Patents Examined by Thuy Pardo
  • Patent number: 10228723
    Abstract: An electronic device and method of controlling the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display that includes a flat region and at least one curved region, an input device that receives a user manipulation, at least one pressure sensor that senses a pressure applied to the electronic device. The electronic device also includes a processor that performs an operation corresponding to the user manipulation based on the result of the sensed pressure caused by the user manipulation inputted on the curved region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Hoi Kim, Byung Jin Kang, Seong Woong Park, Do Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 10216289
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for emulating a laser pointer with a mobile device are provided. Aspects include determining a position of the mobile device in a room having a display screen, determining a location of the display screen in the room, and determining an orientation of the mobile device. Aspects also include calculating a line vector originating from the mobile device and modifying a display on the display screen to include an indicator of a point at which the line vector intersects the display screen based on a determination that the line vector intersects the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James K. Hook, Hamish C. Hunt, Nicholas K. Lincoln, Simon D. Stone
  • Patent number: 10203763
    Abstract: Gesture detection and interaction techniques are described. Object detection used to support the gestures may be accomplished in a variety of ways, such as by using radio waves as part of a radar technique. In a first example, the techniques are implemented such that one hand of a user sets a context for a gesture that is defined by another hand of the user. In another example, a gesture recognition mode is utilized. In yet another example, detection of distance is used such that the same motions may be used to different between operations performed. In a further example, split gestures are supported. In another instance, entry into a gesture recognition mode may be implemented through touch and then recognized through three-dimensional orientation and motion of that hand or another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Inventors: Ivan Poupyrev, Carsten Schwesig, Jack Schulze, Timo Arnall, Durrell Grant Bevington Bishop
  • Patent number: 10186228
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving circuit for an array substrate, an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The driving circuit comprises a plurality of driving signal lines, which are insulated from each other and are used for driving a display region of the array substrate; and at least one driving circuit protection line insulated from the plurality of driving signal lines, wherein a voltage of the driving circuit protection line is smaller than that of each of the plurality of driving signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuanyuan Hao, Zhaohui Hao, Zhixiao Yao
  • Patent number: 10185433
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for touch responding of a wearable device, and the wearable device. The method for touch responding of the wearable device comprises: acquiring position information of a target fingertip collected by binocular recognition means in a set touch action occurrence area; determining a mapping point mapped on a screen of the wearable device for the target fingertip based on the position information of the target fingertip; and displaying a cursor at the mapping point on the screen of the wearable device. The wearable device according to the present disclosure feeds back effect of touch operations to the user in real time, and thus improves touch accuracy of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xuewen Lv
  • Patent number: 10185393
    Abstract: A near-eye-display (NED) includes an eye tracking system and a waveguide display. The eye tracking system tracks locations based on a location of the user's eyes. The waveguide display includes a light source, an output waveguide and a controller. The output waveguide includes a dynamic output grating that outputs an expanded image light to the tracked eyebox locations. The decoupling grating is a 2D array of spatially switchable liquid crystal (LC) pixels including an active subset of LC pixels emitting light to regions within the tracked eyebox locations. The decoupling grating dynamically out-couples the expanded image light to the tracked location based on switching instructions generated and provided by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai, Wai Sze Tiffany Lam, Lu Lu
  • Patent number: 10175519
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a touch panel-equipped mirror display that can reduce distortion and ghosting in mirror images while also reducing the rainbow effect in displayed images. The touch panel-equipped mirror display according to one aspect of the present invention includes, in order from a rear side: a display device that includes a polarizer; a touch panel; and a mirror plate that includes a reflective polarizer and a substrate, wherein the reflective polarizer and the substrate are fixed together, and wherein the touch panel does not create a phase difference in light. It is preferable that the substrate be a glass substrate with a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 0.4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Hakoi, Akira Sakai, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 10176766
    Abstract: A display driving method is provided. The method comprises: determining whether scanning of at least one area of display areas is completed (S1); adjusting light-emitting luminance of display light source corresponding to the at least one area after the scanning of the at least one area is completed, such that display luminance of the at least one area maintains within a specified range to eliminate picture flicker (S2). The display driving method is capable of reducing commendably the change of display luminance of the at least one area by adjusting the light-emitting luminance of display light source corresponding to the at least one area, so that picture flicker caused by over change of the display luminance would be avoided. There are provided a display driving method and apparatus and a display device comprising the display driving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangliang Shang, Yinling Wang, Yanfeng Wang
  • Patent number: 10170063
    Abstract: A mura compensation method for display panel is disclosed, including: compressing on an array basis of n*m pixels, storing a default mura compensation value corresponding to a first pixel in each area; based on the default mura compensation value, performing linear interpolation calculation to obtain mura compensation values for pixels in the same area other than the first pixel, and performing mura compensation to the display panel; after performing mura compensation to the display panel, obtaining information of an X-th area still having mura phenomenon, the X-th area being an area formed by compression on an array basis of n*m pixels of the display panel; obtaining a final grayscale compensation curve equation; based on the default mura compensation value and the final grayscale compensation curve equation, calculating supplementary mura compensation values for pixels in the X-th area other than the first pixel; re-performing the mura compensation to the X-th area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 10162431
    Abstract: An identification system includes an input device and a verification device. A plurality of photovoltaic panels of the input device cooperatively receive light reflected off an object that is illuminated by a lighting module. Each photovoltaic panel converts light energy of the light received thereby into electricity. The input device further includes an electrical measurement unit to measure electrical quantities of the electricity generated by the photovoltaic panels, and an encoding unit to convert the electrical quantities into code parameters and to compose an input code using the code parameters. The verification device communicates with the input device, and verifies the input code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Ruei-Tang Chen
