Patents Examined by Cory A Almeida
  • Patent number: 10852891
    Abstract: Disclosed are an ultra-thin touch panel and a method of fabricating the same. Particularly, the ultra-thin touch panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of first sensing electrodes arranged in a first direction on the flexible substrate, an adhesive insulating layer formed on the flexible substrate and the first sensing electrodes, and a plurality of second sensing electrodes arranged in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, on the flexible substrate and the adhesive insulating layer using a wet transfer method, wherein the flexible substrate is patterned in a shape corresponding to the first and second sensing electrodes by oxygen plasma etching to form a polygonal mesh structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Ahn, Minpyo Kang
  • Patent number: 10853587
    Abstract: An information terminal with low power consumption is provided. The information terminal includes a liquid crystal element, a light-emitting element, a first transistor, and a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a photodiode, a second transistor, and a third transistor. The first transistor has a function of controlling a current flowing through the light-emitting element. The photodiode is electrically connected to a gate of the third transistor through the second transistor. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the third transistor through at least one transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10845914
    Abstract: An electronic device (1) includes touch sensors (12, 13) on the front surface and on the back surface and a controller that slides the currently displayed screen, upon detecting performance of a slide operation on the touch sensor (13) on the back surface, by sliding the screen in only the direction of the larger vector component between the longitudinal component and the lateral component of the vector of the slide operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Kono
  • Patent number: 10847112
    Abstract: A VCOM generator circuit generates a VCOM signal for an electronic display. The VCOM circuit includes an operational amplifier having reduced supply rails. In an implementation, the VCOM circuit has at least three supply rails, AVDD, ground or GND, and VP or VN, or both. VP is less than AVDD and greater than VN. VN is higher than ground and below VP. The VCOM circuit with reduced voltage supply rails for VP and VN reduces power consumption of the VCOM op amps. By reducing power consumption, this also reduces the surface temperature of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: IML International
    Inventors: Alberto Giovanni Viviani, Dimitry Goder, JunGi Lee, ChinFa Kao, Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 10831318
    Abstract: A device includes an enclosure and logic. The enclosure includes a plurality of capacitive touch sensor arrays disposed at least on two of a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front side, and a back side of the device. The enclosure also includes a first display on the front side of the device. The logic receives touch interaction information from the plurality of capacitive touch sensor arrays and initiates an action based at least in part on the touch interaction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Min Liu, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, David L. Graumann, Jameson H. Williams, Miriam K. Selvaraj, Bryan R. Peebler, Wendy A. March, Brian K. Vogel, Wenbo Shen, Sihua Tian, Lijuan Xiao, Tao Wang, Xiaoyan Dang, Nithyananda S. Jeganathan, Sunil A. Kulkarni, Chan Wai Lee, Kaining Yuan
  • Patent number: 10831074
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a display panel, and an electronic apparatus. The array substrate may include: multiple gate lines each extending along a first linear direction; and multiple data lines each extending along a second linear direction, wherein the multiple gate lines and the multiple data lines are interlaced with each other, the second linear direction is substantially perpendicular to the first linear direction; wherein a notch is defined on the upper edge. By the present disclosure, a wiring path of at least one of the gate lines or at least one of the data lines may avoid the notch. Therefore, a technical problem of uneven distribution of gate lines or data lines and abnormal display image due to the irregular shape of the display panel may be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Yu, Jiawei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10809832
    Abstract: A sensor base material and a photic base material such as a polarizing plate are stacked together. An opening is formed in the photic base material. Although the joining part of a flexible wiring board is joined to the sensor base material, a large portion of an opposing edge facing a display and input region, the opposing edge being part of the joining part, is positioned in the opening, so bubbles along the opposing edge are less likely to be generated, making the display quality of the display and input region less likely to be affected. In addition, since the both-side substrate ends of the joining part are sandwiched between the sensor base material and the photic base material, the joining part is less likely to be deformed, making it easy to prevent damage to the sensor base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Koike, Michiharu Motonishi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10802647
    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 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Won-Kyu Kwak, Brent Jang
  • Patent number: 10803799
    Abstract: The present disclosure relate to a pixel circuit, a method of driving the pixel circuit and a display device. A pixel circuit, including: a light-emitting element configured to emit light; an input sub-circuit configured to receive a data signal under the control of a scan signal; a storage sub-circuit configured to store the data signal; a node control sub-circuit configured to receive a clock signal; and a driving sub-circuit configured to drive the light-emitting element to emit light based on the clock signal from the node control sub-circuit and the data signal stored in the storage sub-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zheng Wang
  • Patent number: 10796658
    Abstract: A gamma reference voltage generating circuit comprises a first gamma reference voltage generating module and a second gamma reference voltage generating module. The first gamma reference voltage generating module is configured to receive a source voltage signal, amplify the source voltage signal to obtain a first gamma reference voltage signal, and output the first gamma reference voltage signal to a source driving circuit. The second gamma reference voltage generating module is configured to receive the source voltage signal, step down the source voltage signal to obtain a second gamma reference voltage signal, and divide a current on the second gamma reference voltage generating module into two output currents and transmit the two output currents to the source driving circuit, or buck chop the source voltage signal to obtain the second gamma reference voltage signal and transmit the second gamma reference voltage signal to the source driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Leli Peng, Xue Hu
  • Patent number: 10782525
