Patents Examined by Tom Sheng
  • Patent number: 10324522
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of a motion-capture body suit include the step of providing a motion-capture body suit, wherein the motion-capture body suit comprises a plurality of position sensors, wherein each position sensor of the plurality of position sensors obtains a position of an associated body area, wherein each position sensor is integrated into a textile tunnel located on the associated body are of each position sensor. The method includes the step of obtaining a set of sensor-level position data from the plurality of position sensors as a series of position measurements observed over a specified period of time. The method includes the step of obtaining a body-level position data as another series of body-position measurements observed over the specified period of time. The method includes the step of combining the set of sensor-level position data and the body-level position data using a Kalman filter to produce a body-motion output stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jakob Balslev, Anders Kullmann Klok, Maziar Taghiyar-Zamani, Matias Søndergaard
  • Patent number: 10185424
    Abstract: Provided is a touch member includes a folding region folded around a folding axis and a non-folding region adjacent to the folding region. The touch member includes a first conductive pattern disposed in the folding region and a second conductive pattern disposed in the non-folding region. The touch member also includes an air gap defined inside the first conductive pattern. The touch member is configured to detect an external signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungha Son, Jaeneung Kim, Yong-hwan Ryu, Sangkyu Choi, Jihun Kim, Hanyung Jung
  • Patent number: 10176770
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for controlling liquid crystal display brightness, and a liquid crystal display device. The method for controlling liquid crystal display brightness according to the present application determines a backlight adjustment rule according to a grayscale value distribution of an image signal and a first preset rule, adjusts a zoned backlight value corresponding to a zoned image data block according to the backlight adjustment rule, as well as drives and controls the backlight source brightness of the corresponding backlight zone by using the adjusted zoned backlight value, thereby adjusting the zoned backlight values for image signals of different grayscale value distributions by using different backlight adjustment rules, significantly improving the picture hierarchy of different image signals, and enhancing the displaying quality of the picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10176743
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for adjusting color temperature and a device. The method comprises: acquiring a present light intensity parameter value of each of N primary colors of light emitted by a light source of a display device, determining a set light intensity parameter value of each of the N primary colors according to the present light intensity parameter value of each of the N primary colors and a pre-saved light intensity parameter value of each of the N primary colors, and respectively adjusting the light intensity of each of the N primary colors according to the set light intensity parameter value of the N primary colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhen Wang
  • Patent number: 10175799
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a substrate, a method for manufacturing a substrate, a touch screen and a display device. The substrate includes a base substrate and an anti-reflection film provided on the base substrate. The anti-reflection film includes a first dense homogeneous layer, a nano-porous layer and a second dense homogeneous layer. All the layers of the anti-reflection film include SiO2 material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiandong Guo
  • Patent number: 10168775
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a sensor configured to detect movement and generate movement data related to at least part of a detected movement; a messaging unit configured to create a message that is configured to include movement information based at least in part upon the movement data; a transmitter in data communication with the messaging unit and configured to transmit the message; a touch sensor area configured to send, based at least in part on detection of a touch, an activation signal to the messaging unit; and a housing configured to at least partially enclose at least one of the sensor, the messaging unit, and the transmitter, and including a finger grip configured to secure the housing to a human finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Mastandrea
  • Patent number: 10168837
    Abstract: An adjustment method for adjusting the direction of infrared light projected so that infrared light to pass over a displayed image from a projection device that is rotatable with orthogonal first and second axes as axes of rotation, the method including: arranging the projection device such that the plane containing the first axis and a line perpendicular to the upper edge or lower edge of the displayed image is orthogonal to the plane in which the displayed image is displayed; displaying a first image representing a first target on the line; and rotating the projection device with the second axis as the axis of rotation such that the irradiation position of the infrared light upon an indicator in the first image, in which is displayed a captured image, coincides with the position of the first target on the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 10168846
