Patents Examined by Viet Pham
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Patent number: 10126885Abstract: Disclosed is a capacitive touch panel having a circuitous conductor pattern structure. The capacitive touch panel contains a number of first axial conductor assemblies and a number of second axial conductor assemblies, wherein each second axial conductor assembly includes a number of second axial conductor cells which are composed of a number of bar shape figures with accordion shape or wave shape edges. Electrical fields and induced capacitors are generated between adjacent axial conductor assemblies with different directions when giving control signals. Then the touched position is detected. Circuitous conductor pattern increases the region of the first axial conductor assembly and the inducing range of electrical field, thus the amount of the axial conductor assemblies and conduction lines can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Hycon Technology Corp.Inventors: Hui-Min Wang, Yu-Jen Wang
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Patent number: 10088894Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally relate to electronic devices capable of being implanted beneath the skin of a human user. The electronic devices include input devices for receiving input from a user, and output devices for output signals or information to a user. The electronic devices may optionally include one or more sensors, batteries, memory units, and processors. The electronic devices are protected by a protective packaging to reduce contact with bodily fluids and to mitigate physiological responses to the implanted devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: Tovi Grossman, George Fitzmaurice, Anne Agur, Christian Holz
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Patent number: 10082915Abstract: A touchpad system is disclosed herein that includes a touchpad sensor formed from a plurality of flexible materials and is at least partially integrated into host clothing or furniture such that the touchpad sensor is generally obscured from view. The touchpad sensor may be implemented as a resistive or capacitive touchpad, whereby user input is detected and converted into a proportional electrical signal. The touchpad sensor may include N layers of flexible materials configured to conduct electrical energy, and also conform to contours of a host object. At least one layer of the flexible materials may be heat sealed or otherwise adhered to an inner surface of the host object, such as beneath a shirt sleeve. Thus smart clothing/furniture may appear to be “normal” while also providing convenient user-access to a touchpad sensor that can robustly handle a wide variety of user-input to control operation of a remote computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Narayan Sundararajan, Steven T. Holmes, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Prabhakar R. Datta, Fuad Al-Amin, Saurin Shah
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Patent number: 10083660Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device includes red pixels with red color filters, green pixels with green filters, blue pixels with blue filters, and a light projecting unit to project light upon the pixels. The light projecting unit includes first and second light sources wherein the light emission peak wavelength is in the green region, and a third light source wherein the light emission peak wavelength is in the blue region. The second light source includes a light emission peak wavelength greater than the first light source. In a first term, the first source emits light, and the blue pixel liquid-crystal layer is controlled to a transmissibility less than or equal to a threshold regardless of frame data. In a second term, the first light source is effectively not and the second and third sources are emitting light. The blue pixel liquid-crystal layer is controlled to a transmissibility according to frame data.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto Shiomi
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Patent number: 10061424Abstract: Technologies for dynamic display include a mobile compute device that comprises a display transformable between at least two different physical topologies. The mobile compute device determines a current physical topology of the display and retrieves a policy based on the determined current physical topology. The policy identifies a corresponding action to occur in response to each of one or more user inputs to the mobile compute device while the display has the current physical topology. The mobile compute device processes a user input based on the retrieved policy.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Rajesh Poornachandran, Vincent J. Zimmer, Nicholas J. Adams, Nithyananda S. Jeganathan, Gunner D. Danneels
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Patent number: 10055069Abstract: An in-cell touch panel and its trace layout are disclosed. The in-cell touch panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has a laminated structure bottom-up including a substrate, a TFT layer, a liquid crystal layer, a color filter layer, and a glass layer. The TFT layer is disposed on the substrate. A first conductive layer and a second conductive layer are integrated in the TFT layer. The liquid crystal layer is disposed on the TFT layer. The color filter layer is disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The glass layer is disposed on the color filter layer. The design of touch sensing electrodes and their trace layout in the in-cell touch panel of the application is simple and it can effectively reduce cost and reduce the RC loading of a common electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Kun-Pei Lee, Yi-Ying Lin, Chang-Ching Chiang
