Patents Examined by Allison Johnson
  • Patent number: 9202442
    Abstract: A display control circuit of a display performs generation of overdrive processed data and detection of a proper direction of overdriving from current frame uncompressed compressed data obtained by performing compression processing and uncompression processing on compressed data corresponding to image data of a current frame, and previous frame uncompressed compressed data obtained by performing the compression processing and the uncompression processing on image data of a previous frame, and generates post-correction overdrive processed data by correcting the overdrive processed data according to the detected proper direction. The display control circuit transmits post-correction compressed data obtained by compressing the post-correction overdrive processed data to a driver as transfer compressed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose, Yoshihiko Hori
  • Patent number: 9195381
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires an angle between a straight line determined by two touch points at a first time point and a straight line determined by two touch points at a second time point, sets an angular threshold value based on a distance between the two touch points at the first time point, and receives an operational input performed with the two touch points as a predetermined operation if the acquired angle is greater than the set angular threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomonori Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9183784
    Abstract: A first reference voltage is applied to a plurality of pixels during a data writing period when data is written and a second reference voltage is applied to the plurality of pixels during a light emitting period when the plurality of pixels emit light, in which each of the plurality of pixels includes a switching transistor to transfer a data voltage applied to a data line to a first node; a driving transistor controlling a driving current flowing into an OLED according to the voltage of the first node and a first power supply voltage; and a storage capacitor including a first electrode connected to the first node and a second electrode receiving one of the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage. A difference between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage is determined according to a threshold voltage deviation characteristic of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Oh-Kyong Kwon, Chang-Ho Hyun, Woung Kim
  • Patent number: 9176577
    Abstract: A three-dimensional control apparatus including a casing, the casing including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being opposite to the second surface; and a three-dimensional (3D) controller including a first cap actuator, the first cap actuator including a first rounded control surface, at least a portion of the first rounded control surface extending beyond the first surface of the casing; a second cap actuator, the second cap actuator including a second rounded control surface, at least a portion of the second rounded control surface extending beyond the first surface of the casing, the first rounded control surface being aligned with the second rounded control surface; a first sensor to detect force on the first cap actuator; and a second cap sensor to detect force on the second cap actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lars A. Jangaard, Bran Ferren, Elijah H. Kleeman
  • Patent number: 9165514
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; and a backlight unit which provides the display panel with backlight. The backlight unit includes: a converter which converts a voltage of a received power and outputs an output power, a plurality of light source modules which receives the output power from the converter, and a control unit which determines powering conditions to operate the plurality of the light source modules in a specific state for each of the plurality of light source modules, and controls the converter sequentially based on the determined powering conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-jin Choi, Sang-hoon Lee, Tae-hoon Kim, Pankaj Agarwal, Myoung-jun Lee, Youn-hee Kim
  • Patent number: 9165496
    Abstract: A flat display device including a display panel. The display panel includes a unit pixel, the unit pixel having a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a white sub-pixel. The flat display device further includes a panel driving unit to drive the flat panel in a first driving period and a second driving period in an alternating manner to display a white image on the unit pixel. The panel driving unit generates first white unit data, to enable two of the red, green, and blue sub-pixels and the white sub-pixel to be driven in the first driving period. The panel driving unit generates second white unit data, to enable three of the sub-pixels, which include the sub-pixel not driven in the first driving period, to be driven in the second driving period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Moon Jung, Chong-Hun Park
  • Patent number: 9159258
    Abstract: A display device, and an optical compensation system and an optical compensation method thereof. A display device including a display panel including pixels; and a display driving circuit for driving the display panel and including: a storage unit for storing defect pixel information indicating which of the pixels are detected as defect pixels based on a brightness trend line of the pixels, and for storing compensation parameters regarding the defect pixels; and a brightness compensation unit for converting image data corresponding to the defect pixels according to the defect pixel information and the compensation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9159268
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display and its driving method, in which gate signals input to transistors may be input to one pixel at an interval corresponding to ½ period of a gate shift clock. The organic light emitting diode display comprises a panel including a plurality of pixels formed by crossings of gate lines and data lines, each pixel including an organic light emitting diode and transistors; a timing controller configured to generate a gate shift clock; and a gate driver configured to receive the gate shift clock and output a plurality of gate signals to the transistors of each of the pixels based on the gate shift clock, the gate driver outputting at least one of the gate signals to a corresponding one of the transistors shifted by a time interval of one half of a period of the gate shift clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Areum Shin
  • Patent number: 9152258
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device that includes a touch sensitive and pressure sensitive display, cause the processor to enable a user interface of the electronic device, by which a glide gesture along the display and an amount of pressure applied to the display both generate the same user interface command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Neonode Inc.
