Patents Examined by Gloryvid Figueroa-Gibson
  • Patent number: 10401671
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel capable of sensing a touch includes a TFT substrate 1; a CF substrate 2 arranged so as to be opposed to the TFT substrate 1; a liquid crystal layer 3 interposed between the TFT substrate 1 and the CF substrate 2; touch drive electrodes Tx arranged on a liquid crystal layer 3 side of the CF substrate 2; touch detection electrodes Rx arranged on a side of the CF substrate 2 opposite to the liquid crystal layer 3; a pressing detection electrode Fx arranged on a liquid crystal layer 3 side of the TFT substrate 1; and a control unit that supplies a driving signal to the touch drive electrodes Tx and detects detection signals output from the touch detection electrodes Rx, thereby detecting a touch position, and that detects amounts of change in electrostatic capacitances generated between the touch drive electrodes Tx and the pressing detection electrode Fx, thereby detecting pressing when touched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruhito Kagawa, Kohji Ogata, Naoki Yada
  • Patent number: 10403223
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. A data driving chip provides a plurality of data voltages to a plurality of multiplexers through a plurality of output lines. When the display apparatus displays a pure gray pattern, the data voltages are alternately provided to a first data line group and a second data line group during a scan line driving period of each of the scan lines to make two adjacent pixels have different polarities. During a blank period, a plurality of data lines corresponding to a plurality of pixels having the same color and the same polarity on two adjacent scan lines are electrically coupled to each other through the data driving chip to share charges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Kuei Wen, Hung-Min Shih
  • Patent number: 10388252
    Abstract: A method and device for adjusting a brightness of a display includes, determining current viewpoint brightness information of a current viewpoint region on the display corresponding to a user current viewed point or area of the display, determining previous brightness information of a previous viewpoint region of the display corresponding to a previously viewed point or area of the display, and controlling a displaying of a current image, including the current viewpoint region, with an adjusted brightness for a partial region of the display based on a comparison of the current viewpoint brightness information and the previous brightness information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heesae Lee, Donghoon Sagong, Minjung Son, KeeChang Lee, Hyong Euk Lee
  • Patent number: 10365764
    Abstract: A method of foreign matter rejection for multi-touch capacitive touch screens includes performing touch detection in both self-capacitance mode and mutual capacitance mode. By combining information from both modes, a distinction is identified between wanted touches, such as by a finger or stylus, and unwanted touches such as by foreign matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Lokesh Kumar Korapati, Manivannan Ponnarasu, Mythreyi Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 10361262
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit using 4T1C pixel structure applied in an OLED display device is provided. The OLED display device senses a threshold voltage imposed on the TFT when the OLED display device is powered off or powered on and compensates the threshold voltage which is sensed in normal operating display for the driving current of the OLED, thereby reducing the influence of the threshold voltage imposed on the TFT on the driving current of the OLED and improving the display quality of the OLED display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yuying Cai
  • Patent number: 10360998
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for analyzing data records using a touch screen interface. A touch event is received from the touch screen interface. In response to receiving the touch event, at least one data record is selected from a plurality of data records in a time chart, the time chart including at least one time line relating to at least one data object, the plurality of data records being plotted on the at least one time line based on a time parameter of each of the plurality of data records. Information relating to the selected at least one data record is processed based on the time parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventor: Margarita Khafizova
  • Patent number: 10345950
    Abstract: A touch screen device includes a touch pad including driving lines and sensing lines intersecting the driving lines, a driver configured to apply a driving signal to the driving lines, a signal output collector configured to receive a touch signal from the sensing lines, and a controller configured to control the driver and the signal output collector. The controller is further configured to control the driver to perform primary scanning to sequentially apply the driving signal to first driving lines disposed at predetermined intervals, among the driving lines, determine a scanning region, based on a first driving line where a touch is sensed among the first driving lines to which the driving signal is applied, and control the driver to perform secondary scanning to sequentially apply the driving signal to second driving lines included in the determined scanning region, among the driving lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daekun Yoon, Byungkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10311811
    Abstract: The array substrate comprises a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of pixel units arranged as an array. Each of the plurality of data lines is arranged between two columns of pixel units, the two columns of the pixel units extending in the second direction and being adjacent to each other in the first direction, and the data line is connected to pixel units at one side of said data line or to pixel units at the other side of said data line. Each of the plurality of data lines switches the direction of connection from one side to the other in an alternating manner with each two adjacent rows of pixel units, and the plurality of data lines have the same connection direction in each row of pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Wang, Wu Wang, Jaikwang Kim, Zhuo Xu, Yajie Bai
  • Patent number: 10306194
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide apparatus, method and system for location based touch, which can implement location based touch on the image of the projection display apparatus without the requirement of operation of the computing device by the user. A projection display apparatus comprises a projection screen and a plurality of optical sensors with two-dimension disperse layout in the back of the projection screen. The projection display apparatus further comprises an acquiring element configured to receive first light through first optical sensor of the plurality of optical sensors, wherein the first optical sensor is one or more of the plurality of optical sensors; a determining element configured to determine first coordinate information of the first optical sensor on the projection screen if the light intensity of the first light is within first light intensity range; and a sending element configured to send the first coordinate information to a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun Li, Tao Ma
  • Patent number: 10303282
