Patents Examined by Kelly Hegarty
  • Patent number: 10139961
    Abstract: A method of distinguishing an intentional touch from an incidental touch on a touch sensor of a device includes detecting, via the touch sensor, a blob corresponding to a touch, determining a detected feature vector of the blob, comparing the detected feature vector of the blob to a plurality of previously-acquired feature vectors of a dictionary using a distance determination to find a distance between the detected feature vector and each of the plurality of previously-acquired feature vectors, when the touch is determined to be an intentional touch based on the distance between the detected feature vector and at least one of the plurality of previously-acquired feature vectors being within a threshold distance, then taking an action via the device based upon the touch, and when the touch is determined to be an incidental touch, then not taking the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Shoham Dekel
  • Patent number: 10051168
    Abstract: A method of automatically activating a camera application implemented in a mobile device in locked mode starts with the processor receiving a first signal from an accelerometer. The device's processor activates the camera application when the processor determines that the mobile device has remained in a stationary portrait or landscape position for a period of time based on the first signal. Activating the camera application includes signaling by the processor to the display device to display a camera screen from a locked screen. The processor may also receive a second signal from a proximity sensor that detects presence of a nearby object to the mobile device. When the processor determines that there is presence of the nearby object to the mobile device based on the second signal, the mobile device remains in locked mode and the processor does not activate the camera application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Conrad A. Shultz
  • Patent number: 10037734
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light unit, a display panel configured to transmit light from the light unit, a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of modes different in a scanning order of the display panel from each other, and a control unit configured to control the light unit to light each of a plurality of areas of the display panel. According to the mode set by the setting unit, the control unit determines timing when the light unit lights the plurality of areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota Iguchi, Kazuhiro Inoko
  • Patent number: 9996202
    Abstract: An electronic device having an electrode pattern for a touch sensor is provided. The electronic device include a touch sensor; and a touch key that is formed at a position corresponding to the electrode pattern for the touch sensor and corresponds to a touch region. The electrode pattern is an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ohhyuck Kwon
  • Patent number: 9959793
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display system which is related to the field of display technology. The display system enables a display device to be switched between a normal display mode and an anti-peeping display mode. This display system comprises a display device which comprises a display panel for displaying content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanshun Chen, Youmei Dong, Wenbo Li, Qingjiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9958957
    Abstract: A transparent display apparatus and method for displaying information thereon includes sensing a position of an object, sensing a position of a user, determining an area of the transparent display through which the object is viewable by the user, and displaying the information on the transparent display based on the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il-kook Yun, Geun-ho Lee, Chang-soo Lee
  • Patent number: 9911389
    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: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Lorne A. Whitehead, Gregory John Ward, Louis D. Silverstein, Helge Seetzen
  • Patent number: 9891754
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a display and a display using the same. The method includes: detecting the approach of a user's hand to the display unit, determining a user's input hand shape; and displaying a display screen corresponds to the determined user's input hand shape. Through the present invention, a user may render a higher menu list and a lower menu list to be displayed on one screen, and may control display screen shift direction and speed, merely by performing a finger extending and folding action. Further, the user may control the size of a display screen by inputting the finger extending and folding action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Young Lim, Min Kyu Park, Hee Jeong Choo, Hyun Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 9880677
    Abstract: A touch display device includes: a touch display panel including a display region and a non-display region; gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define a pixel region in the display region; a thin film transistor in the pixel region and connected to the corresponding gate and data lines; a touch block having a plurality of pixel regions; a touch line connected to the touch block; a touch display driver IC that supplies a gate signal, a data signal and a common voltage to the pixel region, and supplies a touch scan signal to the touch block; a flexible printed circuit board that transfers timing signals and image data from an external system to the touch display driver IC; and a memory mounted on the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Lee, Hong-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 9880667
    Abstract: A touch screen display device includes a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode and a conductive pattern. The first touch electrode receives a touch driving signal. The second touch electrode is positioned so as to be spaced apart from the first touch electrode. The conductive pattern is positioned so as to overlap with the first touch electrode, and receives a boost signal for boosting the touch driving signal. Accordingly, the touch driving signal is boosted, thereby improving touch sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Koo Hur
  • Patent number: 9875693
    Abstract: A data driver includes a data signal converter to convert image data to a data signal, an output buffer to output the data signal to a data line, a first cascode circuit connected to the output buffer and including a plurality of transistors, a first noise attenuator connected to a first node between the output buffer and the first cascode circuit, and to attenuate a first current noise, a second cascode circuit connected to the output buffer and including a plurality of transistors, a second noise attenuator connected a second node between the output buffer and the second cascode circuit, and to attenuate a second current noise, a current integrator to generate an integrated voltage by integrating a first current flowing through the first cascode circuit and a second current flowing through the second cascade circuit, and an analog-digital converter (ADC) to convert the integrated voltage to a digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Ji-Woong Kim, Choong-Sun Shin, Joo-Hyung Lee, Jun-Suk Bang, Gyu-Hyeong Cho
  • Patent number: 9870075
