Patents Examined by Carolyn R Edwards
  • Patent number: 10120488
    Abstract: A display method and display device are described where the method includes when a first device is in a first status, the first device displays a first output content of the first device in a first display area of a display module, when it is detected that the first device goes into a second status from the first status, the first device displays the first output content in a second display area of the display module, and displays a second output content in a third display area of the display module, wherein, the first output content is different from the second output content, the second area does not overlap with the third area, and the first area contains the second and third areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD., BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Li, Yiqiang Yan
  • Patent number: 10121449
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided comprising a processor configured to: identify one or more sink devices; for each sink device, generate a respective display data structure; for each sink device, generate a respective data stream, the respective data stream being generated by encoding content produced by one or more applications based on the respective display data structure of the sink device; and transmit, to each of the sink devices, that sink device's respective encoded data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soung-Kwan Kimn, Su-Hyun Kim, Dong-Hyun Jo, Dae-Sik Hwang, Seung-Ryong Kook, Jong-Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10118489
    Abstract: This head-up display device according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on an instrument panel of a vehicle. A display means that emits display light is contained in a chassis having a light transmissive cover having a curved surface, and the display light emitted by the display means is output from the light transmissive cover. The curved surface of the light transmissive cover is curved so that the side on the front side of the vehicle is lower than the side on the back side of the vehicle, and that the curved surface is inclined toward the left-right direction of the vehicle so that a corner of the curved surface is lowest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genichiro Sato, Takanori Shigeno, Hiroyuki Furusawa
  • Patent number: 10102793
    Abstract: Discussed are a built-in gate driver capable of improving output characteristics of the gate driver by reducing load of clock lines and a display device using the same. The built-in gate driver can include a shift register, a first clock group and a second clock group located in a non-display region of a display panel. The shift register includes a plurality of stages for individually driving gate lines of a display region. The first clock group includes clock lines arranged at a first side of the shift register. The second clock group includes clock lines arranged at a second side of the shift register. Each of the clock lines includes a main line and a branch line branched from the main line and connected to a corresponding stage. A branch line belonging to a corresponding clock group of any one of the first and second clock groups does not overlap a main line belonging to the other clock group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Ho Jang, Woo-Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 10096280
    Abstract: A display driving method, a display driving device and a display device are provided. The display driving method includes: detecting corresponding voltage change degrees of a display panel when the display panel adopts different wiring approaches to display an image to be displayed; comparing the detected voltage change degrees to obtain a minimum voltage change degree; and controlling the display panel to adopt a wiring approach corresponding to the obtained minimum voltage change degree, and displaying the image to be displayed using source voltages corresponding to the wiring approach. A display panel in the disclosure can display images of different types with low power consumption, and hence the power consumption of the display panel can be greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Di Wang, Hao Zhang, Lingyun Shi, Xue Dong, Quanhua He
  • Patent number: 10082911
    Abstract: An input device may include an image sensor having an imaging surface comprising that includes an array of pixels, and an optical waveguide layer carried by the imaging surface and having an exposed user surface and a first refractive index associated therewith. The input device may also include a substrate between the optical waveguide layer and the image sensor and having a second refractive index associated therewith that is lower than first refractive index. A collimation layer may be between the image sensor and the substrate. A light source may be configured to transmit light into the optical waveguide so that the light therein undergoes a total internal reflection. The optical waveguide may be being adjacent the imaging surface so that an object brought into contact with the exposed user surface disturbs the total internal reflection results resulting in an image pattern on the imaging surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED
    Inventor: Mathieu Reigneau
  • Patent number: 10082881
