Patents Examined by Ngan Pham Lu
  • Patent number: 9318058
    Abstract: A display unit includes: an image display panel; a backlight section disposed on a back surface of the image display panel, and including a light guide member and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel; a light source emitting light, the light being allowed to enter the light guide member of the backlight section; a polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel drive section driving the polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel of the backlight section in synchronization with writing of an image displayed on the image display panel to control a location that scatters light incident on the light guide member on the polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel; and a light source drive section allowing the light source to blink in synchronization with a period in which light is scattered by the polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norimasa Furukawa, Naoki Ikawa, Ichiro Murakami, Kentaro Okuyama, Akira Ebisui
  • Patent number: 9298315
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a photo sensor and a driving method. The display device includes a first sensing unit and a second sensing unit that sense light, at least one sensing signal line that is connected with the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit and transmits a reference voltage for resetting the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit, a sensing signal processor that processes a sensing signal from the sensing signal line, and a backlight that irradiates internal light toward the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit during an internal light irradiation period which is repeated per frame, in which the first sensing unit is reset once and the second sensing unit is reset at least three times during each frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hee Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 9274648
    Abstract: A method of compensating for coordinates of an edge portion of a touch sensing system is disclosed. The method includes calculating coordinates of a touch point, suitably converting the coordinates of the touch point based on a resolution of a display panel, deciding whether or not current coordinates of the touch point are present in a bezel area outside an active area of the display panel, in which an image is displayed, and when the current coordinates of the touch point are present in the bezel area, modifying the current coordinates of the touch point into edge coordinates of the active area contacting the bezel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghee Hwang, Kiduk Kim
  • Patent number: 9268163
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel including a display unit; and a deformation member located on the flexible display panel. The deformation member is deformed due to external light that is incident on the flexible display device, and thus the flexible display device is deformed, thereby allowing the external light to be blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hye-Jung Park
  • Patent number: 9239637
    Abstract: Systems are described for transmitting and receiving signals in an active stylus for a capacitive touch sensor, for which the systems have at least one circuit for receiving a current from an electrode and for transmitting a voltage onto the electrode. The systems include components for receiving the current in a receiving mode, a switch, and a switchmode power supply circuit having at least a transformer and a diode, for which the diode is coupled to the transformer. In a transmission mode, there is means for electrically isolating at least some of the components configured for receiving the current in the receiving mode from the voltage formed across the stray capacitance. In the receiving mode, there is a means for electrically isolating at least some of the components configured for receiving the current in the receiving mode from an inductance of the transformer in the switchmode power supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: PERCEPTIVE PIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Westhues, Jefferson Y. Han
  • Patent number: 9224332
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes: an organic light-emitting panel in which a plurality of pixel regions are arranged, the pixel regions each including a drive transistor configured to drive an organic light emission element and a sensing transistor configured to detect a threshold voltage of the drive transistor during a sensing interval; and a controller configured to compare a pixel number of a low grayscale range and a pixel number of a high grayscale range, which are obtained from an image signal, and adjust the sensing interval according to a compared resultant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Chan Byun, Jung-Yoon Yi, Dae-Hyeon Park
  • Patent number: 9225582
    Abstract: A communications device receives a trigger event and, in response to the trigger event, retrieves identification information and identifies a correspondent entity associated with the trigger event based on the identification information. Communication information relating to one or more communications events associated with the correspondent entity is then retrieved, organized, and displayed in one or more views on the communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: David P. Conway
  • Patent number: 9223440
    Abstract: Embodiments of method and systems are disclosed. An embodiment of a method for optical navigation involves generating light at a light source, directing the light to a navigation surface, detecting light reflected from the navigation surface toward a sensor array, and generating movement information, which is indicative of movement of the navigation surface relative to the sensor array, in response to the detected light. Generating the movement information involves determining the speed of the movement, comparing the speed of the movement to a movement threshold, selecting a processing algorithm from a plurality of processing algorithms in response to the comparison, and processing the movement information according to the selected processing algorithm. In an embodiment, the processing algorithms include an adaptive navigation algorithm and a sensor resolution adjustment algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lay Cheng Jessie Lim, Boon How Kok, Ming Yong Mau
  • Patent number: 9176630
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus relate to capacitive touch sensors with a fine-pointed, active stylus. The active stylus is configured to receive a signal from the capacitive touch sensor for synchronizing a time base of the stylus with the capacitive touch sensor. The active stylus is configured to receive a signal from a matrix of the capacitive touch sensor to measure a first position along one axis, and transmit a signal from the single electrode of the stylus to the matrix to indicate a second position of the stylus along another axis of the matrix. The stylus can transmit the received signal to report the first position of the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: PERCEPTIVE PIXEL, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Westhues, Jefferson Y. Han
  • Patent number: 8774807
    Abstract: There is provided a method for handover of a terminal in a wireless access system using multi-carrier operation. The method comprises: receiving a handover command message from a serving base station; and performing network reentry to a target base station based on the handover command message, wherein the handover command message includes information required for handover to the target base station and information on whether the target base station supports handover using multi-carriers. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently perform the handover in the wireless access system supporting the multi-carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soojung Jung, Juhee Kim, Eunkyung Kim, Jae Sun Cha, Kwang Jae Lim, Hyun Lee, Chul Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 8773336
    Abstract: Illumination devices and related systems and methods are closed that can be used for LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) backlights, LED lamps, or other applications. The illumination devices can include a photo detector, such as a photodiode or an LED or other light detecting device, and one or more LEDs of different colors. A related method can be implemented using these illumination devices to maintain precise color produced by the blended emissions from such LEDs. One application for the illumination devices is backlighting for FSC (Field Sequential Color) LCDs (Liquid Crystal Displays). FSC LCDs temporally mix the colors in an image by sequentially loading the red, green, and blue pixel data of an image in the panel and flashing the different colors of an RGB backlight. Precise and uniform color temperature across such a display can be advantageously maintained by continually monitoring ratios of photodiode currents induced by the different colored LEDs in each illumination device as each color is flashed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Ketra, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Knapp
  • Patent number: 8749503
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting a plurality of touch points on a touch panel is disclosed. A touch position detector comprises a touch panel, a detection module and an identification module. The touch panel comprises n+1 groups of mutually-parallel electrodes, and at least two of the n+1 groups are arranged at a predefined angle, where n is an integer. The detection module detects position information for each of the n+1 groups, and the position information corresponds to n touched positions on the touch panel. The identification module identifies the n touched positions based on the position information and the predefined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Nao Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8744539
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and a corresponding method for controlling radiation characteristics of a transmitter of a wireless device. The wireless device includes a transmitting portion that includes one or more antennas that are characterized by one or more radiation patterns. The wireless device further comprises a sensor system for determining an orientation of the transmitting portion and a control system that is operatively coupled to the sensor system and configured to control the supply of power to each antenna depending on the orientation of the transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: NETGEAR, Inc.
