Patents Examined by Cory A Almeida
  • Patent number: 9893126
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device capable of having an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel function without substantially increasing the thickness of the display device and/or including a touch panel with an improved interface between a touch panel module of the touch panel and a touch panel drive integrated circuit (IC) of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Brent Jang
  • Patent number: 9830844
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying images on a transparent display of an electronic device. The display may include one or more display screens as well as a flexible circuit for connecting the display screens with internal circuitry of the electronic device. Furthermore, the display screens may allow for overlaying of images over real world viewable objects, as well as a visible window to be present on an otherwise opaque display screen. Additionally, the display may include active and passive display screens that may be utilized based on images to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Aleksandar Pance
  • Patent number: 9830006
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a handwritten type electronic paper display and a manufacture method thereof. The handwritten type electronic paper display comprises: a first electrode substrate (1) and a second electrode substrate (2) having a same pixel electrode matrix structure, an electronic paper thin film (3), a flexible printed circuit (4), a stylus (5) and an electrical source. The electronic paper thin film (3) is bonded onto an upper surface of the first electrode substrate (1), a common electrode of the electronic paper thin film is electrically connected to a negative electrode of the electrical source; the second electrode substrate (2) is fixed on the electronic paper thin film (3) in a thin film manner; the flexible printed circuit (4) is adapted for electrically connecting pixels of the first electrode substrate (1) to corresponding pixels of the second electrode substrate (2); and the stylus (5) is electrically connect to a positive electrode of the electrical source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Danna Song, Zhuo Zhang
  • Patent number: 9824618
    Abstract: When a clock signal pulse number and a compensation-target-line address indicating a compensation-target row match, the following control is carried out with a time point being a starting point of a current measurement period, the time point being one horizontal scanning period after a time point of the match. At a current measurement period starting point and ending point, only the potential of the one of the clock signals applied to a unit circuit corresponding to the compensation-target row is changed. Throughout the current measurement period, the clock operation of the clock signals is stopped. A monitor enable signal, that is applied to a control terminal of an output control transistor for controlling active signal output to a monitor control line, is only set to a high level during the current measurement period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Ohara, Noboru Noguchi, Noritaka Kishi
  • Patent number: 9817479
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate user interaction with a display that is capable of presenting at least portions of the user interfaces of multiple devices, such as by recognizing and interpreting a gesture as providing input to one of the devices. In the context of a method, an identification of one or more valid gestures of at least a first device is received in an instance in which a plurality of devices interact such that portions of the respective user interfaces are capable of being presented upon a display. The method also includes receiving information indicative of a gesture and determining whether the gesture is valid. Depending upon whether the gesture is a valid gesture, the method also includes causing an indication of the gesture to be provided to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jorg Brakensiek, Raja Bose
  • Patent number: 9817544
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen where an icon is arranged. When hen a first gesture is performed on a partial area of the home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller enlarges or reduces the area of the home screen to be displayed on the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Hisano, Yoshiaki Kondoh, Masamichi Kodama
  • Patent number: 9778755
    Abstract: A fast and stable image processing system detecting a mark from a polarization image is described. The system includes a camera capturing separately a first polarization image and a second polarization image, and an image processing device outputting a difference image of the first polarization image that is captured and the second polarization image that is captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Inventor: Moon Key Lee
  • Patent number: 9778761
    Abstract: A capacitive stylus pen that inputs an indicated position by capacitive coupling with a tablet is provided. The capacitive stylus pen includes a power supply that is charged in a contactless manner, a coil provided at a position indicating part of the capacitive stylus pen, an electrode that penetrates through the coil and protrudes to form a tip part, and an alternating-current signal generating circuit that supplies an alternating-current signal to the electrode. During contactless charging, the coil is magnetically coupled to an external charge device that has a penholder shape, to thereby charge the power supply, which supplies power to the alternating-current signal generating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Katsurahira
  • Patent number: 9766757
    Abstract: A sensor element device for a capacitive touch switch of an operating device faces with an upper side toward the underside of a control panel of the operating device and has an illuminated display with a lighting means. Provided around the lighting means is a housing with fastening means for fastening the sensor element device to a component carrier. Provided on the outside of the housing or of the structural unit, in the region toward the upper side there is electrically conductive plastic that extends along an outer periphery of the housing. From the electrically conductive plastic there extends in the direction of the underside, toward the component carrier, a contacting means for the electrical connection thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH
    Inventor: Hartmut Keller
  • Patent number: 9766699
    Abstract: A gaze tracking system, leaving a low power mode in response to an activation signal, captures an initial burst of eye pictures in short time by restricting the image area of a sensor, with the purpose of enabling an increased frame rate. Subsequent eye pictures are captured at normal frame rate. The first gaze point value is computed memorylessly based on the initial burst of eye pictures and no additional imagery, while subsequent values may be computed recursively by taking into account previous gaze point values or information from previous eye pictures. The restriction of the image area may be guided by a preliminary overview picture captured using the same or a different sensor. From the gaze point values, the system may derive a control signal to be supplied to a computer device with a visual display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: TOBII AB
    Inventors: Mårten Skogö, Anders Olsson, John Mikael Elvesjö, Aron Yu
  • Patent number: 9767605
