Patents Examined by Benjamin X Casarez
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Patent number: 10725563Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing, by a stylus, data indicating a customization of a device for the particular user. The stylus is associated with a particular user and is configured to transmit signals wirelessly to the device through a touch sensor of the device. The data indicating the customization is stored in a memory of the stylus. The method also includes wirelessly transmitting the data by the stylus to the device through the touch sensor of the device to affect the customization of the device for the particular user.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Vemund Kval Bakken, Martin John Simmons
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Patent number: 10698522Abstract: In an exemplary variable rate display interface, a high-speed reverse data transfer is enabled over plural lanes of a display serial interface (DSI) bus during blanking periods. Further increases in bandwidth of each high-speed reverse data transfer may be achieved by increasing DSI clock speed during the blanking periods. Since a display relies on a host clock to send reverse data, the frequency of the reverse data is increased, which effectively increases the bandwidth of reverse channel lanes. By increasing the reverse bandwidth over existing pins in the DSI bus, more data may be transferred to the host, including raw touch/stylus data rather than processed data. The raw data may then be processed by the host's relatively powerful processors. By shifting the processing to the host, the need for a powerful touch screen controller (TSC) and/or a powerful touch display driver integrated circuit (TDDI) may be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventor: Fariborz Pourbigharaz
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Patent number: 10672357Abstract: A stage of a gate driving circuit includes: a first control transistor diode-connected between a first input end of the stage and a first node, biased by a first input signal, and back-biased by a second input signal; a second control transistor including a control end which receives a third input signal, a first end connected to the first node, and a second end connected to a first voltage, and back-biased by a fourth input signal; a first output transistor including a control end connected to the first node, a first end connected to a clock input end of the stage, and a second end connected to a first output end of the stage; and a capacitor connected between the control and second ends of the first output transistor. The second input signal and the fourth input signal have enable levels during different periods.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Soo-Yeon Lee, Seok Ha Hong, Bong Hyun You, Jai-Hyun Koh
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Patent number: 10621942Abstract: A display power circuit is provided. The display power circuit includes a power supply circuit that receives an input voltage and generates an output voltage to power a display. A power switching device couples the output voltage from the power supply circuit to provide a display voltage for the display. A monitor circuit generates a shut down signal based on a change of the output voltage relative to the input voltage exceeding a predetermined threshold indicating a short circuit condition of the display voltage. A control circuit disables the power switching device based on the shut down signal if the short circuit of the display voltage is detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Chenjie Ruan, Zheren Lai, Sang Kwon Kim, Yonghua Zhou
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Patent number: 10528160Abstract: A wiring body includes an resin layer, a reticular electrode layer that includes first conductor wires arranged into the shape of a reticulation disposed on the resin layer, and a lead-out wiring layer connected to the reticular electrode layer disposed on the resin layer. The lead-out wiring layer includes a reticulation portion configured by gathering unit reticulations formed by being surrounded by second conductor wires. The second conductor wires are inclined with respect to an extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer. The unit reticulation includes an end portion that is an intersection point between the second conductor wires, The lead-out wiring layer includes a lateral end portion formed by arranging the unit reticulations side by side along the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer. The lateral end portion of the lead-out wiring layer is closed by the second conductor wires.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventor: Shingo Ogura
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Patent number: 10503310Abstract: An assistive device and method for non-visually discerning a three-dimensional (3D) real-world area surrounding a user, comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The assistive device receives sensor data of the 3D real-world area within a first proximity range of the assistive device from a plurality of different types of sensors that are communicatively coupled to the assistive device. The assistive device establishes a mapping of a plurality of objects within the first proximity range to the plurality of haptic elements in a defined region of the haptic feedback interface, based on the received sensor data. A haptic feedback generator generates a touch-discernible feedback on the haptic feedback interface based on the established mapping. The touch-discernible feedback comprises a plurality of differential touch-discernible cues to enable the user to non-visually discern the 3D real-world area surrounding the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Inventors: Alex Hamid Mani, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
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Patent number: 10474277Abstract: Position-based sensing methods and systems can be used to transmit data from an input device to a touch-sensitive device. For example, the touch sensing system may perform one or more coarse input device sub-scans to determine a coarse location of the input device. The coarse location can be used to select one or more touch sensors (or sensor channels) to sample for decoding data encoded in the stimulation signals from the input device. During one or more fine input device sub-scans, the touch sensing system can determine a fine location of the input device and decode the data from the input device sampled from the selected touch sensors (or sensor channels).Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vivek Pant, Moshe Malkin, Shahrooz Shahparnia
