Patents Examined by Antonio Xavier
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Patent number: 9661468Abstract: The subject disclosure provides a device, computer readable storage medium, and method for converting gestures undergone by a device into digital graffiti. The disclosure includes ascertaining an orientation of the device and a path traversed by the device. Gestures undergone by the device are identified as a function of the orientation and the path. Digital graffiti corresponding to the gestures are then superimposed onto a digital canvas.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Moe Khosravy, Lev Novik, Katrika Marie Woodcock
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Patent number: 9659527Abstract: The OLED voltage of a selected pixel is extracted from the pixel produced when the pixel is programmed so that the pixel current is a function of the OLED voltage. One method for extracting the OLED voltage is to first program the pixel in a way that the current is not a function of OLED voltage, and then in a way that the current is a function of OLED voltage. During the latter stage, the programming voltage is changed so that the pixel current is the same as the pixel current when the pixel was programmed in a way that the current was not a function of OLED voltage. The difference in the two programming voltages is then used to extract the OLED voltage.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.Inventors: Yaser Azizi, Gholamreza Chaji
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Patent number: 9658692Abstract: A wearable computing device such as a head-mounted display (HMD) may be equipped with a magnetometer for detecting presence and motion of a hand-wearable magnet (HWM). The HMD may analyze magnetic field measurements of the magnetometer to determine when the HWM moves within a threshold distance of the magnetometer, and may thereafter determine one or more patterns of motion of the HWM based the magnetic field measurements. The HMD may operate in a background detection state in order to determine a background magnetic field strength and to monitor for magnetic disturbances from the HWM. Upon occurrence of a trigger event corresponding to magnetic disturbance above a threshold level, the HMD may transition to operating in a gesture detection state in which it analyzes magnetometer measurements for correspondence with known gestures. Upon recognizing a known gesture, the HMD may carry out one or more actions based on the recognized known gesture.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Edward Keyes, Michael Patrick Johnson, Thad Eugene Starner
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Patent number: 9653017Abstract: A pixel structure, a driving method thereof and a display device are provided. The pixel structure includes a plurality of closely arranged repeating groups, and each of the repeating groups includes linearly arranged square pixel units of different colors. Each of the square pixel units in each of the repeating groups is formed by two sub-pixels with a same color and a same shape; and two sub-pixels in adjacent square pixel units have different arrangement modes. The repeating groups disposed on two adjacent parallel straight lines are staggered by a distance of one and a half square pixel units. With such a pixel structure, input information is subjected to brightness redistribution and intensively outputted to the actual physical positions, the optional switching of the sub-pixels can be applied on the premise of not reducing the pixel size, and hence the resolution of the display image can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Renwei Guo, Xue Dong, Peng Liu
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Patent number: 9639226Abstract: A capacitance sensing device can include a reference circuit configured to connect to a reference capacitance, and to generate an electrical reference signal that varies over time according to the reference capacitance and a compare signal; a sense circuit configured to connect to a sense capacitance, and to generate an electrical sense signal that varies over time according to a sense capacitance; a compare circuit having compare inputs coupled to receive the sense signal and the reference signal, and a compare output that provides the compare signal; and a value generation circuit configured to generate an output value corresponding to the compare signal over a predetermined time period.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Iulian C. Gradinariu
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Patent number: 9620070Abstract: An image display controlling method and a control device thereof, and an image display device are provided. The method includes: receiving at least one frame of a first image to be displayed by the display; controlling the display to interpolatively display a frame of a second image when a frame number of the received first image displayed continuously by the display is greater than or equal to a preset frame number; wherein the first image is different from the second image. This method can prevent the display to display a still picture for a long time and thereby eliminating after-image.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Liu, Daekeun Yoon, Weihao Hu, Zongze He, Wengang Su
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Patent number: 9620047Abstract: A method of operating display device includes initializing an image display reference coordinate as a random coordinate among coordinates included in a shift pattern when power is applied to the display device, shifting the image display reference coordinate from the random coordinate along the shift pattern, and displaying an input image to a display panel included in the display device based on the image display reference coordinate.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kang-Hee Lee, Mi-Young Joo, Myung-Hee Han
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Patent number: 9614522Abstract: The operating device, such as a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle component, is provided with a front wall having a front side that has several fixed symbol fields and having a rear side, a capacitive sensor system that has individual electrodes associated with the symbol fields, which electrodes are arranged on the rear side of the front wall, and a carrier plate that faces the rear side of the front wall and is arranged at a distance from the front wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbHInventors: Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst, Bernd Stich, Rainer Siebert
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Patent number: 9606637Abstract: A projector includes a laser beam scanning portion, a light detecting portion, and a control portion performing control of predicting a prediction region where a detection object exists on the basis of detection of the detection object, changing a modulation pattern of a laser beam when the laser beam is scanned on the prediction region, acquiring the position of the detection object on the basis of reflected light of the laser beam emitted in a detection object detection pattern, and setting the position of the detection object to an indication position.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsuhiko Chikaoka
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Patent number: 9589491Abstract: A power supply device for a display device and method for driving the power supply device are disclosed. In one aspect the device includes a power voltage selector configured to select at least one of a plurality of predetermined voltage values according to a power voltage control signal and output the selected predetermined voltage value. The device also includes a power voltage supplier configured to supply a power voltage corresponding to the selected predetermined voltage value to a display data processor and a controller configured to generate the power voltage control signal based at least in part on a change in a number of switched data bits defined as a data change degree. The controller is also configured to transmit the power voltage control signal to the power voltage selector. The data bits are configured to be switched substantially synchronously with a clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Young Uk Won
