Patents Examined by Cory A Almeida
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Patent number: 9684410Abstract: An electronic device (300) includes a housing (301). A touch sensitive surface (100) can be disposed along the housing. The touch sensitive surface can include a recessed surface feature (106) on a portion of the touch sensitive surface. A control circuit (315), operable with the touch sensitive surface, can detect a predetermined gesture sequence (501, 502, 503) when a touch actuation along the touch sensitive surface interacts with the recessed surface feature.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLCInventors: Chad Austin Phipps, Jeffrey R. DeVries, John C. Johnson, Louis J. Lundell, Thomas Y. Merrell, Mitul R. Patel, Jiri Slaby
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Patent number: 9678702Abstract: An ultrasound system enables simplified setup of a remote terminal for display of ultrasound images acquired by the ultrasound system. An image acquired by the ultrasound system is processed by or with display parameters for different viewing conditions or devices, such as display gamma correction, ambient lighting, or image quality. A plurality of versions of an image with slightly different display appearances are exported to the remote terminal, where a viewer can view all of the image versions simultaneously. The viewer selects the best image, and the display characteristics of the selected image are used for images subsequently exported from the ultrasound system to the remote terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: David Rust, Karl Erhard Thiele, Kevin Bradley, Earl M. Canfield
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Patent number: 9678605Abstract: The various embodiments described herein provide input devices configured to selectively operate in two different sensing regimes. The first sensing regime is configured to determine positional information for ungloved fingers in the sensing region. The second sensing regime is configured to determine positional information for gloved fingers in the sensing region. The input devices are further configured to switch from operating in the first sensing regime to the second sensing regime responsive to detecting an input gesture that meets each of a set of criteria, where the set of criteria includes a measure of sensor value stability corresponding to the input gesture being beyond a sensor value stability threshold level. So implemented, the input device allows a user to easily switch between two different sensing regimes, and thus can facilitate the use of the device with both gloved and ungloved fingers providing input.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Joel Jordan, Adam Schwartz
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Patent number: 9678610Abstract: Disclosed are a capacitive touch screen and a single layer wiring electrode array. The single layer wiring electrode array includes capacitive regions and wiring regions located on one plane. Wires in the wiring regions are zigzag-shaped or wave-shaped. The capacitive touch screen includes a substrate; a single layer wiring electrode array disposed over the substrate, wherein the single layer wiring electrode array includes capacitive regions and wiring regions located on one plane and wires in the wiring region are zigzag-shaped or wave-shaped; and control ports for connecting to one or more integrated circuits, wherein the wires in the wiring regions are connected to the control ports respectively. The single layer wiring electrode array and the capacitive touch screen lower the fabrication cost and improve the display effects.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Silead Inc.Inventors: Taiyi Cheng, Tianming Zhao, Hao Tang
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Patent number: 9648307Abstract: A display apparatus and a display method of a display apparatus to which a 3D display film is attachable are provided. The display method according to various exemplary embodiments of the present general inventive concept includes sensing whether a 3D display film is attached to or detached from a display apparatus, automatically converting the display apparatus into a 3D mode when the 3D display film is attached to cover a display unit of the display apparatus, and automatically converting into a normal mode when the 3D display film is detached from the display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kun-woo Lee, Woo-jong Cho, Bon-min Koo, Jae-kyu Shim, Cheol-eun Jang, Hee-seung Choi
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Patent number: 9626040Abstract: A touch-sensitive apparatus is configured to propagate energy inside a panel (1) so as to define a grid of transmission paths across a touch surface (4) of the panel (1). The apparatus comprises a first subset of components on a first end of the touch surface (4), and a second subset of components on a second end which is opposite to and parallel with the first end. The components include emitters and detectors, each emitter being operable for propagating a diverging energy beam (e.g. radiation) across the touch surface (4) inside the panel (1), and each detector being operable for detecting transmitted energy from at least two emitters. The components in at least one of the first and second subsets are systematically arranged in spatially separate groups along at least one of the first and second ends, so as to achieve a reduced spacing and/or an increased uniformity of the transmission paths along a center line between the first and second ends compared to an equidistant arrangement of all components.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: FLATFROG LABORATORIES ABInventors: Mats Petter Wallander, Håkan Bergström
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Patent number: 9619435Abstract: Methods and apparatus for various embodiments of a text adjustment tool provide direct modification of typographic attributes of displayed text by translating indications of movement across a display, received via user input, into typographic attribute modifications. The text adjustment tool allows a user an intuitive method for modifying typographic attributes of displayed text without a user needing to access any menu windows or without even knowing which typographic attribute is being modified. The intuitive nature of the text adjustment tool is reflected by the fact that at no point during a modification of a typographic attribute of targeted text does a user's eyes ever need to leave the text being modified.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Max A. Wendt
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Patent number: 9606714Abstract: A terminal for interacting with a physical entity includes a controller capable of selecting a physical entity, and thereafter receiving data from the entity at a terminal at least partially over an air interface. The controller can also identify a type of the entity based upon the data. Thereafter, the controller can be capable of performing at least one action based upon the entity type, an application operating on the terminal and a selection event. The application can comprise any of a number of applications, such as an application associated with the type of entity or an alternative application other than the associated application. Likewise, the selection event can comprise any of a number of different predefined events, such as “select and get information,” “select and open,” and/or “select drag and drop.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Franklin Reynolds
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Patent number: 9600074Abstract: Generally, embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods, computer-readable medium, servers, and systems for providing customized instructional content through an application using three-dimensional input and providing feedback from an interaction with the instructional content.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.Inventors: Brent Douglas Arnold, Darvell Dean Hunt, Amanda Luisa Figueroa, CrisAnn Peterson
