Patents by Inventor Taif A. Syed

Taif A. Syed has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11614788
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taif A. Syed, Bingrui Yang, Christopher Tenzin Mullens, Sumant Ranganathan
  • Publication number: 20220137693
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Taif A. SYED, Bingrui YANG, Christopher Tenzin MULLENS, Sumant RANGANATHAN
  • Patent number: 11226668
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taif A. Syed, Bingrui Yang, Christopher Tenzin Mullens, Sumant Ranganathan
  • Publication number: 20210173466
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Taif A. SYED, Bingrui YANG, Christopher Tenzin MULLENS, Sumant RANGANATHAN
  • Patent number: 10936120
    Abstract: A self-capacitance touch screen. In some examples, the touch screen comprises a plurality of display pixels, a first display pixel of the plurality of display pixels including a first touch electrode of a plurality of touch electrodes, and a gate line coupled to the first display pixel, wherein the gate line is configured such that a voltage at the gate line substantially follows a voltage at the first touch electrode. In some examples, the gate line is coupled to a resistor, the resistor being configured to decouple the gate line from ground. In some examples, the gate line is coupled to an AC voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weijun Yao, Ahmad Al-Dahle, Hyunwoo Nho, Taif A. Syed, Wei Hsin Yao, Yingxuan Li
  • Patent number: 10928881
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taif A. Syed, Bingrui Yang, Christopher Tenzin Mullens, Sumant Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 10678367
    Abstract: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel can include a plurality of touch nodes, the plurality of touch nodes including a first set of touch nodes and a second set of touch nodes, different from the first set of the touch nodes. In some examples, sense circuitry can be configured to, during a first scan, sense a first combined touch signal of the first set of the touch nodes, and during a second scan, sense a second combined touch signal of the second set of the touch nodes. A touch processor can be configured to determine a touch image at the plurality of touch nodes based on the first and second combined touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kanke Gao, Chung-Ming Chang, Jiayi Jin, Ruo-Gu Huang, Taif A. Syed, Wei Hsin Yao, Weijun Yao
  • Patent number: 10175830
    Abstract: A method for pre-charging a display panel may include simultaneously charging the display panel that displays image data and receives one or more touch inputs via a first voltage source and a capacitor that provides a first voltage to the display panel via a second voltage source. The first voltage is associated with receiving the one or more touch inputs, and the display panel and the capacitor are simultaneously charged for a first amount of time. The method may then include charging the display panel via the capacitor after the first amount of time for a second amount of time and charging the display panel via the second voltage source after the second amount of time for a third amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taif A. Syed, Kingsuk Brahma, Christoph H. Krah
  • Patent number: 9933879
    Abstract: A touch sensor panel configured to switch between a mutual capacitance touch sensing architecture and a self-capacitance touch sensing architecture is provided. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can switch the configuration of touch electrodes to act as either drive lines in a mutual capacitance configuration or as sense electrodes in a self-capacitance configuration. The touch sensor panel also includes circuitry that can switch the configuration of touch electrodes to act as either sense lines in a mutual capacitance configuration or as sense electrode in a self-capacitance configuration. By splitting a self-capacitance touch mode into a drive line self-capacitive mode and sense line self-capacitive mode, the touch sensor panel is able to reuse components thus requiring less space, weight and power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weijun Yao, Kingsuk Brahma, Taif A. Syed
  • Publication number: 20180088733
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Taif A. SYED, Bingrui YANG, Christopher Tenzin MULLENS, Sumant RANGANATHAN
  • Publication number: 20170139539
    Abstract: A self-capacitance touch screen. In some examples, the touch screen comprises a plurality of display pixels, a first display pixel of the plurality of display pixels including a first touch electrode of a plurality of touch electrodes, and a gate line coupled to the first display pixel, wherein the gate line is configured such that a voltage at the gate line substantially follows a voltage at the first touch electrode. In some examples, the gate line is coupled to a resistor, the resistor being configured to decouple the gate line from ground. In some examples, the gate line is coupled to an AC voltage source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Weijun YAO, Ahmad AL-DAHLE, Hyunwoo NHO, Taif A. SYED, Wei Hsin YAO, Yingxuan LI
  • Publication number: 20170090612
    Abstract: A method for pre-charging a display panel may include simultaneously charging the display panel that displays image data and receives one or more touch inputs via a first voltage source and a capacitor that provides a first voltage to the display panel via a second voltage source. The first voltage is associated with receiving the one or more touch inputs, and the display panel and the capacitor are simultaneously charged for a first amount of time. The method may then include charging the display panel via the capacitor after the first amount of time for a second amount of time and charging the display panel via the second voltage source after the second amount of time for a third amount of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Taif A. Syed, Kingsuk Brahma, Christoph H. Krah
  • Patent number: 9430105
    Abstract: A self-capacitance touch sensor panel including a plurality of touch electrodes and one or more sense circuits coupled to the touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes at least one offset cancellation circuit coupled to at least one of the touch electrodes and configured to generate an offset cancellation signal to cancel an offset signal at the at least one touch electrode. In some examples, the offset cancellation signal can be an offset cancellation current to cancel an offset current. In some examples, the offset cancellation circuit comprises a variable resistor, and a magnitude of the offset cancellation current is based on a resistance of the variable resistor. In some examples, each touch electrode is coupled to an offset cancellation circuit. In other examples, a single offset cancellation circuit is shared by a plurality of touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weijun Yao, Taif A. Syed, Yingxuan Li, Ahmad Al-Dahle
