Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 11514863
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels for displaying an image and a plurality of data lines electrically connected with the pixels, and a panel driving block that receives an image signal from an outside and transmits a data signal to the display panel through the data lines. The display panel includes a plurality of impedance control units that are electrically connected with the data lines, respectively, and adjusts an impedance of each of the data lines in response to an impedance control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sanghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11507189
    Abstract: An information handling system with a haptic stylus may include a processor; a display device includes a digitizer sensor; the haptic stylus, including: a stylus housing; a microcontroller housed within the housing; a stylus writing tip operatively coupled to a pressure sensor and to detect a pressure on the display device of the information handling system; a spacer mounted around and operatively coupled to a circumferential surface of the stylus housing; a haptic film assembly operatively coupled to the spacer at the circumferential surface of the stylus housing and operable to provide haptic output via an EAP section to a user; and the microcontroller to: receive, as input, a detected pressure applied at the stylus tip from the pressure sensor; and provide the haptic output, via the haptic film assembly and EAP section, at an amplitude and a frequency mimicking an inking sensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Peng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Weijong Sheu
  • Patent number: 11507226
    Abstract: A calibration process is started by a capacitive input variation when a capacitive button is pressed on a barcode reader. Or, the calibration process is started by the barcode reader scanning a configuration label or special label or barcode after the capacitive button on the barcode reader is inoperative. The calibration process realigns the input and the threshold to correctly configure the capacitive button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L.
    Inventors: Nicola De Groot, Davide Gavioli, Enrico Lorenzoni, Antonio Picciano
  • Patent number: 11507237
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including non-folding areas arranged along a first direction and a folding area between the non-folding areas, a first electrode on the display panel and extending in the first direction, and a second electrode on the display panel, insulated from the first electrode, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. Openings overlapping the folding area are in the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soowon Kim, Hyungchul Kim
  • Patent number: 11507270
    Abstract: A touch input device includes: a position detector that determines an input range in a touch input produced with an inputter on a touch panel and that detects, as a touch position, any position within the input range; a line information generator that generates line information which is information of a line connecting a plurality of the touch positions detected with the position detector; a smoothing level setter that sets, based on the area of the input range, a smoothing level indicating the degree of smoothing; and a smoothing processing processor that executes, on the line of the line information generated by the line information generator, smoothing corresponding to the smoothing level set by the smoothing level setter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Sachio Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11508305
    Abstract: A driving method of LED display, configured to be applied to an LED display capable of varying a refresh rate thereof and able to reduce brightness changes due to refresh rate variation, is disclosed in the present disclosure. This driving method includes: controlling an organic light-emitting diode of the LED display by an emission signal having a plurality of frame periods, with each of the frame periods having a PWM part with a duty ratio; detecting whether a change in the refresh rate of the LED display exists; and performing a compensation procedure when the change is detected, with the compensation procedure compensating a brightness difference of the organic light-emitting diode occurring due to the change in the refresh rate by adjusting the duty ratio of the PWM part. Said LED display is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Huifeng Lin, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 11500495
    Abstract: A touch display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first drive integrated circuit configured to output a source signal and receives a touch sensing signal, and a second drive integrated circuit configured to output the source signal, wherein the first drive integrated circuit outputs the source signal in a display mode and receives the touch sensing signal in a touch sensing mode, the second drive integrated circuit outputs the source signal in the display mode, and the first drive integrated circuit and the second drive integrated circuit have the same resistance value in the display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hun Yong Lim
  • Patent number: 11494038
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover lens located at top of the touch panel, plural touch sensor units, and plural sensing channels. The touch sensor units are disposed below the cover lens and arranged in rows and columns. The touch sensor units are disposed on the sensing channels. Each of touch sensor units acquires a sensing magnitude for identifying a position of the cover lens that touched by the stylus according to signals outputted by the sensing channels. The sensing magnitude of one of the touch sensor units is composed of the signals of the adjacent sensing channels located within a vertical projection of the one of the touch sensor units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yaw-Guang Chang, Hui-Min Wang, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Chung-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 11487385
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a detection device including a plurality of sensor electrodes arrayed in a detection region, an input support device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to one end side of the LC circuit, and a second electrode coupled to another end side of the LC circuit, and a control circuit including a drive signal supply circuit supplying a drive signal to the sensor electrodes and an adjustment circuit coupled to the sensor electrodes. The adjustment circuit adjusts a circuit constant that is added to a capacitance between the sensor electrode and the first electrode or the second electrode facing the sensor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Takaaki Kono, Makoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11481065
    Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that is disposed on a display panel of a display device that drives a plurality of pixels according to a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and includes a plurality of first touch electrodes for sensing a touch input in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrode for sensing a touch input in a second direction; a driver/receiver that applies a driving signal to at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a first section, and receives a detection signal from at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a second section after the first section; and a controller that generates touch information by using the detection signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized with at least one synchronization signal of the horizontal synchronization signal and the v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho, Sein Lee
  • Patent number: 11482576