  • Patent number: 10157586
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes a data driving part, a comparing part, a data signal controlling part, and a gate driving part. The data driving part generates a dummy data signal in response to dummy image data, outputs the dummy data signal to a dummy data line of a display panel, generates a data signal in response to image data, and outputs the data signal to a data line of the display panel. The comparing part outputs a comparison signal in response to the dummy data signal and a delayed dummy data signal generated due to a load of the dummy data line. The comparison signal indicates how much the delayed dummy data signal is delayed with respect to the dummy data signal. The data signal controlling part controls the data signal using the comparison signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jai-Hyun Koh, Jaehoon Lee, Dong-Won Park, Mun-San Park, Bonghyun You, Seokha Hong
  • Patent number: 10157562
    Abstract: A driver integrated circuit (IC) chip includes gamma voltage generators, a line selector, and a data driver. The gamma voltage generators generate gamma voltage sets based on a reference voltage set. The line selector controls the connection between a plurality of voltage line sets for providing the reference voltage set and the gamma voltage generators based on a selection signal. The data driver converts input image data to data signals based on the gamma voltage sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-Hyuk Shin, Myeong-Bin Lim
  • Patent number: 10152087
    Abstract: A flexible display device including a display panel including a first space area and a second space area; a touch panel disposed on the display panel to sense a touch signal; a first sensor disposed on the touch panel in the first space area and configured to sense a first coordinate signal for the first space area; a second sensor disposed on the touch panel in the second space area and configured to sense a second coordinate signal for the second space area; and a driving control unit configured to calculate a folding angle between the first space area and the second space area based on the first and second coordinate signals and calculate a coordinate of a touch point based on the touch signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chansung Jung
  • Patent number: 10152133
    Abstract: Provided is a method of providing an image, the method including obtaining an image, extracting a haptic feature from an edge of the obtained image, generating a vibration pattern signal corresponding to the extracted haptic feature based on vibration pattern data, and generating vibration corresponding to a vibration generation request according to the generated vibration pattern signal when there is the vibration generation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Jeong Mook Lim
  • Patent number: 10147378
    Abstract: A scan line to which a selection signal or a non-selection signal is input from its end, and a transistor in which a clock signal is input to a gate, the non-selection signal is input to a source, and a drain is connected to the scan line are provided. A signal input to the end of the scan line is switched from the selection signal to the non-selection signal at the same or substantially the same time as the transistor is turned on. The non-selection signal is input not only from one end but also from both ends of the scan line. This makes it possible to inhibit the potentials of portions in the scan line from being changed at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 10146368
    Abstract: A display device with a touch sensor having a display function and a touch sensor function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode; a first electrode along a first direction; and a second substrate including a second electrode that includes patterns of electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction and that faces the first electrode and the pixel electrode, wherein upon the display function being activated, the pixel electrode is supplied with a pixel signal, and the second electrode is supplied with common voltage, and upon the touch sensor function being activated, the first electrode is applied with a first signal and the second electrode is configured to receive the first signal to be a second signal as a touch detecting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Naosuke Furutani, Hayato Kurasawa, Makoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10141185
    Abstract: An oxide semiconductor includes an oxide having a layered structure expressed by an expression of a product of [(AO)(ZO)mi(BO)(ZO)ni]i from i=1 to L. In the product, an atom A is a positive monovalent element, an atom Z is a positive divalent element, an atom B is a positive trivalent element, L is a positive integer, and mi and ni are independent integers greater than or equal to zero. A sum from i=1 to L of (mi+ni) is not zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ueda, Yuki Nakamura, Yukiko Abe, Shinji Matsumoto, Yuji Sone, Ryoichi Saotome, Sadanori Arae, Minehide Kusayanagi
  • Patent number: 10133466
    Abstract: A user interface element is displayed for in place editing of values within a document. For example, in response to selecting a value, a user interface is displayed near the value that receives a slide gesture for adjusting the value in place. The user interface may be configured to select one of the discrete parts of the value in response to changing a level of the slide gesture. For example, a user may move the swipe gesture from a level used for adjusting the day value to the level representing the year value. The user interface displayed and method(s) used to adjust the value may be based on the type of value and the structure and content of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoct Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward Rampson, Karen Xiaoxu Cheng, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10127313
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of retrieving attributes from at least two data sources (DS) by accessing the data source(s) (DS) identifying a number of attributes (A) of said data source(s) (DS), associating/assigning at least two attributes to a set of associated attributes (ASA), storing a retrieving profile (RP), according to which attributes (A) of the data sources may be retrieved. According to the invention, multiple data sources may be accessed by users having limited resources, such as time and money, as access may be established by means of a simple query, which may subsequently be effected by means of the stored retrieving profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KAPOW SOFTWARE
    Inventors: Stefan Andreasen, Morten Helles
  • Patent number: 10096667
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed at a peripheral area of the display area. A plurality of pixels is disposed in the display area of the substrate. A plurality of signal lines is disposed on the substrate and is connected to the plurality of pixels. The plurality of signal lines include a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the substrate. A crack detecting line is disposed in the non-display area and is connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines. The crack detecting line includes a first portion disposed below an insulating layer and a second portion disposed above the insulating layer. The first portion and the second portion are connected with each other through a contact hole formed in the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Hyun Park