Patents Examined by Nelson Rosario
  • Patent number: 9684372
    Abstract: A system and method for human computer interaction (HCI), may acquire image data, determine an interaction intended to be conducted by a user based on various gestures and poses of the user detected from the image data, and perform an operation and/or function which is displayed on a display of a display unit, in response to a result of the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Xun, Chen Maolin
  • Patent number: 9679508
    Abstract: A display panel includes scan lines, data lines, organic light emitting diodes, pixel circuits configured to supply drive currents, and electrically coupled to the scan lines and the data lines, repair pixel circuits configured to generate repair drive currents when there is a malfunctioning pixel circuit, repair lines, and repair data lines, wherein a corresponding repair pixel circuit corresponds to the malfunctioning pixel circuit, and is configured to generate the repair drive current based on a repair data voltage from a corresponding repair data line, wherein the repair drive current is configured to be supplied to a corresponding organic light emitting diode that corresponds to the malfunctioning pixel circuit through a corresponding repair line that corresponds to the malfunctioning pixel circuit, and wherein a portion of the repair data lines that extends in the first direction is longer than a portion that does not extend in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong Tae Park, Tae Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 9678343
    Abstract: A method for operating virtual reality glasses involves displaying at least one virtual object from a first virtual viewing position by the virtual reality glasses and displaying the virtual object and a first position symbol at a point corresponding to the first virtual viewing position and at least one further position symbol at a point corresponding to a further virtual viewing position by an external display unit. If a predetermined confirmation action in relation to the further position symbol displayed on the display unit has been detected, a virtual position change is performed by the virtual reality glasses from the first virtual viewing position to the further virtual viewing position, whereupon the virtual object is displayed from the further virtual viewing position by the virtual reality glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus Kuehne, Thomas Zuchtriegel
  • Patent number: 9671897
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a detector that detects movement of a manipulation body in a vertical direction in relation to a display, and a processor that determines a speed of movement of the manipulation body based on an output of the detector, and determines a process to be executed based on the determined speed of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Ritsuko Kano, Tomoya Narita
  • Patent number: 9673334
    Abstract: A LTPS TFT and a TFT substrate are disclosed. The LTPS TFT includes: a substrate; a first gate arranged on the substrate; a polysilicon layer arranged on the substrates, and the polysilicon layer covers the first gate, wherein the polysilicon layer comprises a source area, a drain area, and a trench area formed between the source area and the drain area; a second gate arranged on the polysilicon layer; wherein when the LTPS TFT has been driven, the first gate and the second gate are respectively applied with a first voltage and a second voltage, and a polarity of the first voltage is opposite to the polarity of the second voltage. In this way, the feed through voltage may be reduced such that the TFT performance is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chiu-chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9666127
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of scan lines, and a scan driving unit to supply a scan signal to each of the plurality of pixels via the plurality of scan lines, the scan driving unit including a scan signal generation unit to generate the scan signal supplied to each of the plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of buffers respectively corresponding to the plurality of scan lines, each one of the plurality of buffers outputting a scan signal to a corresponding one of the plurality of scan lines, wherein each of the plurality of buffers includes a transistor having a size corresponding to a load of a circuit connected to an output end of a corresponding buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwangsae Lee
  • Patent number: 9652092
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive input device (2) in the form of a touch panel is described. The device comprises a transparent substrate (11) and at least one transparent electrode (14) disposed on the substrate, the at least one electrode comprising a layer (16) of opaque conductive material having holes (35) therein so as to form a mesh of opaque conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Novalia Ltd
    Inventor: Kate Stone
  • Patent number: 9645673
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate includes a detection electrode of a touch panel, pixels include pixel electrodes and counter electrodes, the counter electrodes are divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are provided in common to the pixels on a plurality of display lines being side by side, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are used as scanning electrodes of the touch panel as well, the liquid crystal display device includes a semiconductor chip configured to supply a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the divided blocks, the semiconductor chip includes a first terminal group formed on a side of a display area side configured by the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Shuuichirou Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9645641
    Abstract: An electronic device detects an object in a field of view of a camera and determines a position of a reflection of the object in a reflective surface of the electronic device as viewed from a defined observation point. When the electronic device detects selection input from a user, a control of the electronic device is activated based on an alignment between a location on a reflective surface of the electronic device and the reflection of the object on the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Byungjoo Lee, Masaaki Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 9639172
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for dynamically varying backlighting for mechanical keys. By one approach at least some of the individual mechanical keys each includes a capacitively-sensitive keycap. A plurality of light emitters are disposed behind the physical keyboard and are configured to provide backlighting for the individual mechanical keys. A control circuit operably couples to the plurality of light emitters and controls the plurality of light emitters to selectively provide dynamically-varied backlighting for at least some of the individual mechanical keys. By one approach the dynamically-varied backlighting comprises, at least in part, instructions regarding available touch-based gestures (for example, gestures that the user can employ in conjunction with the capacitively-sensitive keycaps). Examples of touch-based gestures include, but are not limited to, swipe-based gestures and tap-based gestures. By one approach the aforementioned instructions include non-alphabetic visually-symbolic instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Christofer Bengt Thure Leyon, Maria Christina Nathalie Freyhult
  • Patent number: 9620073
