Patents Examined by Dismery Mercedes
  • Patent number: 10599224
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for outputting a command by detecting a movement of an object, which includes the following steps. First, an image capturing device captures images generated by the movement of the object at different timings by. Next, a motion trajectory is calculated according to the plurality of images. Further next, a corresponding command is outputted according to the motion trajectory. The present invention also provides a system which employs the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Huang, Yi-Fang Lee, Ming-Tsan Kao, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 10600378
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal driving device is formed by integrating: an external output terminal to which a source line of an LCD panel is exteriorly connected; a first driver which generates a first source signal having three or more gradations (for example, 256 gradations) and outputs the first source signal to the external output terminal; an abnormality detection unit (a logic unit and an output monitor unit) which detects an abnormality in the first source signal; and a second driver which, when an abnormality in the first source signal is detected, generates a second source signa) having two gradations and outputs the second source signal to the external output terminal. The LCD panel is driven in a predetermined polarity inversion drive system, and the abnormality detection unit, for example, monitors polarity inversion of the first source signal in a fly-back period and detects an abnormality in the first source signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sukenori Ito, Akira Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10592097
    Abstract: In order to achieve comfortable operations while appropriately preventing incorrect operations by unintentional touch operations on a touch operation section, when a touch operation performed on the touch operation section such as a selfie pad is a predetermined touch operation such as a double tap operation different from a touch operation such as a single tap or slide operation for giving an instruction to perform a predetermined function, switching is performed between a first state that is a selfie pad restricted state for restricting the predetermined function capable of being performed by the touch operation on the selfie pad and a second state that is a selfie pad restriction released state for releasing the restriction of the predetermined function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10585501
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mouse with a low friction roller module, including a mouse body and a low friction roller module; the low friction roller module is mounted in the mouse body and includes a support, a roller, a low friction bearing, a support shaft, and an encoding component; a mounting portion is provided in the roller; the low friction bearing is fastened in the mounting portion; one side of the support shaft passes through and is connected to the low friction bearing, and the other side of the support shaft passes through and is connected to the support; and the encoding component is connected to the roller. In this way, rolling friction force is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Ming Tsai, Chun-Che Wu, Chun-Nan Su
  • Patent number: 10587849
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a light source, a scanning member, and an incident optical system. The scanning member two-dimensionally scans a scanning area with the deflected light beam in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The incident optical system guides the emitted light beam to the scanning member, the incident optical system including the light source. The scanning area includes a first area and a second area surrounding the first area. When the scanning area is viewed from a side of the scanning member, at least a part of the incident optical system is disposed in an area of the second area that overlaps one of two divided areas of the scanning area. The two divided areas are divided by a line segment parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10585497
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable device. The wearable device includes a depth sensor configured to 3-dimensionally sense a user's hand and to generate 3D scan information, a finger recognition unit configured to sense skin lines of user's fingers and to generate pattern information, an image processor configured to generate a 3D model of the user's hand based on the 3D scan information and to add a pattern representing the skin lines of the user's fingers to the 3D model based on the pattern information, and a key determination unit configured to, when the finger recognition unit senses a user's key input motion, generate an input value matching the key input motion, and the finger recognition unit senses the key input motion by comparing the sensed skin lines of the user's fingers with the pattern added to the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MotinVirtual, Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Ho Park
  • Patent number: 10573273
    Abstract: A method and a device for determining a device placement to optimize techniques, such as power management techniques, are described. The method, executed in a processor of a mobile device, comprises gathering data from at least one sensor associated with the mobile device. Based on the data gathered from the sensor, a device placement indicative of at least one of an orientation and a position the mobile device may be determined. Further, details pertaining to the device placement may be integrated with secondary classification data comprising at least one of historical data, device orientation data, and device motion data. Based on the integrated details, it may be inferred whether a user is engaged with the mobile device. When a user is not engaged with the mobile device, a brightness of the display is lowered in at least one stage to optimize power consumption and user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MAPSTED CORP.