    Abstract: A touch display panel, a manufacturing method, a display device and a touch substrate are provided. The touch display panel, comprising a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; the display region includes a base substrate and a touch function layer arranged on the base substrate; the non-display region includes the base substrate, and a white light-shielding layer and a reflection enhancing layer which are sequentially arranged on the base substrate, and the reflection enhancing layer is configured for increasing reflectivity of the touch display panel with respect to incident rays; the touch function layer, the white light-shielding layer and the reflection enhancing layer are located on a same side of the base substrate. The touch display panel can improve brightness of appearance of a white OGS touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenjie Shi, Taofeng Xie, Ming Hu, Tao Ma
  • Patent number: 10163399
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a DC-DC conversion control module, a DC-DC converter, and a display device. The DC-DC conversion control module includes a voltage input terminal, a control voltage output terminal, and a control sub-module; the control sub-module includes a delay unit, a switch unit, and an output control unit; the delay unit is configured to output a trigger signal after delaying for a time length; the switch unit is configured to, when receiving the trigger signal, make the path between the voltage input terminal and the input terminal of the output control unit be conducted; and the output control unit is configured to output a control voltage. Embodiments of the disclosure can realize adjustable delaying with respect to the output voltage of the DC-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenjing Tan
  • Patent number: 10151866
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive apparatus comprises a light transmissive panel (1), an illumination arrangement and a detection arrangement. The illumination arrangement is configured to couple light into the panel (1) via an incoupling site (5B) such that the light propagates by total internal reflection (TIR) in opposite top and bottom surfaces (4, 5) of the panel and such that an object touching the top or bottom surface (4, 5) causes a change in the propagating light. The detection arrangement comprises a light detector arranged to detect the change in the propagating light. A compact and robust incoupling site (5B) is defined by a sheet-like micro-structured surface portion (22) which is fixedly arranged on one of the top and bottom surfaces (4, 5) and configured to transmit light having an angle of incidence that enables light propagation by TIR inside the panel (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Thomas Craven-Bartle, Hakan Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 10147385
    Abstract: An online gamma adjustment system of liquid crystal panel is disclosed. The system includes a port receiving a gamma encoding for adjusting from an external gamma adjustment device, and generating an enable signal; a storage device storing the gamma encoding for adjusting received by the port according to a voltage level status of the enable signal; a controller selectively reading the gamma encoding from the storage device according to voltage level status of the enable signal; and a gamma register receiving the gamma encoding read by the controller, outputting a gamma voltage corresponding to the gamma encoding read by the controller in order to drive a liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yu-yeh Chen, Yu Wu, Jianjun Xie
  • Patent number: 10140911
    Abstract: The present application discloses a shift register unit for outputting a gate driving signal to control image display in an operation cycle including sequentially an input phase, an output phase, an output-suspending phase, the shift register unit including a first node-control circuit connected to a pull-up node and a first pull-down node; a second node-control circuit connected to a pull-down control node and the pull-up node; a pull-up circuit connected to the pull-up node, a first input terminal for receiving a first clock signal, and an output terminal for outputting the gate driving signal, and configured to control the first clock signal to be passed from the first input terminal to the output terminal when the pull-up node is at a first potential level; a third node-control circuit connected to the pull-up node, the first pull-down node, the pull-down control node, and a second input terminal for receiving a second clock signal; and configured to control the first pull-down node to receive the second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoxiang Zhang, Zheng Liu, Mingxuan Liu, Huibin Guo, Xi Chen
  • Patent number: 10139974
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a sensor provided on at least one surface of the display panel and configured to sense a touch location and a touch pressure. The sensor includes a sensing unit having sensing electrodes formed on a same layer, and of which a capacitance changes according to a touch, and a resistance element disposed on the sensing unit, and of which a resistance changes according to a pressure of the touch. Accordingly, touch and touch intensity can both be sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Young Seok Seo, Jong Ho Hong
  • Patent number: 10126864
