Patents Examined by Calvin C Ma
  • Patent number: 10706778
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display apparatus having a display device including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including: a drive transistor; and a light emitting element coupled to the drive transistor and to a reference potential, wherein a current from the drive transistor to the light emitting element is determined based on a voltage between a gate and a source of the drive transistor, and the display device is configured to divide a one-frame period during which a frame image is being displayed into certain unit time segments each having a same time period and each including one or more light emission time slots during each of which the pixel is emitting light and one or more no-light emission time slots during each of which the pixel is not emitting light, and then configured to switch light emission of the pixel on and off in a manner such that a light quantity in the one or more light emission time slots per each of the unit time segment is equalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kubota, Norio Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10696159
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to acquire, by a display unit, information on a predetermined position outside a moving body to display an information providing image for providing information associated with the predetermined position as a virtual image; and control the display unit to change a display position of the information providing image according to movement of the moving body. The display position of the information providing image is changed such that a deviation amount between the predetermined position and a position at which a straight line passing through a reference point within the moving body and the display position of the information providing image reaches a surface on which the moving body is moving decreases as a distance between the moving body and the predetermined position decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiroh Saisho, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Masato Kusanagi, Yuuki Suzuki, Keita Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10700154
    Abstract: The first type of pixel lines include first type of end pixels disposed at the end on the opposite side of the first direction and at the end on the opposite side of the second direction of a pixel line in the second direction. The second type of pixel lines include second type of end pixels disposed at the end on the opposite side of the first direction and at the end on the opposite side of the second direction of a pixel line in the second direction. Channel widths of driving transistors for light-emitting elements of the first type of end pixels are narrower than channel widths of driving transistors for light-emitting elements of internal pixels surrounded by other pixels in four directions of the first direction, the opposite direction of the first direction, the second direction, and the opposite direction of the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventor: Yojiro Matsueda
  • Patent number: 10690984
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is to provide an electronic apparatus which is configured to provide a color writing function by means of the physical force of an external input means, and a control method thereof. More particularly, the present invention is to provide an electronic apparatus equipped with a plurality of liquid crystal panels in an electronic apparatus so that a plurality of colors can be written by the physical force of an external input means, and a control method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Cheol Bae, Chul Baik, Hong Suk Kim, Byung Hwa Seo, Hyun Min Song, Tatsuhiro Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10679580
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a display panel. In the pixel circuit, the storage module stores a written data signal at a first node, and then the potential of the second node is controlled according to the stored data signal, so that the pixel circuit outputs a driving signal for driving a pixel unit to emit light under the control of key nodes (i.e. the first node and a second node) to achieve normal light emission of the pixel. When the pixel circuit is applied in a display device, the data signal stored by the storage module may replace a data signal input from a data line when a still picture is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiujuan Wang, Xianjie Shao
  • Patent number: 10671187
    Abstract: A pen input device sheet, which contacts a tip part of a core body of an electronic pen for a pen input device, includes a resin film layer. A diameter of the tip part is SR. An amount of sinking of the resin film layer is ? and a coefficient of kinetic friction between the resin film layer and the tip part is ?, which change according to a load when the tip part is in contact with the pen input device sheet. When the load applied to the tip part of the core body is changed and corresponding measurements are taken, and the measurements plotted with ? allocated to an ordinate axis and a ratio of ?/SR is allocated to an abscissa axis, a fitted straight line plotted based on the measurements has a proportional relation corresponding to a proportional relation between ? and the ratio of ?/SR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: So Kato, Toshihiko Horie
  • Patent number: 10671179
    Abstract: A rollable and flexible input device includes a drum, a reel received in the drum, an input device body connected to the reel, and a battery. The reel is rotated relative to the drum so that the input device body is in a rolled-up state or a stretched state. The reel defines a battery cavity, and the battery is disposed in the battery cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinyuan Xia, Linyu Yu, Songya Chen, Yu Zhou, Gang Chen
  • Patent number: 10665148
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a first driver and a second driver. The display panel includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The display panel is configured to display an image based on input image data. The first driver is configured to output compensating gate signals having the same timing to the gate lines during a first period and scan gate signals having different timings to the gate lines during a second period. The second driver is configured to apply a compensating data voltage corresponding to a compensating grayscale value to the data lines during the first period and a target data voltage corresponding to a target grayscale value to the data lines during the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Koo Kang, Jae-Han Lee, Ok-Kwon Shin
  • Patent number: 10664095
    Abstract: A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Minh-Dieu Thi Vu, Thomas James Wilson, Christoph H. Krah
  • Patent number: 10666253
    Abstract: A capacitive touch switch is disclosed which includes a transparent insulating panel, a filtering layer having an opaque color, a transparent icon being defined in the filtering layer, a transparent substrate including a capacitive electrode, the transparent substrate being tinted to substantially match the opaque color of the filtering layer, and a light source configured to transmit light through the transparent substrate, the transparent icon, and the transparent insulating panel when energized. A user interface and a method of manufacturing a capacitive touch switch are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory Howard Wilford
  • Patent number: 10665645
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a touch display panel, including a first substrate, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device layer, a spacer, a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode, and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. The OLED device layer is disposed on the first substrate and has a light emitting area. The spacer is disposed on the OLED device layer and located outside the light emitting area. The first touch electrode and the second touch electrode are disposed on the OLED device layer. The first touch electrode has a first bridge part. The first bridge part of the first touch electrode is interlaced with the second touch electrode. In particular, at least a portion of the first bridge part is disposed on the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jui-Jen Yueh