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Patent number: 10459562Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel, and an electronic device are provided. The array assembly includes: a substrate defining a display region and a peripheral region; gate lines and data lines which are set in the display region; touch control electrodes which are set in the display region and electrically isolated; and a first metal layer set on the substrate, which includes: touch control lines set in the display region, wherein each of the touch control lines is electrically connected with corresponding touch control electrode, and adapted to provide a first signal for the corresponding touch control electrode; and a first BUS line set in the peripheral region, where the first BUS line is adapted to provide a second signal for at least one of the touch control lines, the gate lines, and the data lines Accordingly, BUS lines are arranged on different metal layers, thus narrow frame is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chao Wang
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Patent number: 10444040Abstract: In some examples, the apparatus comprises a mechanical input mechanism comprising a rotatable shaft, an optical sensor configured to detect a rotation of the shaft and detect a movement of the shaft toward or away from the optical sensor, and an optical sensor configured to detect light incident on the optical sensor, the light having a position and an orientation, the orientation of the light based on at least a position of the rotatable shaft, detect a rotation of the shaft, and detect a movement of the shaft based on at least a change in the orientation of the light. In some examples, a mechanical input mechanism is coupled to a housing and configured to contact a force sensor coupled to the housing in response to a user input. In some examples, the force sensor is configured to detect a position of the shaft and detect an amount of force between the shaft and the force sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Richard Ruh
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Patent number: 10444896Abstract: An assistive device and method for non-visually discerning a three-dimensional (3D) real-world area surrounding a user, comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The assistive device receives sensor data of the 3D real-world area within a first proximity range of the assistive device from a plurality of different types of sensors that are communicatively coupled to the assistive device. The assistive device establishes a mapping of a plurality of objects within the first proximity range to the plurality of haptic elements in a defined region of the haptic feedback interface, based on the received sensor data. A haptic feedback generator generates a touch-discernible feedback on the haptic feedback interface based on the established mapping. The touch-discernible feedback comprises a plurality of differential touch-discernible cues to enable the user to non-visually discern the 3D real-world area surrounding the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventors: Alex Hamid Mani, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
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Patent number: 10394436Abstract: A manipulation apparatus includes an image display device for displaying an image containing a command portion, an operation unit manually operable by a user, a pointer display unit for displaying a pointer at a position corresponding to an operation state of an operation unit on the image displayed on the image display unit, a vibration application unit for applying vibration to the operation unit, and a direction determination unit for, based on a positional relationship between the command portion and the pointer or based on contents of the command corresponding to the command portion, determining a direction of a force that is first applied to the operation unit as the vibration by the vibration application unit when the pointer is displayed on the command portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Shigeaki Nishihashi
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Patent number: 10388203Abstract: The present disclosure provides a GOA unit circuit, a method for driving the same, and a GOA circuit. The GOA unit circuit comprises a first input sub-circuit, a pull-up sub-circuit, a first pull-down sub-circuit, a reset sub-circuit, a second input sub-circuit, a noise control sub-circuit, a first de-noising sub-circuit, and a second de-noising sub-circuit. The first pull-down sub-circuit is connected to an output signal terminal, a first clock control signal terminal and a discharge signal terminal, a discharge signal provided by the discharge signal terminal is at a high level higher than that of an input signal provided by the input signal terminal, and the first pull-down sub-circuit is configured to discharge the output signal terminal under the control of the first clock control signal and the discharge signal, to pull down a potential at the output signal terminal to a low level. The GOA unit circuit is configured to drive gate lines of a display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuanbo Zhang, Shuai Chen
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Patent number: 10372165Abstract: A display device and a control method are disclosed. The display device comprises: a flexible display unit capable of displaying an image in two directions; a camera unit, which is disposed in a first direction and receives as an input the image in the first direction; and a control unit, wherein the control unit can temporarily capture the image input in the first direction and display the temporarily captured image in the first direction on the flexible display unit in a second direction or a bent region of the flexible display unit when the region of the flexible display unit, which includes the camera unit, is bent in the second direction at an angle equal to or greater than a preset angle, so that the camera unit can receive as an input the image in the second direction, which is opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Doyoung Lee