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Patent number: 9582112Abstract: A processing system for a capacitive sensing device includes a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module is coupled to transmitter electrodes and receiver electrodes. The sensor module is configured to transmit transmitter signals with the transmitter electrodes and receive resulting signals with the receiver electrodes. The resulting signals include effects corresponding to the transmitter signals. The determination module is configured to determine response values from the resulting signals, and determine a first adjusted response value by applying a negative multiplier to a first response value of the response values. The first response value is a negative value. The determination module is further configured to determine positional information for a first input object based on at least one of the first adjusted response value and a second response value of the response values, and report the positional information. The second response value is a positive response value.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventor: Tom Vandermeijden
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Patent number: 9583031Abstract: A display device and modulation scheme for applying image data to an imager is disclosed. The display may use a modulation scheme wherein spacing of row write actions on the rows creates gray scale modulation, wherein one row spacing between sequential row write actions is at a first distance while another row spacing between sequential row write actions is at a distance greater than said first distance. The modulation scheme may create a series of write pointers that create a corresponding series of write planes. In some embodiments, modulation efficiency is increased allowing the use of lower frequency imaging circuits to achieve the same display image.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: JASPER DISPLAY CORP.Inventors: Edwin Lyle Hudson, David Charles McDonald
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Patent number: 9575604Abstract: A touch pad outputs a detection signal indicating a coordinate corresponding to a contact state where a finger is in contact with the coordinate detecting unit, and a detection signal indicating a coordinate corresponding to a proximity state where the finger is in proximity to, without contact with, the coordinate detecting unit. An operation input device detects, based on the detection signals, a contact region in which the finger is in contact with the coordinate detecting unit, and a proximity region in which the finger is in proximity to, without contact with, the coordinate detecting unit. Then, the operation input device determines a pointed coordinate based on the contact region detected and the proximity region detected.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Osamu Manba
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Patent number: 9569016Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes initiating an acquisition of a first signal from an electrode of a touch sensor according to an acquisition frequency of the touch sensor. The method also includes reversing, with a controller, a polarity of the first signal to produce a second signal. The method also includes storing a first modulated signal at an end of the acquisition of the first signal, where the first modulated signal includes the second signal as modulated by one or more third-party signals during the acquisition of the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Samuel Brunet, Richard Collins, Bernard Hermes, Luben Hristov
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Patent number: 9558692Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines, first and second power lines coupled to the pixels, a DC-DC converter configured to output first and second power sources to the pixels via the first and second power lines, respectively, and a short-circuit-sensing circuit configured to detect whether a short-circuit between the first and second power lines occurs, and configured to control an operation of the DC-DC converter when the short-circuit is detected, wherein voltage levels of the first and second power sources are configured to be changed in a frame period, the frame period including a reverse voltage application period in which the voltage level of the second power source is higher than that of the first power source.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Do-Ik Kim, Hak-Ki Choi
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Patent number: 9535535Abstract: A touch point sensing method and an optical touch system are provided. The optical touch system includes a first lens and a second lens. The touch point sensing method includes the following steps. Images including at least two touch objects in a touch detecting area captured by the first lens and the second lens are obtained and analyzed. Based on the obtained images, distance values between the first touch signal group at the first instant and the first and second touch signal groups at the second instant are calculated for determining whether the first and second touch signal groups at the second instant are overlapped. When the first and the second touch signal groups at the second instant are overlapped, locations of the touch signals in the first touch signal groups and in the second touch signal groups are exchanged.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventor: Chan-Hsuan Yu
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Patent number: 9536903Abstract: To suppress fluctuation in the threshold voltage of a transistor, to reduce the number of connections of a display panel and a driver IC, to achieve reduction in power consumption of a display device, and to achieve increase in size and high definition of the display device. A gate electrode of a transistor which easily deteriorates is connected to a wiring to which a high potential is supplied through a first switching transistor and a wiring to which a low potential is supplied through a second switching transistor; a clock signal is input to a gate electrode of the first switching transistor; and an inverted clock signal is input to a gate electrode of the second switching transistor. Thus, the high potential and the low potential are alternately applied to the gate electrode of the transistor which easily deteriorates.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Umezaki, Hiroyuki Miyake
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Patent number: 9529468Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch driving circuit, a liquid crystal panel and its driving method, so as to prevent the occurrence of an error due to non-uniform parameters of elements in the touch driving circuit, thereby to improve the reliability of a touch screen panel. The touch driving circuit includes a photoelectricity generation unit, an amplification unit, an output control unit and an amplification control unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Wu, Xiaojing Qi, Wen Tan
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Patent number: 9524031Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for recognizing a gesture in a space. In accordance with an embodiment, a spatial gesture recognition apparatus includes a pattern formation unit for radiating light onto a surface of an object required to input a gesture in a virtual air bounce, and forming a predetermined pattern on the surface of the object, an image acquisition unit for acquiring a motion image of the object, and a processing unit for recognizing a gesture input by the object based on the pattern formed on the surface of the object using the acquired image. In this way, depending on the depths of an object required to input a gesture in a space, haptic feedbacks having different intensities are provided, and thus a user can precisely input his or her desired gesture.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: CENTER OF HUMAN-CENTERED INTERACTION FOR COEXISTENCEInventors: Kiwon Yeom, Hyejin Han, Bumjae You
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Patent number: 9524033Abstract: Embodiments include a wireless keyboard having a plurality of keys and a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, wherein each of the plurality of RFID tags are coupled to one of the plurality of keys. Each of the RFID tags are configured to transmit a signal when one of the plurality of keys coupled to RFID tag is pressed.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Grant D. Miller, Nader M. Nassar, Dennis M. Newns