Patents Examined by Ifedayo Iluyomade
  • Patent number: 9412312
    Abstract: A one-pixel structure of a display panel included in an auto-stereoscopic image display device adopts an in-plane switching mode. Transparent counter electrodes that are not provided in a liquid crystal panel of a normal in-plane switching mode are formed correspondingly to pixel peripheral regions on a second transparent substrate side and, in 3-dimensional image display, a vertical electric field is forcibly generated between the transparent counter electrodes and the comb-shaped electrodes, which causes the liquid crystal molecules to rise to show black display in the pixel peripheral regions. In 2-dimensional image display, meanwhile, the transparent counter electrodes are set to be floating, and the display panel is caused to have a structure substantially equivalent to a structure in which the transparent counter electrodes are not provided, to thereby make the display in pixel peripheral regions identical to the display (brightness) in a pixel main region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Fujino, Yasunori Niwano, Syuichi Kira, Shingo Nagano, Akimasa Yuuki
  • Patent number: 9405385
    Abstract: The invention discloses an interactive projection apparatus, which includes a control device, a projection device, an image acquisition device, and an interactive pen, wherein position identification unit of the control device employs a position identification image to identify installation mode of the projection device, and the position identification image is longitudinally asymmetric about its horizontal centerline, and is laterally asymmetric about the vertical centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yang Cao
  • Patent number: 9395898
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes: displaying a first operating region, with M first operation objects being arranged on the first operating region; selecting, when a first operation is detected, the i-th first operation object from the M first operation objects in response to the first operation; determining second operating region based on a display position and a display direction of the i-th first operation object; displaying a second operating region, with N second operation objects being arranged on the second operating region, and the display direction of the q-th second operation object of the N second operation objects being identical to the display direction of the i-th first operation object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingping Jiang, Renjie Wang, Ziyan Sun
  • Patent number: 9395832
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function and a method of driving the same, a drive circuit, as well as an electronic unit, which make it possible to reduce an influence of a disturbance noise. The display panel includes: a signal generation section selecting one pulse period from a plurality of pulse periods prepared beforehand, and generating a synchronization signal including a series of pulses appearing at the selected pulse period; a display section performing display based on the synchronization signal; and a touch detection section performing touch detection operation based on the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9389785
    Abstract: A method for converting touch functionalities to key operated functionalities, comprising: identifying a layout hierarchy structure of a plurality of user interface (UI) elements in an application; defining a plurality of areas of t UI, each corresponding with one of the plurality of UI elements having a touch responsiveness property; and activating a touch event of a UI element corresponding with a currently selected area when an activation key is pressed by said user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Comigo Ltd.
    Inventor: Ronen Segal
  • Patent number: 9389725
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a touch event using a first touch interface and a second touch interface includes one or more touch-sensitive sensors, a first touch interface, and a second touch interface. The first touch interface includes an optical touch interface. The second touch interface is of a different type than the first touch interface. The apparatus also includes a storage device storing machine-readable code and a processor executing the machine-readable code. The machine-readable code includes a first interface module determining a touch position on the one or more touch-sensitive sensors using the first touch interface. The machine-readable code further includes a second interface module detecting a touch contact on the one or more touch-sensitive sensors using the second touch interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: John Miles Hunt, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Patent number: 9377823
    Abstract: A touch panel module includes an integrated panel and a casing. The integrated panel defines a transparent region and a non-transparent region around the transparent region. The integrated panel has a covering substrate, a decorating layer disposed on the inner surface of the covering substrate and arranged in the non-transparent region, a sensing electrode layer disposed on the inner surface of the covering substrate and arranged in the transparent region, a circuit layer disposed on the decorating layer and electrically connected to the sensing electrode layer, and a protective layer at least covering par of the decorating layer and part of the circuit layer. The casing is formed by injection molding, wherein one portion of the casing is arranged in the non-transparent region and formed on the protective layer, and another portion of the casing covers a circumferential lateral edge of the integrated panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Tsung-Ke Chiu, Jing Yu, Zhuanyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9372847