    Abstract: The subject technology discloses a system for filtering out touches on a touch sensitive input device (e.g., touchpad) during a typing-intensive task. A typing task detection module receives key-press events and computes the typing speed in terms of keys per second in combination with a determined amount of typing based on a number of received key-press events. When input speed and amount of continued typing are higher than a threshold, the typing task detection module then determines that the user is performing a typing task. The typing mode and other characteristics of user's typing activity are used to adjust the responsiveness of touchpad. The subject technology further includes a touchpad responsiveness adjustment module. This module receives the determined typing speed and amount of typing from the typing task detection module, and adjusts the input sensitivity (which controls the responsiveness) of the touchpad to filter out accidental finger touches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Yaowu Xu
  • Patent number: 10289256
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for dynamic assignment of possible channels in a touch sensitive device having rows and columns. In an embodiment, a method determines a first signal space in which to generate signals for use in the touch sensor. Signals are then generated in the first signal space on separate ones of the rows and a column signal is sensed on a column. The first signal space is replaced with a second signal space, and a second plurality of signals is generated for use in the touch sensor in the second frequency space. The second plurality of signals is sensed to identify a touch event in the touch sensitive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventors: Darren Leigh, Clifton Forlines, Daniel Wigdor, Steven Leonard Sanders
  • Patent number: 10275047
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, an infrared (IR) detector accessible to the processor and that receives signals from a primary IR emitter on a hand-held device and a secondary IR emitter on the hand-held device, a projector accessible to the processor, a transceiver accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to use a location of the secondary IR emitter as sensed by the IR detector and orientation data of the hand-held device received from the transceiver to extrapolate a handwriting projection reference. The instructions are also executable to use the handwriting projection reference to project handwriting onto a projected whiteboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Wentao Li, Stephen Paul Floyd, Brian Keith Hardbarger, Jennifer Jyi Shue
  • Patent number: 10248223
    Abstract: There is provided a pointing device fitting structure. The pointing device fitting structure includes a frame provided with a projecting portion, and a support member to which a pointing stick is attached. The frame is fixed to the support member via the projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Masao Mori
  • Patent number: 10216348
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a substrate; a display area in which pixels each constituted by different color regions are arranged in a matrix and that includes color columns in which the color regions of the same colors extend side by side; a touch detection electrode that includes a plurality of conductive thin wires; and a drive electrode. Each of the conductive thin wires includes a plurality of portions at each of which the conductive thin wire extends in a direction at an angle with respect to a direction of extension of the color regions, and a plurality of bent portions at each of which the conductive thin wire is bent with the angle changed. The conductive thin wires include portions each overlapping all of the color columns in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Koito, Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 10191562
    Abstract: A pointing device includes a casing, a tactile sense presentation section, and a sensor section. The sensor section detects an operation for the casing and outputs an operation signal for controlling a movement of a pointer on a screen. The control apparatus includes an area setting section and a signal generation section. The area setting section sets a first area that belongs to an inside of a display area of an object on the screen, a second area that belongs to an outside of the display area of the object, and a third area that belongs to a boundary portion between the first area and the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Hideo Kawabe, Takeshi Maeda, Kousuke Seki
  • Patent number: 10180724
    Abstract: An operating terminal operates an external device for projecting and retracting a part of the external device, and includes: a display unit that displays an image; a touch panel on the display unit, and configured to detect a touched area of an object and to receive a position signal in response to the touched area; a determining unit that determines a change of the touched area on the touch panel, based on the position signal; a detecting unit that detects a boundary of areas having different features in the touched area in the image; and a signal generating unit that generates a drive signal indicating a drive amount for causing the part of the external device to be projected and retracted, based on a determination result by the determining unit and a detection result by the detecting unit, and outputs the drive signal to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Mishio, Hiroki Koyama, Yoshihisa Ogata, Naohisa Nakada
  • Patent number: 10146336
    Abstract: Provided is a touch screen device which includes an Electromagnetic Resonance (EMR) sensing panel for sensing, an input from an electronic pen, a display panel that is installed on a top layer portion of the EMR sensing panel, configured to receive a control signal or graphic signal from outside, and displays a corresponding image, a bracket that is formed in the form of a plate beneath the EMR sensing panel and the display panel and has an extension portion that extends from the corresponding portions of the EMR sensing panel and the display panel, and a frequency compensating plate that is formed of a soft magnet installed on the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Hoon Lee, Se-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10140940
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device has a display area and pixels forming a matrix pattern. Each of the pixels has a display element and a capacitive element series circuit, and a capacitive element series circuit includes a first capacitive element and a second capacitive element. Some switches in a boost control circuit are controlled by a gate signal during one pulse period of an input source signal at least two times. The switches include, a switch being opening and/or closing in a first half of the pulse period, and a switch being closing and/or opening in a second half of the pulse period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 10140934
    Abstract: A pixel unit, a display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The display unit includes at least four sub-pixels, wherein three sub-pixels are polygonal, while the other at least one sub-pixel is disposed in a gap enclosed by the three polygonal sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobin Yin, Ku Hyun Park, Dongling Sun
  • Patent number: 10126820
    Abstract: Detection of human hands within an environment is used for gesture recognition for input to a computing system. Detecting a hand is non-trivial, however, because the appearances of a hand vary widely with many independent digits and moving parts. A feature-based similarity measurement is used to detect two specific hand positions—an open hand and a closed hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Henry Chang, Ning Yao, Sowmya Gopalan, Rahul Agrawal