Patents Examined by Amir A. Awad
  • Patent number: 10216286
    Abstract: A keyboard includes rows of keys defining a keyboard axis and side borders of the keyboard, the keyboard axis disposed mediate the side borders of the keyboard, the rows of keys disposed in series with each other along the keyboard axis, and the keyboard axis being disposed at an acute or obtuse angle relative to a user of the keyboard and being generally aligned along a length of an arm of the user holding the keyboard. Each key may be also defined by a unique region of numeric values or a unique region of color pixels allowing ease in changing keyboard location, size and orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventor: Todd E. Chornenky
  • Patent number: 7079122
    Abstract: A scan-driving circuit for making a high image quality and a low power consumption compatible. This scan-driving circuit comprises: a shift register including first to Nth flip-flops corresponding to first to Nth scan lines, respectively, and connected in series; a level conversion section including first to Nth level shifter circuits for shifting the voltage levels of the individual output nodes of the first to Nth flip-flops individually; and a scan line drive section including first to Nth drive circuits for driving the first to Nth scan lines sequentially in a manner to correspond to the potentials of the output nodes of the first to Nth level shifter circuits. The first to Nth scan lines are divided into a plurality of blocks, for which the scan lines are individually arranged. The first to Nth drive circuits scan and drive the scan lines in the designated block at a time of a partial display in which the display and drive are done on a block basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Morita