light having different spectral characteristics than the light output from the light source modulation layer. Light emitted from the phosphorescent plate is received and further modulated by the display modulation layer to provide the ultimate display output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Lorne A. Whitehead, Gregory John Ward, Louis D. Silverstein, Helge Seetzen
  • Patent number: 9472144
    Abstract: A display system, having an emissive body, emitting light in a way that is color temperature controllable. The light emission can be from zones. The emissive body can be a FIPEL type device with a first transparent conductive coating over a light emitting substrate. The zones are each separately controllable for color temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Vizio Inc
    Inventors: Matthew McRae, William Pat Price, Ken Lowe
  • Patent number: 9464962
    Abstract: A method of compensating a Mura defect of a display apparatus, which includes a display area divided into an upper area and a lower area, includes calculating a sharp grayscale correction value of a predetermined sample grayscale displayed on the display apparatus, where the sharp grayscale correction value is configured to compensate a sharp horizontal Mura between the upper and lower areas, displaying a corrected sample grayscale on the display apparatus based on the predetermined sample grayscale and the sharp grayscale correction value, sensing the corrected sample grayscale displayed on each of a plurality of sample areas defined on the display area based on a Mura type, calculating an intensity profile of the sample grayscale and a target intensity profile configured to compensate the intensity profile of the sample grayscale, calculating a grayscale correction value of the sample area using the intensity profile and the target intensity profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Yun Kim, Hoi-Sik Moon
  • Patent number: 9411496
    Abstract: A method for operating a user interface and a recording medium for storing a program applying the same are provided. The method includes following steps. First, a touch generated by touching a touch display using an input tool is detected. Then, whether or not the touch is generated on a specific area of the touch display is determined. Next, whether the position of the touch is changed is determined if the touch is generated on the specific area. The user interface is activated or switched if the position of the touch is changed. Accordingly, a more convenient and intuitive method for operating the user interface is provided and the convenience in using the electronic device is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yih-Feng Kao, Te-Chuan Liu
  • Patent number: 9405412
    Abstract: Discussed is a display device. The display device includes a panel in which a self-capacitive touch panel including a plurality of touch electrodes is built, and a touch sensing unit configured to, during a touch sensing period in one frame period, supply a current to the touch electrodes, hold touch voltages of the respective touch electrodes when an average voltage of the touch electrodes reaches a predetermined reference voltage, and compare each of the touch voltages with a slope voltage to determine whether each of the touch electrodes is touched while the touch voltages are being held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: MinSung Kim
  • Patent number: 9406266
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels disposed in an display area, and a pixel driver connected to at least two of the pixels, wherein the pixel driver drives the at least two pixels, where a portion of the pixel driver is disposed in the display area, and the display device includes the display area, on which an image is displayed, and a non-display area, on which no image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kee-Bum Park, Hyuk-Jin Kim, Byoung Sun Na