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Patent number: 10048856Abstract: Techniques for configuring a user interface based on an experience mode transition are described. Generally, an experience mode refers to a visual and functional arrangement that is presented to a user of a device. Different experience modes present different visual and functional arrangements to a user. According to various embodiments, a computing device is configured to operate in multiple experience modes and may transition between different experience modes and based on a variety of different triggering events. Generally, a transition between different experience modes causes a visual and/or functional reconfiguration of a user experience on a device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Miron Vranjes, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jeremy Bowen, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Robert J. Jarrett, Alex Snitkovskiy, Zachary G. Herman, Song Zou, Mohammed Amirali Samji, Christopher Doan, Nils Anders Sundelin, Michael H. Krause, Yaou Wei
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Patent number: 10037118Abstract: A touch sensor panel configured to detect objects touching the panel as well as objects that are at a varying proximity to the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can configure the panel in a mutual capacitance (near field) architecture or a self-capacitance (far field and super far field) architecture. The touch sensor panel can also include circuitry that works to minimize an effect that a parasitic capacitance can have on the ability of the touch sensor panel to reliably detect touch and proximity events.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: John Greer Elias, Steven P. Hotelling
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Patent number: 10025494Abstract: An apparatus and method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit are provided. The method includes detecting a user's touch of the portable electronic device, determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user's touch on the display unit, determining whether the user's touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information, and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user's gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhiping Xia, Howard Z. Lee
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Patent number: 10013918Abstract: Discussed is an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device for providing a signal to control a transistor and a power voltage to drive an OLED by using one signal line. The device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixels, and a OLED and a pixel driving circuit for independently driving the OLED in each pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: So-Young Noh, Won-Sang Ryu
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Patent number: 10001837Abstract: Technologies for interacting with computing devices using haptic manipulation includes tracking a user's gaze on an image displayed on a display of a computing device and identifying an image object of the image based on the user's gaze. The computing device generate haptic object data for the identified image object and transmits the haptic object data to a haptic interactive device. The haptic interactive device generates a haptic object on a haptic output surface base on the haptic object data. The haptic interactive device may also monitor the user's interaction with the haptic object and generate user interactive data based on such interaction. The user interaction data may be provided to the computing device, and the computing device may modify the image based on the user interaction data.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Glen J. Anderson
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Patent number: 10001855Abstract: A touch display device and a method for driving the same are provided. The touch display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. In the method, the touch display device provides a source output signal and outputs a plurality of pixel voltages during an enable period of the source output signal to drive the display panel. The touch display device periodically reduces the enable period of the source output signal according to a horizontal synchronization signal corresponding to a turned-on sequence of each row of pixels, so as to establish a touch sensing period. Based thereon, the touch sensing circuit scans the touch panel during the touch sensing period that does not overlap with the enable period of the source output signal, so as to obtain sensing signals for accurately indicating electrical variations of the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignees: HannStar Display(Nanjing) Corp., HannStar Display CorporationInventor: Chien-Wu Chen
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Patent number: 9997117Abstract: The invention discloses a common circuit for GOA test and eliminating power-off residual images, including a first test end (3), a test signal line (AT1) connected to the first test end (3), a second test end (5), a feedback signal line (AT2) connected to the second test end (5), and the same number of test TFTs (T0) as cascade GOA unit circuits. By connecting the gate of each test TFT (T0) to test signal line (AT1), the source to feedback signal line (AT2) and the drain to the output end of corresponding GOA unit circuit and gate scan line, the invention can test the output signal of any stage GOA unit circuit to determine the location of a malfunctioning GOA unit circuit, and releasing the residual charges of the liquid crystal capacitor and storage capacitor at the display area of LCD panel when powering off to eliminate residual images.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Shangcao Cao