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Patent number: 10372261Abstract: A touch panel of capacitance type includes plural X-electrodes, plural Y-electrodes, and a Z-electrode. Each of the X-electrode and the Y-electrode is formed to have pad portions and thin line portions alternately arranged in an extending direction. The pad portion of the X-electrode and the pad portion of the Y-electrode are arranged without being overlapped in a planar view. The Z-electrode is electrically in a floating state, and formed to be overlapped with both the adjacent X-electrode and the Y-electrode in a planar view. The touched position is calculated based on a local minimal point as an intersection with the interelectrode capacitance value that is equal to or smaller than each of the interelectrode capacitance values of four peripheral intersections among those at the intersections between the plural X-electrodes and the plural Y-electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Koji Doi, Koji Nagata
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Patent number: 10366670Abstract: A compensation circuit for a common electrode voltage and a display device. The compensation circuit includes a control module, a selection module, a transmission module and an output module. The control module generates a control signal and transmits the control signal to the selection module. The selection module selects one of a signal from a first common electrode voltage terminal, a signal from a second common electrode voltage terminal, a signal from a third common electrode voltage terminal and a signal from a fourth common electrode voltage terminal as an input signal based on the control signal and a signal from a turn-on voltage terminal, and transmits the input signal to the output module. The transmission module transmits the feedback signal received from the control module to the output module. The output module generates a compensation signal based on the feedback signal and the input signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jian Zhang
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Patent number: 10359845Abstract: A head-mounted display includes an electronic display, a liquid crystal (LC) array with LC cells forming a dynamic lens array, an optical assembly, an eye tracker, and a controller. The LC array refracts image light emitted from the electronic display. The LC array includes a gaze region with a subset of the LC cells forming a portion of the dynamic lens array having a lens density different than that associated with remaining portions of the LC cells outside the gaze region. The eye tracker tracks a gaze location corresponding to a foveal region of a user's eye. The controller generates emission instructions and provides the emission instructions to the LC array to change location of the gaze region in the LC array based on the tracked gaze location. The optical assembly directs portions of image light refracted by the gaze region toward the foveal region of the user's eye.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai, Jacques Gollier, Ying Geng, Brian Wheelwright
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Patent number: 10347351Abstract: Discussed are a display device and a method of driving the same. The display device can include a panel in which a pixel is formed in each of a plurality of intersection areas between a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, a built-in gate driver built into a non-display area of the panel, and configured to include a shift register including a plurality of scan stages which output a scan pulse, and a timing controller configured to generate first to nth clocks, a reset signal, and a start signal. In initial driving of the built-in gate driver, the timing controller continuously supplies a pulse of the reset signal to the plurality of scan stages while a pulse of the nth clock and a pulse of the first clock to a pulse of the (n?1) clock are each output once in a first frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Cheol Eom, Young Ho Kim
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Patent number: 10345967Abstract: A device includes a processor and a memory comprising machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the system to display information to a user through a display screen of the device, the display screen being positioned on a front side of the device, receive a first input from a first sensor placed on a left side of the device, the first input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the first sensor, receive a second input from a second sensor placed on a right side of the device, the second input indicating a placement of at least one appendage along the second sensor, and execute a predefined function within an application running on the device, the predefined function being based on both the first input and the second input.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: RED HAT, INC.Inventors: Martin Vecera, Jiri Pechanec
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Patent number: 10332482Abstract: A medical device, such as a peritoneal dialysis machine, includes a sensor for sensing motion and/or user proximity in the vicinity of the medical device for the purpose of automated dimming a display of the medical device. In the event of a lack of user-activity on a machine interface and a lack of movement detected by the proximity sensor, the machine display is automatically dimmed to minimize power-consumption and provide an enhanced medical device for night therapies in a home or clinic environment. The machine display may be dimmed in the event of an alarm-free machine condition, where no machine activity is detected and/or where no movement is detected by the sensor over one or more time periods. When machine activity is detected, when movement is detected by the proximity sensor, and/or in the event of a machine alarm or warning, the machine display may be automatically undimmed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Kelly Yik, Matthew Doyle, Aiyuan Wang, Thomas Merics
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Patent number: 10325555Abstract: An organic light emitting pixel compensation circuit, an organic light emitting display panel, and a driving method are provided. The organic light emitting pixel compensation circuit includes an external compensation module, which has a data line, a reference voltage line, a reset control line, a first detection control line, a second detection control line, a first input/output terminal, a second input/output terminal, a reset unit, a threshold voltage detection unit, a deterioration voltage detection unit, a data processing unit, and an adder unit. The deterioration compensation for a light emitting element is achieved by detecting and processing an anode voltage at the second input/output terminal to obtain a compensated voltage, and feeding the compensated data voltage back to a gate of a driving transistor via the data line.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTORNICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tong Wu, Yue Li, Dongxu Xiang, Gang Liu