    Inventors: Behrouz Pourseyed, Vincent Maddock Smith, Ying Wang, Kevin Alexander Goodfellow, Colin Lee
  • Patent number: 8731549
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed that involve the indication of neighbor base stations. For instance, a base station may generate and wirelessly transmit a message that indicates a plurality of neighboring base stations. This message may include an indicator having one or more wildcard values. Through the employment of such wildcard values, the indicator may provide information corresponding to the plurality of neighboring base stations. For instance, the indicator may indicate a plurality of base station identifiers (BSIDs). Alternatively, the indicator may indicate a plurality of preamble indices. As a further alternative, the indicator may indicate a plurality of carrier frequencies. Through the employment of such techniques, overhead can be saved without causing ambiguity in mobility management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Avishay Sharaga, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Xiangying Yang
  • Patent number: 8686988
    Abstract: In the case of depositing a metal in a plurality of stages by applying deposition voltages having a plurality of rectangular waves at different voltages to an electrochemical display element, the application time of the rectangular wave at the highest voltage among the plurality of rectangular waves is set to a time (Tip) required for reaching a resistance inflexion point (Rip) where the resistance value (R) of a pixel starts to rapidly increase or shorter. Thus, the element can be prevented from being broken without deteriorating the response characteristics of a display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoo Izumi
  • Patent number: 8676174
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for quickly and easily requesting content over a mobile device via a telephone network without requiring user entry of a number of pieces of information or having to forward through to certain request screens and/or browse for content. The method includes verifying a mobile device based on an incoming telephone call to a particular destination telephone number; retrieving by a content server the specific content associated with the particular destination telephone number in which contact has been initiated by the mobile device; and providing the specific content to the mobile device requesting the content. Specific content includes but is not limited to broadcast data, satellite transmitted data, and cable network data provided during a telephone call, so that a mobile device can receive everything from television shows to news broadcasts and educational shows, etc. so long it is within range of a telephone network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Steve Cha
  • Patent number: 8660587
    Abstract: A method for providing position information and identifying positions of others, using an electronic apparatus, includes detecting first position information regarding a current position of the electronic apparatus, transmitting a position inquiry request and information regarding a predetermined time period to an external apparatus, receiving second position information regarding a position of the external apparatus from the external apparatus for the predetermined time period, and displaying positions of the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus on a screen using the first position information and the second position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jong-sun Pyo, Seung-dong Yu, Woo-Yong Chang, Se-jun Park, Min-jeong Moon
  • Patent number: 8605054
    Abstract: A touch screen system includes a capacitive touch screen (1) including a plurality of row conductors (7-1,2 . . . n) and a column conductor (5-1). A plurality of cotemporaneous orthogonal excitation signals (S1(t), S2(t) . . . Sn(t)) are simultaneously driven onto the row conductors, respectively. The capacitively coupled signals on the column conductor may be influenced by a touch (10) on the capacitive touch screen. Receiver circuitry (50) includes a sense amplifier (21-1) coupled to generate an amplifier output signal (r1(t)) in response to signals capacitively coupled onto the column conductor. WHT-based circuitry (35) determines amounts of signal contribution capacitively coupled by each of the excitation signals, respectively, to the amplifier output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: William R. Krenik, Anand Dabak
  • Patent number: 8565727
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods of determining whether to permit a call to an access terminal are disclosed. A second party is determined to be available for a communication session between a first party and the second party. Location information associated with a call permissions rule set is obtained, where the call permissions rule set includes at least one rule related to whether a communication session between the first and second parties is permissible. Further, at least one rule includes one or more location-based rules. Location information is obtained that is associated with the second party. Then, it is determined whether to permit the communication session based on the obtained location information associated with the call permissions rule set and the obtained location information associated with the second party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark A. Lindner
  • Patent number: 8554222
    Abstract: A method, a system and a device for maintaining user service continuity are provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The method includes prohibiting a UE from accessing a forbidden network before handover is complete when the UE needs to perform network handover if the UE adopts a SIM access technology, thus avoiding service interruption of a SIM user due to access to an incorrect network. A system and a device for maintaining user service continuity are provided in an embodiment of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanmei Yang, Xiajun Zhuang