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Patent number: 9983693Abstract: A method for driving user interface elements on a graphical display of a mobile device based upon spatial motion input applied to a sensor unit. Motion data, which is generated by one or more motion sensors on board the sensor unit and corresponds to the spatial motion input applied to the sensor unit, is received on a data processor of the mobile device. A filter is applied to the received motion data to minimize rapid fluctuations therein. Velocity values and position values are generated based on a discrete integration of the filtered motion data. A balance between acceleration and deceleration of the sensor unit is detected, based upon an evaluation of the velocity values from a beginning of the spatial motion input and velocity values during deceleration. A deceleration response is output to the graphical display to correspond to the detected balance between acceleration and deceleration of the sensor unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Adtile Technologies Inc.Inventors: Nils Forsblom, Angelo Scandaliato
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Patent number: 9977498Abstract: Haptic systems are disclosed which may provide increased resolution in tactile feedback. A tiered haptic system may be formed by stacking of haptic elements. One or more arrays of shape change elements such as, for example, piezoelectric elements may be used to actuate a screen surface. Arrays may also be used to sense tactile interactions and stimuli on a screen surface. An embedded haptic system may be formed by inserting haptic elements into a contoured elastic sheet. The embedded haptic system may provide tactile interactions to a user. In some embodiments, both tiered and embedded haptic arrangements may be used.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Russell Maschmeyer, Gordon Cameron
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Patent number: 9939949Abstract: A touch panel, a touch device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The touch panel includes first coils each formed by at least two electrically connected first electrodes, a first terminal of each first coil is electrically connected with one corresponding first signal line, a second terminal of the first coil is electrically connected with the common line, and when an electromagnetic touch is performed, the first coil is configured to receive an electromagnetic signal and generate an induced current, and when a capacitive touch is performed, the first coil functions as a capacitive touch driving electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Feng Lu, Qijun Yao
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Patent number: 9934709Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for displaying information in a real-time updateable form. In one embodiment, the present invention can comprise a system comprising a vehicle, a video display attached to the vehicle, a wireless data transfer device capable of receiving data transmissions, an operational sensor device capable of detecting changes in the operation of the vehicle, a controller that receives signals from at least one source and transmits signals to video display, and a plurality of power sources where at least one of the power sources is independent of the power supply of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Inventor: Randall James Lanham
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Patent number: 9925549Abstract: Introduced herein are techniques for producing sensory stimuli that increase the realism of content experienced by a user. Several embodiments pertain to scent delivery system that are able to dispense scented material(s) to the user. A scent delivery system could be a self-contained unit that is attachable to a head-mounted display (HMD) or could be integrated into the HMD itself. The scent delivery system can be used to improve the realism of content (e.g., visual content and audio content) presented to the user. More specifically, the scent delivery system can be configured to dispense one or more scented materials in response to determining a particular scene is being shown. Different scented materials can be dispensed based on characteristics of the content. In some embodiments, the scented material(s) are held in capsules that are housed within the scent delivery system. The capsules may be readily replaceable by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: EYE LABS, LLCInventor: Sina Fateh
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Patent number: 9927933Abstract: A system has a gesture detection device with a plurality of input channels and an output channel which uses an alternating electric near field generated through at least one transmission electrode coupled with the output channel, wherein some of the input channels are coupled with receiving electrodes of the gesture detection device. The system further has a plurality of touch electrodes, wherein the touch electrodes are coupled with one of the input channels by multiplexing.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY GERMANY GMBHInventors: Axel Heim, Andreas Dorfner, Roland Aubauer
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Patent number: 9925458Abstract: Introduced herein are various systems and techniques for dispensing scents from a scent delivery system. The scent delivery system could be a self-contained unit that is attachable to a head-mounted display (HMD) or could be integrated into the HMD itself. The scent delivery system can be used to improve the realism of content (e.g., visual content, audio content) experienced via the HMD. More specifically, the scent delivery system can be configured to dispense one or more scents in response to determining a particular scene is being experienced by the user. Different scents can be dispensed based on characteristics of the content. In some embodiments, the scent(s) are held in capsules that are housed within the scent delivery system. The capsules may be readily replaceable by the user, which enables the scent(s) to be customized based on what content is to be shown or projected in the future.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: EYE LABS, LLCInventor: Sina Fateh