  • Patent number: 9311867
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for reducing power consumption of a display. One electronic display includes a first switch coupled between a first gate of a first transistor and a second gate of a second transistor to selectively connect the first gate to the second gate. The display includes a second switch coupled between the second gate of the second transistor and a third gate of a third transistor to selectively connect the second gate to the third gate. The display also includes driving circuitry that controls the first switch to connect the first gate to the second gate to share a first charge between the first and second gates. The driving circuitry also controls the second switch to connect the second gate to the third gate to share a second charge between the second and third gates. Accordingly, power consumption of the display may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Y. Youn, Hopil Bae, David A. Stronks, Kingsuk Brahma, Taif A. Syed
  • Publication number: 20150227232
    Abstract: A self-capacitance touch sensor panel including a plurality of touch electrodes and one or more sense circuits coupled to the touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes at least one offset cancellation circuit coupled to at least one of the touch electrodes and configured to generate an offset cancellation signal to cancel an offset signal at the at least one touch electrode. In some examples, the offset cancellation signal can be an offset cancellation current to cancel an offset current. In some examples, the offset cancellation circuit comprises a variable resistor, and a magnitude of the offset cancellation current is based on a resistance of the variable resistor. In some examples, each touch electrode is coupled to an offset cancellation circuit. In other examples, a single offset cancellation circuit is shared by a plurality of touch electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weijun YAO, Taif A. Syed, Yingxuan Li, Ahmad Al-Dahle
  • Publication number: 20150145802
    Abstract: A touch sensor panel configured to switch between a mutual capacitance touch sensing architecture and a self-capacitance touch sensing architecture is provided. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can switch the configuration of touch electrodes to act as either drive lines in a mutual capacitance configuration or as sense electrodes in a self-capacitance configuration. The touch sensor panel also includes circuitry that can switch the configuration of touch electrodes to act as either sense lines in a mutual capacitance configuration or as sense electrode in a self-capacitance configuration. By splitting a self-capacitance touch mode into a drive line self-capacitive mode and sense line self-capacitive mode, the touch sensor panel is able to reuse components thus requiring less space, weight and power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weijun YAO, Kingsuk BRAHMA, Taif A. SYED
  • Patent number: 8970464
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining sheet resistance values in a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. In certain embodiments, a system for determining sheet resistance values in an LCD panel may include a display driver integrated circuit (IC). The display driver IC may include a first switch coupled to a first input/output (I/O) pad and a second I/O pad such that the first I/O pad is configured to couple to a voltage source and the second I/O pad is configured to couple to a current source. The display driver IC may also include a second switch coupled to a third I/O pad and the second I/O pad such that the second switch has substantially the same geometry as the first switch and the third I/O pad is configured to couple to a thin-film transistor (TFT) layer of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Appl Inc.
    Inventors: Kingsuk Brahma, Saman Saeedi, Sang Y. Youn, Shafiq M Jamal, Taif A. Syed
  • Publication number: 20140132585
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for reducing power consumption of a display. One electronic display includes a first switch coupled between a first gate of a first transistor and a second gate of a second transistor to selectively connect the first gate to the second gate. The display includes a second switch coupled between the second gate of the second transistor and a third gate of a third transistor to selectively connect the second gate to the third gate. The display also includes driving circuitry that controls the first switch to connect the first gate to the second gate to share a first charge between the first and second gates. The driving circuitry also controls the second switch to connect the second gate to the third gate to share a second charge between the second and third gates. Accordingly, power consumption of the display may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc
    Inventors: Sang Y. Youn, Hopil Bae, David A. Stronks, Kingsuk Brahma, Taif A. Syed
  • Publication number: 20140062845
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining sheet resistance values in a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. In certain embodiments, a system for determining sheet resistance values in an LCD panel may include a display driver integrated circuit (IC). The display driver IC may include a first switch coupled to a first input/output (I/O) pad and a second I/O pad such that the first I/O pad is configured to couple to a voltage source and the second I/O pad is configured to couple to a current source. The display driver IC may also include a second switch coupled to a third I/O pad and the second I/O pa such that the second switch has substantially the same geometry as the first switch and the third I/O pad is configured to couple to a thin-film transistor (TFT) layer of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kingsuk Brahma, Saman Saeedi, Sang Y. Youn, Shafiq M. Jamal, Taif A. Syed
  • Patent number: 8653882
    Abstract: A charge pump driver circuit has a first charge switch that couples a first node of a flying capacitor to a first power supply node, and a second charge switch that couples a second node of the capacitor to a second power supply node. Control circuitry is coupled to open the second charge switch and discharge the second node of the capacitor, in response to a control signal. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taif A. Syed, Sang Y. Youn