    Abstract: A navigation keypad is disposed in an electronic device including a case and a keypad printed circuit board disposed in the case. The navigation keypad includes an elastic support element and a body. The elastic post includes an elastic post, and a first end of the elastic post has an inclined plane. The body is passing through the case and corresponding to the elastic support element. The body includes a direction keypad portion lean against the elastic post and providing a reload force. The direction keypad portions may be formed on the body for direction control. Therefore, the number of the components and the assembling hour of the navigation keypad can be reduced. In addition, the inclined plane allows the direction keypad portion to be closely in contact with the directional elastic post. Therefore, when one direction keypad portion is pressed, other direction keypad portion would not be affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Ling Kuo, Ko-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 10078365
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for controlling a mobile terminal, including a touch sensor that detects a touch input with respect to a specific region of a touch screen, and a controller that determines whether the touch input continues to be received for reference time for which a state in which the mobile terminal is gripped by a user is recognized and that, when the touch input continues to be received for the reference time, blocks touch information corresponding to the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byoungeul Kim, Yehan Ahn, Yeongkyu Lim, Sungho Woo
  • Patent number: 10079000
    Abstract: The description relates to maintaining display device image quality. One example can include a display that includes a set of multiple pixels. Individual pixels comprise multiple color light emitting diodes (LEDs). The example can also include a processor configured to convert image related data into frame renderings for driving the multiple pixels of the display. The example can further include a context-aware anti-degradation component configured to receive a notification from the processor of a change to an individual frame rendering and to adjust lumination intensity values of unchanged portions of the individual frame rendering without comparing the individual frame rendering to a previous individual frame rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Zheng, Rajesh Manohar Dighde, Xiaoyan Hu
  • Patent number: 10073555
    Abstract: A sensing device includes a comparator, a first and a second variable capacitor units. The first and second variable capacitor units charge a first and a second comparator inputs, respectively, according to a first and a second driving signals, such that the first and second comparator inputs have a first and a second voltages, respectively, in which a voltage level of the first driving signal is higher than a voltage level of the second driving signal. The comparator is configured to compare the first voltage and the second voltage to generate a comparator output signal. The first variable capacitor unit is adjusted according to the comparator output signal to perform potential compensation for the first comparator input, or the second variable capacitor unit is adjusted according to the comparator output signal to perform potential compensation for the second comparator input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Chih Wang
  • Patent number: 10074334
    Abstract: A gate driver includes multiple stages. Each stage has a circuit portion and a wiring portion. The wiring portion delivers first and second clock signals to the circuit portion. Further, the wiring portion includes first and second clock wirings receiving the first and second clock signal, respectively, first connecting wirings electrically connecting the first clock wiring with a first every other stage, and second connecting wirings electrically connecting the second clock wiring with the odd-numbered stages. Further, the wiring portion includes third connecting wirings electrically connecting the first connecting wiring with a second every other stage and fourth connecting wirings electrically connecting the second connecting wiring with the even-numbered stages. This configuration may prevent the gate driver from operating erroneously and reduce power consumed by the gate driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haeng-Won Park, Seung-Hwan Moon, Nam-Soo Kang, Sung-Jae Moon, Sung-Man Kim, Seong-Young Lee, Yong-Soon Lee
  • Patent number: 10068728
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to a touchpad with capacitive force sensing. The described techniques may determine the point or region of a user-engagement surface contacted by a user. In addition, the described techniques may also determine a force of the user's finger press on the user-engagement surface using one or more capacitance force-sensors. Furthermore, the described techniques may offer active tactile feedback (i.e., haptics) to the user's finger touching the user-engagement surface. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew P. Huska, Douglas M. Krumpelman, Cody G. Peterson
  • Patent number: 10061410
    Abstract: The present invention provides a set of transmitters which transmits signals concurrently. The set comprises a first role transmitter configured to transmit a first electrical signal according to a first role transmitter status to a touch sensitive device; and a second role transmitter configured to transmit a second electrical signal according to a second role transmitter status to said touch sensitive device. In consequence, the touch sensitive device is configured to analyze the first and the second electrical signals concurrently transmitted and to get the first and the second role transmitter status as well as a first relative position between the first role transmitter and the touch sensitive device and a second relative position between the second role transmitter and the touch sensitive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chin-Fu Chang
  • Patent number: 10055019