  • Patent number: 10665197
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a light source unit and a control unit. The control unit sets a display area to a second transparent state in which a degree of transparency is higher than a degree of transparency of a first transparent state in a reset period. The control unit displays an image in an object area, sets a non-object area to the first transparent state and holds a non-rewrite area in the second transparent state in a rewrite period. The gate driver drives second gate lines at a second drive frequency higher than a first drive frequency at which the gate driver drives first gate lines or selectively drives the first gate lines in the rewrite period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadafumi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10657910
    Abstract: The resolution of a low-resolution image is made high and a stereoscopic image is displayed. Resolution is made high by super-resolution processing. In this case, the super-resolution processing is performed after edge enhancement processing is performed. Accordingly, a stereoscopic image with high resolution and high quality can be displayed. Alternatively, after image analysis processing is performed, edge enhancement processing and super-resolution processing are concurrently performed. Accordingly, processing time can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 10656729
    Abstract: A pressing detector and an electronic device that properly corrects an integrated value at any timing. An electronic writing instrument includes a housing, an operation unit, and a pressing detector, which includes a plurality of electrodes, a piezoelectric film, a base material, a strain resistive element, a base material, a ground electrode, and a circuit including a detection unit. When an operation surface is displaced due to pressing or release of pressing by an operator, a resistance value of the strain resistive element changes. As a result, the strain resistive element performs an output according to an amount of displacement of the operation surface. The detection unit can thus correct the integrated value by the output of the strain resistive element. Therefore, the pressing detector can properly correct the integrated value at any timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10656769
    Abstract: A touch display device and a method for forming the same are provided. The touch display device includes a touch panel and a display panel arranged opposite to the touch panel to form a cell, where a deformable layer is arranged between the touch panel and the display panel and configured to be deformed in response to a pressure applied to the touch panel; a plurality of first electrodes is arranged at a side of the touch panel adjacent to the display panel; a plurality of second electrodes is arranged at a side of the display panel adjacent to the touch panel; the first electrodes and the second electrodes are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and each second electrode and the corresponding first electrode form a pressure sensing capacitor; where the touch display device further includes a pressure sensing module configured to detect a capacitance change of the pressure sensing capacitor and determine a value of the pressure applied to the touch panel based on the capacitance change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawei Xu, Baoran Li, Bisheng Li, Lei Zhang, Tsungchieh Kuo
  • Patent number: 10650749
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; a scan line disposed on the substrate to transfer a scan signal; a data line disposed on the substrate to transfer a data signal; a driving voltage line disposed on the substrate to transfer a driving voltage; a switching transistor connected with the scan line and the data line; a driving transistor connected with the switching transistor; and an organic light emitting diode electrically connected to the driving transistor, wherein the driving transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a plurality of channels, and each of the channels includes a plurality of curved portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Duck Cho, Seung-Kyu Lee, Hyun Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 10642348
    Abstract: A display device includes a controller, a display, and a display controller. The controller generates an augmented reality image based on an image displayed on a screen of an external terminal display device and a size of a screen area of the screen. The augmented reality image corresponds to the image. The display displays the augmented reality image so that the image is viewed by a user through augmented reality. The display controller controls displaying by the display. The controller generates an augmented reality image including an excess region when a size of an overall area of the image is larger than the size of the screen area. The excess region is a portion of the overall area and corresponds to an excess from the size of the screen area. The display controller directs the display to display the excess region outside the screen area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Etsuko Manda, Yoichi Hiranuma
  • Patent number: 10629138
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method of adjusting a display screen during photographing thereof, and computer readable storage medium are disclosed. The method includes receiving a camera start signal of the mobile terminal, and starting the camera and increasing a brightness of the display screen of the mobile terminal in a preset duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd.
    Inventor: Quan Yuan
  • Patent number: 10613656
    Abstract: An electronic device, with a touch-sensitive surface and display, displays a user interface at a first display rate. While displaying the user interface, the device detects movement of a touch input across the touch-sensitive surface at a first detection rate that is higher than the first display rate. An application-independent touch processing module sends to an application-specific portion of the first software application touch location information for the touch input that identifies: one or more predicted locations of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, and one or more predicted intensity values of the touch input at one or more intensity locations of the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface. The first software application processes the touch location information and updated the user interface accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Nilo, David Michael Chan, Jacob A. Xiao, Jason Clay Beaver
  • Patent number: 10606370
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first keystroke signal from a keyboard indicating a first key has been pressed while operating in a first state, switching the keyboard from the first state to a second state. During the second state, a second keystroke signal is received from the keyboard indicating a second key has been pressed. In response, a plurality of keystroke signals is determined and sent to a second computing device during the second state. Further during the second state, a third keystroke signal is received from the keyboard indicating a third key has been pressed. In response, the keyboard switches from the second state to a third state. During the second state, the keyboard is compatible with a first type of computing device or word processing application. During the third state, the keyboard is compatible with a second type of computing device or word processing application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Pro-Boards, LLC
    Inventor: Brian H. Potts