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to devices, systems and methods for coordinating water-related experiences with virtual reality content. In one aspect of the present invention, a method of providing a virtual reality experience to a rider moving along the surface of water is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a headset to the rider, wherein the headset is placed over the rider's eyes; providing a surface of water along which the rider can travel; collecting data on the rider's acceleration, velocity or orientation through interaction of the headset with signals generated next to the surface of the water along which the rider travels; using the data to calculate one or more values that are used to coordinate virtual reality content with the rider's position along the water surface; presenting the virtual reality content to the rider through the headset, thereby providing a virtual reality experience to the rider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ballast Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Greenwood, Ananda Shah, Alkis Roufas, Allan Evans
  • Patent number: 10782874
    Abstract: The simple gesture control of the user interface can be used by visually impaired or blind people in order to enter telephone numbers or account numbers for example. The user interface and the method constitute a shift from the current paradigm of guiding a user on touchscreens, which has precisely the advantage of the handeye coordination allowed by the touchscreen, wherein a user touches the exact location on the touchscreen where a corresponding selection surface is visualized. Instead, a swiping gesture is supported which can be carried out in any region on the touch-sensitive surface and shifts the focus from one selection surface or virtual button to the next. The swiping gesture can be carried out not just in the horizontal and vertical direction but also in a diagonal direction. Diagonal swiping gestures allow a particularly quick selection of the corresponding virtual buttons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: AEVI INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Görlich, Matthias Lindemann, Michael Nolte, Klaus-Peter Wegge
  • Patent number: 10775618
    Abstract: Systems and methods for synthesizing an image of the face by a head-mounted display (HMD), such as an augmented reality device, are disclosed. The HMD may be able to observe only a portion of the face with an inward-facing imaging system, e.g., the periocular region. The systems and methods described herein can generate a mapping of a conformation of the portion of the face that is not imaged based at least partly on a conformation of the portion of the face that is imaged. The HMD can receive an image of a portion of the face and use the mapping to determine a conformation of the portion of the face that is not observed. The HMD can combine the observed and unobserved portions to synthesize a full face image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Ilic, Martin Georg Zahnert
  • Patent number: 10769983
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backlight module, a method for manufacturing the backlight module, and a display device. The backlight module includes a substrate, a plurality of LED chips, and a first film having a plurality of channels. Each channel is filled with a channel filling portion. A refractive index n1 of the first film is smaller than a refractive index of the channel filling portion is n2. The first film has a first region and second region. Channels in the first region are astigmatism holes for diverging the light having a high intensity and channels in the second region are light-converging holes for converging the light having a low intensity, thereby alleviating or eliminating the starry phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hailiang Wang, Binyi Zheng, Yan Yang, Ling Wu, Boping Shen
  • Patent number: 10768738
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic devices having piezoelectric haptic actuators to generate haptic output. The haptic actuators can be configured as a beam with a bendable material layer and a piezoelectric material layer the cause the beam to bend. The bending force can be increased by coupling a magnet to the beam and positioning a ferritic plate near the magnet. Alternatively, a ferritic plate can be attached to the beam, with the magnet positioned apart from, but near, the plate. The haptic actuator can have a two-sided piezoelectric configuration, having a piezoelectric layer on each side of the bendable material layer. A two-sided piezoelectric configuration can have a second magnet and ferritic plate pair on a side of the beam opposite the first. The haptic actuator may use electromagnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhipeng Zhang, Richard H. Koch
  • Patent number: 10747421
    Abstract: A digital ink generating apparatus is disclosed, which includes: a stroke data generator which, in operation, generates stroke data associated with an input sensor attribute based on pen event data generated by an input sensor when an indicator is operated, a mapping data generator which, in operation, generates mapping data indicative of a transform rule for transforming a value of the input sensor attribute included in the stroke data to a value of one of line width and transparency, and a digital ink assembler which, in operation, outputs, in a determined data format, a digital ink including the stroke data and the mapping data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Branimir Angelov
  • Patent number: 10747345
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a first sensor configured to sense a position of a touch of a user and a second sensor configured to sense a pressure of the touch. The first sensor and the second sensor may be provided inside or surrounding an area of the display panel. The second sensor includes a first conductor, a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor, and configured to form capacitance with the first conductor, and one or more variable resistance elements connected with the first conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Young Ko, Dong Gun Park, Jin Oh Kwag, Young Sik Kim, Tae Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 10741122
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting display device including a display panel in which a plurality of Sub Pixels defined by a plurality of Data Lines and a plurality of Gate Lines are arranged, and a control method thereof. The organic light emitting display device includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the display panel, and a gate pulse modulator configured to modulate a voltage in a falling section of a scan signal provided to the plurality of GLs, in real time in accordance with the temperature. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent data from being mixed with each other, so that a clearer image can be realized, thereby improving the image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myung Jin Pyeon
  • Patent number: 10740060
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method by which a master device provided by one embodiment of the present invention controls mirroring services between the master device and a slave device comprises the steps of: storing information related to first connection mode mirroring when a termination event of mirroring connected in a first connection mode has occurred; and setting mirroring in a second connection mode by using the stored mirroring-related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Young Shin, Se-Hee Han
  • Patent number: 10719151
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display screen and a manufacturing method thereof. The display screen includes: a TFT (thin film transistor) array substrate; a first planarization layer deposited on the TFT array substrate; a combining-structure layer deposited on the first planarization layer, the combining-structure layer includes a layer of first touch electrodes, a second planarization layer, and a layer of anode electrodes, the layer of the first touch electrodes and the layer of the anode electrodes are two different layers; an organic light emitting layer deposited on the combining-structure layer; a patterned cathode layer deposited on the organic light emitting layer includes a number of cathode electrodes used as second touch electrodes; and an encapsulation layer formed on the patterned cathode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Ye