    Abstract: A glove interface object is provided, including: a plurality of magnetic objects positioned on a first side of the glove interface object; a plurality of electromagnets positioned on a second side of the glove interface object opposite the first side, the plurality of electromagnets being positioned substantially opposite the plurality of magnetic objects, wherein each electromagnet is configured when activated to attract one or more of the magnetic objects; a controller configured to control activation and deactivation of the electromagnets based on received haptic feedback data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Beran
  • Patent number: 10055693
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are example embodiments for life experience memorialization with observational linkage via user recognition. For certain example embodiments, at least one machine may include: (a) at least one first component including at least a first set of voltages coupled to at least one light-perturbing unit of at least one display, the first set of voltages corresponding to at least one media item; (b) at least one second component including at least a second set of voltages coupled to at least one sensor, the second set of voltages representative of at least one user; or (c) at least one third component including at least a third set of voltages having one or more voltage levels that are responsive at least to: (i) a first set of voltages of at least one first component and (ii) a second set of voltages of at least one second component. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud
  • Patent number: 10033976
    Abstract: Display an image by adjusting upper limit of brightness of the image projection light. Here, determine the target value, according to analysis result of the image data, for the detected brightness of the image projection light, and adjust the upper limit of brightness of the image projection light to cause the detected brightness to approach the target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Toyooka
  • Patent number: 10026322
    Abstract: Integrated controller-pilot datalink communication (CPDLC) systems and methods for operating the same are disclosed. In one implementation, an integrated CPDLC system includes a plurality of CPDLC-enabled avionics devices and a CPDLC context manager coupled with each of the plurality of CPDLC-enabled avionics devices. The CPDLC system further includes a shared CPDLC context memory coupled with the CPDLC context manager and a CPDLC message in/out buffer coupled with the CPDLC context manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kiran Gopala Krishna, Vinoda Ramaiah, Dave Pepitone
  • Patent number: 10019938
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode pixel driving circuit and a display device are disclosed. The circuit includes an external circuit and intra-pixel circuits, which each include a signal loading module, a driving transistor, and an organic light emitting diode. The external circuit loads a data signal to the driving transistors of the intra-pixel circuits during a signal loading phase, and each of the signal loading modules generates a drive signal based on a signal at the source of the driving transistor and on the threshold voltage thereof, to store the drive signal, to load the drive signal to the gate of the driving transistor during the signal loading phase, and to control the driving transistor by the drive signal stored in the signal loading phase and the signal at the source of the driving transistor to cause the organic light emitting diode to emit light during a light emitting phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hanyu Gu
  • Patent number: 10001868
    Abstract: An information processing method, an information processing device and an electronic apparatus with a touch screen are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first parameter value of the touch screen at instant T1; obtaining a second parameter value of the touch screen at instant T2 after instant T1, where an instant T3 is defined between instant T1 and instant T2, and the instant T3 corresponds to a third parameter value, where the third parameter value is greater than or equal to the first parameter value and any one of parameter values corresponding to instants between instant T1 and instant T2; and generating an operation response instruction in a case that the second parameter value is greater than a preset parameter value and a correspondence among the first parameter value, the second parameter value and the third parameter value meets a preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huakun Huang, Zanxuan Fu, Qian Wang, Jinping Yang
  • Patent number: 9990075
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and method of driving the same in which a display panel may include a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines and a touch panel, the touch panel including a first touch electrode group where s number of horizontal electrodes and k (which is less than s) number of longitudinal electrodes cross each other; and a touch sensing unit that during a first period of a plurality of touch sensing periods included in a one frame period, determines whether at least one of the s number of horizontal electrodes is touched based on a plurality of sensing signals received from at least two of the s number of horizontal electrodes, and during a second period of the plurality of touch sensing periods, determines whether at least one of the s number of horizontal electrodes, which is either the same or different from the at least one of the s number of horizontal electrodes determined during the first period, is touched based on one or more sensing signals received from at least one of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Kyu Kang, Hoon Bae Kim, Sung Su Han