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a gate driving circuit are provided. The gate driving circuit includes shift register circuits cascade-connected in series. Each shift register circuit includes: first and second pull-up circuits, first and second pull-down circuits and a pull-down control circuit. The first and second pull-up circuits are electrically connected in series between a preceding-stage gate driving signal and a gate driving signal output terminal. The first and second pull-down circuits and the pull-down control circuit are electrically connected with the first and second pull-up circuits in parallel. The pull-down control circuit is electrically coupled to the preceding-stage gate driving signal, the first and second pull-down circuits and first and second voltage levels and for controlling the first and second pull-down circuits according to the preceding-stage gate driving signal. Accordingly, the invention is suitable for CMOS process and can increase circuit stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sikun Hao
  • Patent number: 9612671
    Abstract: A removable stylus tip for use with an active stylus. The tip is capable of exchanging electrical communications with the touchscreen of a computing device. The tip includes a conductive core to transmit signals between the stylus body and a cone-shaped end of the stylus core. The cone-shaped end is covered with a coating to protect the tip and the touchscreen device. The coating is a composite material configured to allow electrical signals to pass through the material as well as to provide mechanical protection to components of the tip and touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Piotr Pawel Blaszczak, Timothy Michael Vanderet, Ann Yuhui Yun, Kam Sheng Leang, Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Miguel Angel Morales
  • Patent number: 9613566
    Abstract: An AMOLED driving device includes a control module, a voltage module, and a display panel. The control module includes a timing control unit, a data output unit, a black screen output unit, and a data output selection unit. The voltage module includes a Gamma constant voltage unit and an OLED driving voltage unit. The timing control unit generates a frame control signal (Frame_ctr) that controls the data output selection unit (14) and the OLED driving voltage unit so that a normal image is output in one frame, while a black screen is output in another frame. During the period of outputting of the black screen, a preset positive potential is switched to connect to a power supply negative potential so as to prevent the occurrence of a display defect of residual image and effectively suppress threshold voltage shifting of a second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhenling Wang, Taijiun Hwang, Pingsheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 9606683
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive input device (2) in the form of a touch panel is described. The device comprises a transparent substrate (11) and at least one transparent electrode (14) disposed on the substrate, the at least one electrode comprising a layer (16) of opaque conductive material having holes (35) therein so as to form a mesh of opaque conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Novalia Ltd
    Inventor: Kate Stone
  • Patent number: 9595228
    Abstract: A pixel array and an organic light emitting display device including the same, can display an image with uniform luminance by compensating for a variation in threshold voltage/mobility of a driving transistor for each pixel and compensating for a change in efficiency due to degradation of an organic light emitting diode. A first pixel among the pixel array includes an organic light emitting diode; a pixel circuit positioned among an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode, a first scan line and a first data line through which a data signal is supplied to the first pixel, and controlling current flowing in the organic light emitting diode; and a switching element controlling the coupling between a second data line through which a data signal is supplied to a second pixel of the plurality of pixels and the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Joo-Hyung Lee, Won-Tae Choi
  • Patent number: 9582091
    Abstract: A user interface (UI) providing method and apparatus that increase the usability of a control panel and quickly and conveniently provide a desired UI to a user. The UI providing method includes detecting a gesture of a hand of a user, determining a touch input UI that corresponds to the detected gesture and is displayed on a screen, and adjusting and displaying the touch input UI on a basis of a distance from the screen to the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Jin Kim, Mi-Jeoung Ahn, Jae-Moon Jo, Dong-Gyu Hyun
  • Patent number: 9575605
    Abstract: The invention relates to an input device 1 for capacitive touch-sensitive displays, wherein the device is a simple pen 11, wherein the simple pen can be sharpened, wherein the device is present as a core, or wherein the device is present as a core with a coating, or wherein the device is present as a core with a casing, or wherein the device comprises a core, a casing and a coating, wherein the core, the casing and/or the coating are configured to be electrically conductive, wherein an element, a contacting element 12 for a tablet/display is formed at one end of the device, and wherein the contacting element is formed as an electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: STAEDTLER MARS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Rilke Dix
  • Patent number: 9563321
    Abstract: The method for detecting background signals of a capacitive sensing device includes obtaining several capacitance values by detecting a reference point selected from several sensing points in a frequency-hopping manner, and selectively executing a procedure for refreshing the background signals according to the capacitance values and a predetermined threshold. Accordingly, the process of signal-detection can be speeded up, and the signals having a frequency identical to a working frequency can still be identified. As a result, the accuracy of a signal-reading process can be maintained over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: SALT INTERNATIONAL CORP., IMAGINATION BROADWAY LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Li Lee
  • Patent number: 9552043
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device is provided. The handheld electronic device includes a touch display unit, a sensor unit and a processing unit. The sensor unit detects a rotation angle of the handheld electronic device relative to a gravity direction and a displacement of the handheld electronic device. The processing unit is electrically connected to the touch display unit and the sensor unit to extend a timeout threshold of the touch display unit from a first value to a second value that is larger than the first value when the rotation angle is within a reading mode range. The processing unit keeps the timeout threshold at the second value when at least a first condition that the displacement of the handheld electronic device is larger than a predetermined value is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Chun Chen, Hsin-Ti Chueh, Abhishek Saxena, Chia-Wei Chen, Hung-Wen Chien
  • Patent number: 9552784
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral electric-field type of liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including a plurality of liquid crystal pixels arranged in a matrix, and a controller configured to perform intermittent driving to rewrite an image signal to the liquid crystal pixels, wherein a frame frequency falls within a range of 10 Hz to 20 Hz, and an absolute value of a flexo coefficient (e11, e33) of a liquid crystal applied to the liquid crystal pixels is 1.6 pC/m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daiichi Suzuki, Yukio Tanaka, Kenji Nakao, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Shinichi Komura, Shinichiro Oka, Mika Oiwa