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to cause different multi-dimensional representations of an image to be presented upon a display and to facilitate changing from one multi-dimensional representation of the image to another multi-dimensional representation of the image, such as in response to a change in the shape of the display. In the context of a method, a first, multi-dimensional representation of an image is caused to be presented upon the display while the display has a first shape. The method also causes a second, multi-dimensional representation of the image, different than the first, multi-dimensional representation of the image, to be presented upon the display while the display has a second shape, different than the first shape. The method also determines the shape of the display such that the corresponding representation of the image is caused to be presented in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Juha Henrik Arrasvuori, Peter Eskolin
  • Patent number: 9760200
    Abstract: Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Porter Hotelling, Marduke Yousefpor, Shih Chang Chang, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 9753576
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes: a flat panel display including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and pixels arranged on a display region of the lower substrate in a stripe arrangement; first sensing cells arranged in a first direction on the upper substrate and second sensing cells arranged in a second direction on the upper substrate; first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction, wherein at least one of the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns is inclined so that it partially overlaps with the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Won-Kyu Kwak, Brent Jang
  • Patent number: 9746934
    Abstract: Multi-dimensional gesture input to a computing device can be improved by providing a mechanism to lock or reduce the effects of motion in unintended directions. In one example, a user can navigate in two dimensions, then provide a selection action through motion in a third dimension. If a computing device analyzing the gesture is able to detect the selection action, the device can limit motion outside the corresponding third dimension in order to ensure that the proper selection action is performed. Various thresholds, values, or motions can be used to limit motion in one or more axes for any appropriate purpose as discussed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Matthew Booms, Parag K. Garg, Jonathan D. Morrison
  • Patent number: 9740357
    Abstract: A projected capacitive touch panel, including a substrate, a silver-inclusive transparent conductive coating which forms a plurality of row electrodes, a plurality of column electrodes, and a plurality of conductive traces, and a signal processor which sequentially measures a capacitance between each of row electrodes and an adjacent column electrode. The row electrodes, the plurality of column electrodes, and the plurality of traces are on a plane substantially parallel to the substrate. Each of the row electrodes is electrically connected to the signal processor by one of the plurality of conductive traces. The plurality of traces are at least partially substantially parallel to the column electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Willem Den Boer, Alexey Krasnov
  • Patent number: 9740317
    Abstract: A touch sensor (2) includes: a substrate (21); a net-shaped electrode (22) which is provided on the substrate (21) and includes conductive wires (221) arranged in a net form; and an outer edge wire (23) which is provided in at least a part of an outer edge of the net-shaped electrode (22) and is integrally formed with the net-shaped electrode. The conductive wire (221) includes a large-width portion which is provided in at least one of lateral parts of a connection portion and gradually widens according to approaching the outer edge wire (23), and the connection portion is a portion of the conductive wire (221) which is connected to the outer edge wire (23). Expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: A?100 [?m]??(1) B/A?½??(2). In Expressions (1) and (2), “A” is a width of the outer edge wire (23), and “B” is a largest width of the conductive wires (221) in a portion where the large-width portion (222) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Koshimizu, Shinsuke Aoshima, Yusuke Iguchi
  • Patent number: 9733779
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to capacitive touch panels. First and second glass substrates are substantially parallel and spaced apart from one another. At least one multi-layer transparent conductive coating (TCC) is patterned into electrodes and located between the first and second substrates. The TCC(s) include(s) at least one conductive layer including silver, a dielectric layer including zinc oxide under and directly contacting the conductive layer including silver, and a dielectric layer(s) including tin oxide or silicon nitride over the conductive layer including silver. Processing circuitry electrically connects to the electrodes and measures an aspect of the electrodes' capacitance. A laminate material is located between the first and second glass substrates. The TCC(s), when blanket deposited, may have a visible transmission of at least 88%, a sheet resistances of no more than 10 ohms per square, and a haze of no more than 0.5%. Mutual and self-capacitance designs are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Vijayen S. Veerasamy, Jason Blush, Eric W. Akkashian, Willem Den Boer, Alexey Krasnov
  • Patent number: 9733617
    Abstract: A display device according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a determination unit to determine a display mode, a light generator to selectively irradiate a 2D light or a hologram 3D light, a spatial light modulator to selectively display a 2D image or a hologram 3D image, and a control unit that controls the light generator to selectively irradiate the 2D light or the hologram 3D light and controls the spatial light modulator to modulate the 2D light or the hologram 3D light irradiated from the light generator to display the 2D image or the hologram 3D image according to the display mode determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Woojae Park, Dowoo Kwon, Wonseok Moon
  • Patent number: 9727162
    Abstract: The invention provides a GOA driving circuit applied for a flat panel display device and a flat panel display device. The GOA driving circuit includes a front-stage circuit, a middle-stage circuit and a rear-stage circuit. GOA driving subunits in the front-stage circuit, the middle-stage circuit and the rear-stage circuit receive a first clock signal and a second clock signal to sequentially generate corresponding gate driving signals. The first clock signal and the second clock signal are set with an interruption period to generate an interruption between the sequentially generated gate driving signals. The flat panel display device performs a touch detection operation in the interruption period. By the above solution, the invention can achieve the interruption of GOA driving circuit scan and thereby increase touch scan frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Sikun Hao
  • Patent number: 9727193
    Abstract: Integrated touch screens are provided including drive lines formed of grouped-together circuit elements of a thin film transistor layer and sense lines formed between a color filter layer and a material layer that modifies or generates light. The common electrodes (Vcom) in the TFT layer can be grouped together during a touch sensing operation to form drive lines. Sense lines can be formed on an underside of a color filter glass, and a liquid crystal region can be disposed between the color filter glass and the TFT layer. Placing the sense lines on the underside of the color filter glass, i.e., within the display pixel cell, can provide a benefit of allowing the color filter glass to be thinned after the pixel cells have been assembled, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shih Chang Chang, John Z. Zhong