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen device for accurately detecting a touch by using a touch pen without having a separate sensor provided in a touch panel. The touch screen device includes a touch screen including a plurality of touch electrodes, a touch driving circuit applying a touch electrode driving signal to the plurality of touch electrodes, and a touch pen receiving the touch electrode driving signal applied to the plurality of touch electrodes and transmitting a pen output signal, synchronized with the received touch electrode driving signal, to the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungsu Han, SungChul Kim, SangHyuck Bae, Suyun Ju, DoYoung Jung
  • Patent number: 9852698
    Abstract: An image signal provided from an external device is converted into a data signal such that an image is displayed on a display panel, and a first light control signal and a second light control signal are output. A backlight unit provides the display panel with a first color light and a second color light different from the first color light in response to the first light control signal and the second control signal. The display panel driving unit also determines a pulse width of each of the first light control signal and the second light control signal according to a color characteristic of the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Min Cho, Kwangkeun Lee, Jae Byung Park, Jaehyun Cho, Seon-Tae Yoon, Hyundeok Im, Sung-Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 9786219
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display panel includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes an organic light emitting diode and each coupled to a first power voltage line. A voltage supplied to the first power voltage line in a display mode is lower than a voltage supplied to the first power voltage line in an aging mode. The display mode includes a mode in which the organic light emitting diode emits light. The aging mode includes a mode in which the organic light emitting diode does not emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung-Uk Han
  • Patent number: 9779675
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a variable gate clock generator and a gate driver. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels coupled to a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, respectively. The variable gate clock generator generates a first variable gate clock signal and a second variable gate clock signal having respective duty ratios that are varied depending on a brightness of a frame image. The gate driver generates a plurality of gate driving signals for driving the gate lines in response to the first and second variable gate clock signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Young Park, Jeong-Doo Lee, Sung-Jun Kim, Yun-Mi Kim, Kyung-Hwa Lim, Ki-Hyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 9734794
    Abstract: A device for driving a liquid crystal display, in which a pixel voltage is reduced by a kickback voltage variable according to grayscales, includes: a signal controller which receives an input image signal corresponding to a grayscale; an image signal corrector which corrects the input image signal and generates a data input signal; and a data driver which supplies a data voltage corresponding to the grayscale based on the data input signal, where the grayscale includes black, white grayscale and intermediate grayscales, the data voltage includes positive and negative voltages, and when a difference between a sum of the positive and negative voltages and a common voltage is defined an offset value, a first offset value corresponding to the black grayscale, a second offset value corresponding to the white grayscale and a third offset value corresponding to the intermediate grayscale satisfy the inequation: |first offset value?second offset value|?50 mV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hwa Sung Woo
  • Patent number: 9727136
    Abstract: Examples relating calibrating an estimated gaze location are disclosed. One example method comprises monitoring the estimated gaze location of a viewer using gaze tracking data from a gaze tracking system. Image data for display via a display device is received and, without using input from the viewer, at least one target visual that may attract a gaze of the viewer and a target location of the target visual are identified within the image data. The estimated gaze location of the viewer is compared with the target location of the target visual. An offset vector is calculated based on the estimated gaze location and the target location. The gaze tracking system is calibrated using the offset vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Weerapan Wilairat, Vaibhav Thukral, David Nister, Morgan Kolya Venable, Bernard James Kerr, Chris Aholt
  • Patent number: 9721493
    Abstract: A touch-type input device includes a touch panel. Capacitors are formed at intersections of drive electrodes and sensor electrodes in the touch panel. A controller determines whether the touch panel has been touched from data values, each indicating a change amount in the capacitance from a reference value. When detecting from the data values a change in the capacitance to a reverse polarity differing from the polarity when a human body touches the touch panel, the controller determines that external noise caused the change and stops detecting touching of the touch panel. When the controller detects a change in the capacitance to the reverse polarity, at the same time, the location of where the capacitance of the reverse polarity is detected does not shift, the controller determines that the change in the capacitance is irrelevant to influence of external noise and continues to detect touching of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, SMK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Imai, Osamu Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 9710076
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for finger gestures. In one aspect there is provided a method, which may include detecting a first finger gesture proximate to or making contact with a slider element presented on a user interface; detecting a second finger gesture proximate to or making contact with the user interface, the second finger gesture detected during a time period comprising a time when the first finger is proximate to or making contact with the slider; and changing a resolution of the slider from a first resolution value to a second resolution value, when the second finger gesture is detected. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SuccessFactors, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Angermayer
  • Patent number: 9703134
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device equipped with a built-in touch panel includes a second substrate on which a wiring pattern for configuring a touch panel is formed, and a flexible wiring substrate joined to the second substrate with an overlap portion, and electrically connected to the wiring pattern. The flexible wiring substrate is formed of a multilayer substrate having a first conductive pattern layer having a plurality of terminal portions electrically connected onto the wiring pattern, a second conductive pattern layer, an insulating layer interposed between the first conductive pattern layer and the second conductive pattern layer, and a plurality of contact portions that penetrates through the insulating layer, and electrically connects the plurality of terminal portions to the second conductive pattern layer. The plurality of contact portions is arranged to overlap with the plurality of terminal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Dispaly Inc.
    Inventor: Yasushi Nakano