    Inventors: Sean Huberman, Paramvir Singh Nagpal
  • Patent number: 10558400
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus setting device, including: a display; a communicator that communicates with a first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus; a controller that receives an operation for the Web panel of the first electronic apparatus, and that receives an instruction for selecting the second electronic apparatus as an apparatus to be set; and a hardware processor that: sets the first electronic apparatus in accordance with a content of the operation; and prepares setting information for carrying out a setting of the second electronic apparatus with a content which is same as the content of the operation, in accordance with the content of the operation when the controller receives the instruction for selecting the second electronic apparatus as the apparatus to be set, wherein the hardware processor carries out the setting of the second electronic apparatus in accordance with the prepared setting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Masao Akimoto
  • Patent number: 10551976
    Abstract: A touch-control substrate, a fabrication method of the touch-control substrate, and a display device including the touch-control substrate are presented. The disclosed touch-control substrate includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first and second electrodes are crossly configured and electrically insulated from one another. Each of the first and second electrodes includes a plurality of conductive structures. A mark region (8) has an alignment mark (81) and is located within a region containing the first and second electrodes. At least one of the conductive structures in the mark region (8) is at least partially absent in the mark region (8). The mark region (8) includes at least one transparent conductive element (5) complementing the at least partially absent conductive structure and being electrically connected to a corresponding conductive structure outside the mark region (8) and contained in either one first electrode or one second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Guoyong Ma, Zouming Xu, Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 10553143
    Abstract: A display apparatus according to the present disclosure is configured in such a manner that unit pixels each constituted by a plurality of subpixels having different light emission colors are arranged in a matrix form and the subpixels having different light emission spectra of light emission colors are mixed in units of pixels or subpixels. Additionally, an electronic appliance according to the present disclosure is configured in such a manner as to include the display apparatus having the above configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Funatsu
  • Patent number: 10514784
    Abstract: An input device for an electronic device includes a gesture input device enabling a user to input a gesture by touching, and physically rotating, a rotation sensor sensing the physical rotation of the gesture input device, and a controller controlling the gesture input device. The gesture input device has a concave, downwardly inclined shape, and includes a curved section in a center portion of the gesture input device, and an inclined section around the curved section, and the inclined section includes a touch sensor configured to sense a user's touch input, and at least one rib raised or lowered according to a control signal from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Young Rok Choi
  • Patent number: 10510293
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device and a driving method thereof. A first pixel of the plurality of pixels is initialized in response to a first gate signal of the gate signals, receives a first data signal input thereto in response to a second gate signal generated after the first gate signal, and is controlled by the emission control signal to emit light in response to the first data signal. A second pixel of the plurality of pixels is initialized in response to the second gate signal, receives a second data signal input thereto in response to a third gate signal generated after the second gate signal, and is controlled by the emission control signal to emit light in response to the second data signal. The size of a non-display area is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: DaeSung Jung, SangMoo Song
  • Patent number: 10503307
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel to generate an image and a bending detection screen to detect a bending angle and a bending position. The bending detection screen includes an angle detection sensor and a position detection sensor. The angle detection sensor includes a material with a resistance that changes in correspondence to an intensity of an applied stress. The angle detection sensor has an area per unit length that is substantially constant on a base surface. The position detection sensor includes a material with a resistance that changes in correspondence to an intensity of the applied stress. The position detection sensor has an area per unit length that increases along a length direction on the base surface. Signal lines are connected to the angle and position detection sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-ki Hong, Beomshik Kim, Jongseo Lee
  • Patent number: 10496203
    Abstract: A display device with high design flexibility is provided. The display device includes a display element, a touch sensor, and a transistor between two flexible substrates. An external electrode that supplies a signal to the display element and an external electrode that supplies a signal to the touch sensor are connected from the same surface of one of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi, Tomoya Aoyama, Akihiro Chida, Daiki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10462335
    Abstract: Provided is a video processing device that generates a display video signal to be supplied to a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal that is driven by a frame inversion scheme and includes a control microcomputer and a video signal processor. The control microcomputer controls a data enable signal such that a display invalid section having a predetermined number of fields is set for an interlace video signal at a predetermined period based on a vertical synchronization signal included in the interlace video signal input from outside. The video signal processor generates the display video signal by setting the display invalid section for the interlace video signal based on the data enable signal and outputs the display video signal to the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Fukuda, Yoshihiro Shimano
  • Patent number: 10459220
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods that use elements of a scanning laser projector (“SLP”) to determine the gaze direction of a user of a wearable heads-up display (“WHUD”) are described. An infrared laser diode is added to an RGB SLP and an infrared photodetector is aligned to detect reflections of the infrared light from the eye. A scan mirror in the SLP sweeps through a range of orientations and the intensities of reflections of the infrared light are monitored by a processor to determine when a spectral reflection or “glint” is produced. The processor determines the orientation of the scan mirror that produced the glint and maps the scan mirror orientation to a region in the field of view of the eye of the user, such as a region in visible display content projected by the WHUD, to determine the gaze direction of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: North Inc.
    Inventors: Idris S. Aleem, Mayank Bhargava
  • Patent number: 10459565
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of thin film transistors each connected to one of the gate lines and one of the data lines; a plurality of pixels each including a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and connected to one of the thin film transistors, the pixels arranged in a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns; and a plurality of sensing lines connected to the first electrodes. The gate lines include front gate lines and rear gate lines arranged at a front and a rear of each of the respective pixel rows, and a rear gate line of a front pixel row and a front gate line of a rear pixel row are arranged between adjacent pixel rows, and two pixel columns are arranged between adjacent data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi Sun Lee, Hong Jo Park
  • Patent number: 10452209
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel member that is excellent in terms of suppression of visibility of a transparent electrode and has low total reflection for visible light, and a touch panel and a touch panel display device having the touch panel member. The touch panel member of the present invention comprises, in order, at least a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode, and a protective layer provided so as to cover the transparent electrode and having a thickness of 0.04 to 10 ?m, at least part of the protective layer having a refractive index that decreases continuously from the transparent substrate side toward the side opposite to the transparent substrate, and the protective layer satisfying specific expressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ando, Hideyuki Nakamura, Shigekazu Suzuki, Satoru Yamada
  • Patent number: 10444910
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a proximity-sensitive touch sensor array which extends along an input surface of the electronic device and a processing device coupled to the touch sensor array. The processing device is configured to process data captured by the touch sensor array to determine a finger angle at which a finger is directed towards the input surface and an actuation position on the input surface. The processing device is configured to establish an offset-corrected actuation position as a function of the actuation position and the finger angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Magnus Midholt, Ola Thörn, David De Léon, Linus Mårtensson, Jim Rasmusson
  • Patent number: 10437376
    Abstract: User interfaces and processes to support a user during the operation of a touch-sensitive control unit. A presence of an input means, such as a finger of the user, is detected in a predefined first area in front of a button displayed on the control unit. In response to the detection a timer is started having a predetermined time segment. When the timer elapses, a secondary function in the control unit is executed relative to the button in which the input means is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Holger Wild, Mark Peter Czelnik, Gordon Seitz