    Abstract: A display device may include a substrate, a display element portion on a surface of the substrate, the display element portion including a plurality of display pixels, a color conversion portion on the display element portion, the color conversion portion including a plurality of banks and a wavelength conversion pattern between the plurality of banks, and a sensor electrode configured to obtain information of a touch input. The sensor electrode may include a first conductive layer arranged on at least a part of a surface of the plurality of banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Duk Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11474612
    Abstract: A controller device is provided that includes an e-field sensor that includes a transmitter electrode formed of a first conductive material, an isolation layer formed of a dielectric material to at least partially cover the transmitter electrode, a first receive electrode formed on the isolation layer of a second conductive material, and a second receive electrode formed on the isolation layer of the second conductive material, wherein the second receive electrode is a mirror image of the first receive electrode on the isolation layer. A gesture performance by a user within a sensing area of the e-field sensor is detected by comparing a received first signal to a received second signal. When an appliance component is responsive to the detected gesture, a control signal is sent to the appliance component indicating that the appliance component perform an action associated with the detected gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Colin M. Hasburgh
  • Patent number: 11474625
    Abstract: A device may include a pressure sensor; a user interface including an input surface opposite to an underside of the user interface, where the underside is positioned near the pressure sensor; a controller; memory in communication with the controller and comprising programmed instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to detect a lower pressure input, simultaneously detect a higher pressure input, calculate a pressure differential between the lower pressure input and the higher pressure input, and move an object depicted in a display in communication with the controller based on the pressure differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Cirque Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Bertrand, David Taylor, Ethan Sturm, Michael Litster, Tyler Smith
  • Patent number: 11474642
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive display device comprises a touch sensitive-display including display electrodes configured to detect proximity of input objects to the touch-sensitive display. A touch controller is configured to determine a two-dimensional position of a stylus touch input based on information from the plurality of display electrodes. An indication of a tilt angle and an azimuthal angle of the stylus is received. A touch restriction region is defined based at least on the two-dimensional position of the stylus touch input and the tilt and azimuthal angles of the stylus. Touch inputs within the touch restriction region are processed differently than touch inputs outside the touch restriction region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitry Birenberg, Gilad Pundak, Idan Palmor, Matan Slassi, Nadav Linenberg
  • Patent number: 11474638
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology of sensing a touch. According to the present disclosure, touch sensors are driven in a time division way using multiplexers disposed on a panel and auxiliary signals, with a same phase as that of driving signals, are supplied to electrodes around a touch sensor in driving so as to reduce the introduction of noises from the neighboring electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11467693
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of impedance sensing are described. One method includes performing a first digital conversion of an attribute of a sensor electrode and performing a second digital conversion of the attribute of the sensor electrode. The second digital conversion differs by at least one characteristic from the first digital conversion. The method further includes calculating a resistance of the sensor electrode from a first and second digital value of the first and second digital conversions, respectively; and calculating a capacitance of the sensor electrode from the first and second digital value of the first and second digital conversions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Andriy Maharyta, Hans Klein, Oleksandr Karpin, Roman Ogirko
  • Patent number: 11467697
    Abstract: One embodiment provide an electronic device including: a housing including a touch area; a touch IC; a sensor circuit configured to generate a first signal in response to detecting a movement of the electronic device; a sensor hub; and a processor. The touch IC is configured to: when a contact on the touch area is detected, transmit a second signal to the sensor hub; and after transmitting the second signal to the sensor hub, transmit a third signal for identifying an event corresponding to the contact to the sensor hub. The sensor hub is configured to: when the first signal is received within a first interval starting from a time point at which the second signal is received, invalidate the first signal; and when the third signal is received from the touch IC, transmit the third signal or a fourth signal based on the third signal to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongki Kim, Jonghwan Kim, Jungsoo Kim, Chijeong Choi, Seungnyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11460934
    Abstract: A touch pad is configured to receive input operations using objects including a finger and a stylus. The touch pad includes a touch screen including a touch detection surface that serves as a button and as a position detection region for detecting positions of the objects. The touch pad includes an integrated circuit having an object detection function of detecting the positions of the objects on the touch detection surface and a button function of detecting a press state of the button based on a force applied to the touch detection surface. The touch pad includes a button function stop unit configured to cause, according to an operation state of the stylus or according to a setting related to an input operation of the stylus, the integrated circuit to stop outputting a button press state value indicative of the press state detected by the button function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11449155
    Abstract: A control method for an immersive system includes following steps. Raw pose data of a controller is tracked. The controller is configured to operate in one of controller modes. A current controller mode is determined among the controller modes. A target pose transform matrix is selected from a plurality of pose transform matrices according to the current controller mode. Each of the pose transform matrices is provided corresponding to one of the controller modes respectively. The target pose transform matrix is applied onto the raw pose data to generate adjusted pose data. A virtual object under the current controller mode in an immersive content is rendered according to the adjusted pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: You-Lung Hsueh
  • Patent number: 11449099
    Abstract: The present invention concerns virtual reality viewers for use with touchscreen enabled mobile devices. The virtual reality viewer comprises: a housing configured to receive a mobile electronic device within an interior of the housing; and an input mechanism that is accessible from an exterior of the housing and that is movable within the interior between a first position and an extended position, wherein a surface of the input mechanism is configured to contact the touch-screen of the mobile electronic device when in the extended position. The disclosed systems and methods facilitate receiving user inputs on the exterior of the housing and providing the user inputs to the touchscreen within the housing using the electro-mechanical input mechanism. Accordingly, the viewer can be used with a variety of smartphones without requiring magnetic switches or a wireless/cable connection between the input device and the smartphone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: DDC TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Buckley