    Abstract: An electronic device having a touch screen or display to reduce or eliminate visibility of structures in the device due to reflected light includes a base member and a touch member disposed on one surface of the base member and including first and second sensor parts spaced apart from each other with a boundary interposed therebetween. Each of the first and second sensor parts includes first and second areas disposed adjacent to each, a plurality of first patterns in the first area spaced apart from each other and a plurality of second patterns in the second area spaced apart from the first patterns. Each of the first patterns has a first shape, and each of the second patterns has a second shape different than the first shape. Various embodiments of patterns having shapes selected to reduce or eliminate visibility are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-hee Jeong, Yeontae Kim, Taejoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10120465
    Abstract: [Object] To propose an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, which are capable of preventing deterioration in responsiveness of handwriting input. [Solution] Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result from a detector that detects proximity of an operating object to an operation subject; and a display controller configured to, in a case where the display controller recognizes that a distance between the operation subject and the operating object, which are spaced apart from each other, exceeds a threshold on the basis of the detection result, cause a display to display an image in a display mode different from a display mode used in a case where the distance is less than or equal to the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: LINFINY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tomokiyo, Hiroyuki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10121443
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first gate driving circuit, a second gate driving circuit, a first pixel element and a second pixel element. The first gate driving circuit generates a first gate pulse signal. The second gate driving circuit generates a second gate pulse signal. The first gate pulse signal and the second gate pulse signal are simultaneously activated. The first pixel element receives the first gate pulse signal. The second pixel element receives the second gate pulse signal. While the first pixel element is in a negative polarity state, the second pixel element is in a positive polarity state, the first pixel element is turned off in response to a first low gate voltage of the first gate pulse signal, and the second pixel element is turned off in response to a second low gate voltage of the second gate pulse signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Konoshita
  • Patent number: 10114413
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic bag. The electronic bag includes a bag body equipped with a strap. The electronic bag further includes a display screen and a first touch panel which is configured to control the display screen to display different patterns. The display screen is arranged on an external surface of the bag body. The first touch panel is arranged on the strap. A method for controlling the electronic bag is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Chao Jiang, Zhanchao Liu, Ji Wang, Chao Han, He Li
  • Patent number: 10114504
    Abstract: A touch screen, a display device and a fabrication method of a touch screen are provided. The touch screen includes a gate layer, an insulating layer, a source-drain electrode layer, a first Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layer, a protective layer and a second ITO layer. The insulating layer is overlaid on the gate layer, the source-drain electrode layer is overlaid on the insulating layer, the first ITO layer is overlaid on the source-drain electrode layer, the protective layer is overlaid on the first ITO layer, and the second ITO layer is overlaid on the protective layer; the gate layer includes a touch driving electrode, the source-drain electrode layer includes a touch sensing electrode line, and the second ITO layer includes a touch sensing electrode pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinglong Yan, Jilei Gao
  • Patent number: 10115343
    Abstract: A sub-pixel of an organic light emitting display device according to an embodiment includes an organic light emitting diode connected to a first node; a driving transistor comprising a first electrode, a second electrode connected to the first node, and a gate electrode connected to a second node; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the second node; a second capacitor connected between an emission control line and the second node; a first transistor comprising a first electrode connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate electrode connected to a scan line; and a second transistor comprising a first electrode connected to a high potential voltage line, a second electrode connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor, and a gate electrode connected to the emission control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DongChun Kang, JongHyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10109238
    Abstract: A shift register unit is disclosed which includes a first control module operable to a) output a signal synchronous with a second clock signal to a second signal output terminal during a duration and to b) generate a first internal control signal, a first output module operable to output a first voltage to a first signal output terminal during the duration in response to the first internal control signal, a second control module operable to generate a second internal control signal, and a second output terminal operable to output a second voltage to the first signal output terminal at an end of the duration in response to the second internal control signal. Also disclosed are a method of driving the shift register unit, a scan driving circuit and a display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tuo Sun