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Patent number: 9591749Abstract: A method of fabricating a capacitance touch panel module includes forming a plurality of first conductive patterns on a substrate comprising a touching area and a peripheral area along a first orientation, a plurality of second conductive patterns along a second orientation, and a plurality of connecting portions in the touching area; forming a plurality of insulated protrusions, in which each insulated protrusion covering one connecting portion, and forming an insulated frame on the peripheral area; and forming a bridging member on each insulated protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Kai Meng, Lien-Hsin Lee
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Patent number: 9591748Abstract: A method of fabricating a capacitance touch panel module includes forming a plurality of first conductive patterns on a substrate comprising a touching area and a peripheral area along a first orientation, a plurality of second conductive patterns along a second orientation, and a plurality of connecting portions in the touching area; forming a plurality of insulated protrusions, in which each insulated protrusion covering one connecting portion, and forming an insulated frame on the peripheral area; and forming a bridging member on each insulated protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Kai Meng, Lien-Hsin Lee
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Patent number: 9576534Abstract: A pixel selection control method, driving circuit, display apparatus and electronic instrument are disclosed. A driving circuit includes a logic circuit configured to receive a reference signal associated with a line of pixels. The reference signal has a first logic level or a second logic level. The driving circuit also includes a switch circuit configured to receive the reference signal and an enable signal, and to provide the enable signal to the logic circuit when the reference signal is at the first logic level. A display apparatus may be provided that includes the driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masatsugu Tomida, Keisuke Omoto
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Patent number: 9569019Abstract: An aspect of the invention includes a display device that operates controls on a display surface independent of a size of the display surface. A touch panel displays a screen on a display surface and inputs a user operation point on the display surface. An extracting part extracts controls that receive a touch operation of a user from content to be displayed on the display surface. A display controller displays auxiliary buttons for providing instructions for input of an extracted control, together with the content on the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Kawase, Satoko Kinoshita, Yoshio Horiuchi, Daisuke Maruyama, Tetsuya Yanagawa
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Patent number: 9544996Abstract: A method of fabricating a capacitance touch panel module includes forming a plurality of first conductive patterns on a substrate comprising a touching area and a peripheral area along a first orientation, a plurality of second conductive patterns along a second orientation, and a plurality of connecting portions in the touching area; forming a plurality of insulated protrusions, in which each insulated protrusion covering one connecting portion, and forming an insulated frame on the peripheral area; and forming a bridging member on each insulated protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignees: INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Kai Meng, Lien-Hsin Lee
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Patent number: 9537482Abstract: A touch panel and display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch panel includes a substrate, at least one first signal line formed over the substrate and extending in a first direction, and at least one second signal line formed over the substrate and extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction. A plurality of identification patterns are formed in areas corresponding to at least one of the first and second signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Won Huh, Hwan-Hee Jeong
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Patent number: 9533772Abstract: A visual search assistance system and related operating method are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the method dynamically determines a desired line-of-sight vector from an occupant of a vehicle to a visual target, and dynamically determines, with an onboard tracking system of the vehicle, an actual line-of-sight vector for the occupant of the vehicle. The actual line-of-sight vector is temporally associated with the desired line-of-sight vector. The method compares the actual line-of-sight vector against the desired line-of-sight vector to obtain a difference measurement, and generates a notification when the obtained difference measurement exceeds a threshold value. The notification provides guidance to redirect a gaze direction of the occupant toward the visual target.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Pedro Davalos, Robert E. De Mers, John F. L. Schmidt, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohideen
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Patent number: 9507472Abstract: In a method of managing baselines of a capacitive sensing input device, a transcapacitive baseline, a first absolute capacitive baseline, and a second absolute capacitive baseline are acquired with a plurality of sensor electrodes of the capacitive sensing input device. A transcapacitive image, a first absolute capacitive profile, and a second absolute capacitive profile are acquired with the plurality of sensor electrodes. The transcapacitive baseline, the first absolute capacitive baseline, and the second absolute capacitive baseline are managed based on a value of at least one of the first absolute capacitive profile and the second absolute capacitive profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Nickolas Fotopoulos, Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Tom Vandermeijden
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Patent number: 9477351Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Won-Kyu Kwak, Brent Jang
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Patent number: 9477327Abstract: A display device having a display surface includes a plurality of black lines defining a plurality of pixels; and a plurality of information patterns arranged so as to overlap the display surface and each representing information regarding a position thereof on the display surface. Each information pattern is formed by using a plurality of marks provided so as to overlap the pixels, and each mark is formed from a material that transmits visible light and absorbs or diffusedly reflects infrared light. A length of each mark in a width direction of the thickest black lines among the black lines defining the pixel overlapped by the mark is larger than a width of each thickest black line.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Kazuhiro Yamada, Kenji Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9466247Abstract: A method of driving an electrowetting display device including at least one pixel, the method comprising: applying a first pixel voltage to the pixel during a first portion of the display period; and applying a second pixel voltage to the pixel during a second portion of the display period, the first and second pixel voltages corresponding to a display state of the pixel, and the first pixel voltage and the second pixel voltage having different polarities.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jozef Elisabeth Aubert, Henricus Petronella Maria Derckx, Bokke Johannes Feenstra, Anthony John Slack