    Inventors: Remo Behdasht, Carl Richard Henriksson, Thomas Eriksson, Joseph Shain, Anders Jansson, Niklas Kvist, Robert Pettersson, Lars Sparf, John Karlsson
  • Patent number: 9134850
    Abstract: A reference data updating method and system for a capacitive multi-touch screen are disclosed. The method includes the steps of step A: one-frame sampling touch detection nodes, calculating a difference between sampled data of each touch detection node and corresponding current reference data and saving the difference as detection data to obtain a current detection data frame; step B: judging whether the current detection data frame is a damaged detection data frame; and step C: executing a touch screen reference update processing procedure under abnormal condition if the current detection data frame is a damaged detection data frame; otherwise, executing a touch screen reference update processing procedure under normal condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HUIDING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinchun Ye, Hua Zhong
  • Patent number: 9122092
    Abstract: A user interface (200) for a portable electronic device (100) is configured to transition from a first state to a second state to present a plurality of mode-based user actuation targets to a user. The user interface (200) includes a segmented electro-optical device (407) configured to open and close shutters, thereby revealing and hiding the user actuation targets. The user interface includes a first polarizer (401) disposed above the segmented electro-optical device (407) and a colored reflective polarizer (405) disposed beneath the segmented electro-optical device. The colored reflective polarizer (405), which may include a colored dichroic polarizer (601) and a reflective polarizer (602), causes the user interface (200) to exhibit a predetermined color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Polak, David M. Emig
  • Patent number: 9111488
    Abstract: Discussed is an OLED display device that can compensate for the deviation of a threshold voltage and also prevent deterioration of an OLED, and a method of driving the same, wherein the OLED display device includes first to fifth transistors, a driving transistor including gate, source and drain electrodes, a capacitor for sensing a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, and an OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sanghyeon Kwak
  • Patent number: 9110546
    Abstract: A self capacitance type touch panel includes a touch driver including a plurality of touch ICs; and a touch unit including a plurality of touch groups that are controlled by the plurality of touch ICs, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of touch groups includes a plurality of pattern electrodes, and some touch ICs selected from the plurality of touch ICs apply sensing voltages to respective corresponding touch groups at a same timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Chul Kim, Jung-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 9111483
    Abstract: To provide a display device with high image quality and fewer terminals. The present invention is made with a focus on the positional relation between a serial-parallel conversion circuit and an external connection terminal for supplying a serial signal to the serial-parallel conversion circuit. The structure conceived is such that a serial-parallel conversion circuit and an external connection terminal for supplying a serial signal to the serial-parallel conversion circuit are provided close to each other so that an RC load between the serial-parallel conversion circuit and the external connection terminal is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Toru Tanabe, Makoto Kaneyasu, Masashi Fujita
  • Patent number: 9105347
    Abstract: A shift register includes a signal input unit for receiving and providing an input signal, a signal output unit for controlling whether outputting a clock signal according to the input signal provided by the signal input unit, and a plurality of stable modules. Each of the stable modules is electrically coupled to an output terminal of the signal input unit, an output terminal of the signal output unit, and a default potential. Each of the stable modules receives a corresponding operation signal and is enabled in a duty of the corresponding operation signal, such that both the output terminal of the signal input unit and the output terminal of the signal output unit are electrically coupled to the default potential when the input signal is disabled. Before one of the stable modules is disabled, another of the stable modules has already been enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Su, Yung-Chih Chen, Kuo-Hua Hsu
  • Patent number: 9105594
    Abstract: In a display device having driving circuits formed on the same substrate where pixels are formed, the lateral frame area of the display device is reduced. A gate signal line driving circuit is placed in parallel with a source signal line driving circuit, so that no driving circuits are provided in at least two opposing directions out of four directions with respect to a pixel region. With the above-described structure, the area the gate signal line driving circuit occupies in prior art is removed to reduce the width (side to side) of the display device. Therefore a display device that has a small frame area in the lateral direction can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 9098155
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes dividing a first amount of charge between a measurement capacitance and a sample-and-hold capacitor resulting in a voltage at the measurement capacitance being a first voltage. The division of the first amount of charge is based at least in part on a configuration of a compensation capacitor relative to the measurement capacitance and the sample-and-hold capacitor. The configuration being determined based at least in part on an output without the compensation capacitor. The method also includes determining a first difference between the first voltage at the capacitance and a reference voltage; and determining whether a touch input to the touch sensor has occurred based at least in part on the first difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Ingar Hanssen, Rian Whelan
  • Patent number: 9099040
    Abstract: Embodiments may provide a scan driver including a plurality of stages for simultaneously outputting first scan signals in a simultaneous driving period and for progressively outputting second scan signals in a progressive driving period, wherein each of the stages includes a first signal processing unit coupled to an input terminal, a first clock terminal, a third clock terminal, an auxiliary terminal, a first power source terminal, and a second power source terminal to output a first output signal and a second output signal, and a second signal processing unit coupled to a second clock terminal and the first power source terminal to receive the first output signal and the second output signal and to output a first scan signal and a second scan signal to an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Yeon Lee, Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park, Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 9087482
    Abstract: An optical compensation method for an organic light emitting display device comprises: setting initial gain values of RGB subpixels; making each of the RGB subpixels converge on target luminance; selecting subpixels to emit light with the W subpixel from the RGB subpixels, and setting an initial gain value of the W subpixel; measuring color coordinates and luminance of the W subpixel to which the initial gain value is applied; calculating the luminance ratio of the W subpixel and the selected subpixels; adjusting maximum gains of the W subpixel and the selected subpixels; measuring maximum color coordinates and luminance ratio of the W subpixel and the selected subpixels; and making the W subpixel and the selected subpixels converge on target color coordinates and luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilkwon Park, Dongkyoung Oh, Kyeongsu Mun
  • Patent number: 9086765
    Abstract: Increasing the effective size of a touchpad while using a single controller IC, wherein a pseudo random pattern is used such that when a certain order of electrical signals is applied to the electrodes, the local electrical fields cancel or are very large in a first region while the electrical fields in a second region create a desired electrical field pattern, wherein when a finger makes contact in the second region a certain electrical signal is expected, wherein when a finger makes contact in the first region the electrical signal is unexpected, and wherein the difference between the electrical signals from the first region and the second region can be distinguished and thus the region in which the finger made contact can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: CIRQUE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keith Paulsen, Jared G. Bytheway