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, device and computer readable recording medium for preventing an input error when information is inputted through a touch screen. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for preventing an input error when information is inputted through a touch screen, including the steps of sensing a start and a finish of a touch on the touch screen and acquiring input data corresponding to a point where the touch is finished when the finish of the touch is sensed, and performing a grammar check on the acquired input data and displaying the input data if the input data is determined to be grammatically correct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Seung Phill Lim
  • Patent number: 9355586
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of display panels arranged adjacent to each other in a line scanning direction to form one screen; a master controller configured to drive one of the display panels; and one or more slave controllers configured to drive the other display panels, each of the slave controllers corresponding to each of the other display panels. The master controller is configured to drive the display panel based on a scanning control signal and a clock signal which are generated, and output the generated scanning control signal and the generated clock signal and each of the slave controllers is configured to drive the corresponding display panel based on the scanning control signal and the clock signal inputted from the master controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Terukazu Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9349337
    Abstract: A one-pixel structure of a display panel included in an auto-stereoscopic image display device adopts an in-plane switching mode. Transparent counter electrodes that are not provided in a liquid crystal panel of a normal in-plane switching mode are formed correspondingly to pixel peripheral regions on a second transparent substrate side and, in 3-dimensional image display, a vertical electric field is forcibly generated between the transparent counter electrodes and the comb-shaped electrodes, which causes the liquid crystal molecules to rise to show black display in the pixel peripheral regions. In 2-dimensional image display, meanwhile, the transparent counter electrodes are set to be floating, and the display panel is caused to have a structure substantially equivalent to a structure in which the transparent counter electrodes are not provided, to thereby make the display in pixel peripheral regions identical to the display (brightness) in a pixel main region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Fujino, Yasunori Niwano, Syuichi Kira, Shingo Nagano, Akimasa Yuuki
  • Patent number: 9336720
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display panel is disclosed herein. The organic light-emitting diode display panel includes display units. Each of display units includes an organic light-emitting element, a light-driving circuit and stages of shift register connected in series. The light-driving circuit drives the organic light-emitting element according to a light-emitting control signal. Each of the stages of the shift register includes a shift register circuit and a control signal output circuit. The shift register circuit generates a current stage shift signal according to a previous stage shift signal and a first clock signal. The control signal output circuit outputs the light-emitting control signal according to the current stage shift signal and a previous stage carry signal. The enabling period of the light-emitting control signal is determined by the time period between the enabling period of the current stage shift signal and the previous stage carry signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kuang-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 9311862
    Abstract: A light source unit that uses white light LEDs in a backlight apparatus is provided with a plurality of white light LEDs that can individually provide white light illumination. Each of the white light LED units respectively corresponds to partition areas in the vertical direction of the screen and is illuminated by scanning in sequence in conformity to the display screen of an LCD display unit. LED units that carry out white light display by RGB color mixing are continuously illuminated. In addition, in another embodiment, white light LEDs are continuously illuminated in a low power consumption mode, and ELD units that carry out white light display by RGB color mixing are illuminated by scanning in sequence in conformity to the display screen of the LCD display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 9299306
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The display device includes gate drive ASG circuits, and a driver integrated circuit configured to connect wires from gate line output terminals of the ASG circuits with a client system. The ASG circuits output level signals to the client system, and the client system is configured to determine a duration time during which the level signals from the ASG circuits exceed a preset level signal threshold value, and in response to the duration time being less than the preset time threshold value, the driver integrated circuit receives an adjusted signal code required for operation of the ASG circuits, and the driver integrated circuit drives the ASG circuits according to the adjusted signal code required for operation of the ASG circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: Shanghai AVIC OPTO Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song Ye, Xupeng Wang, Xiaoyuan Ding, Zhengyuan Huang, Wenjing Li, Xu Yang
  • Patent number: 9285901
    Abstract: An electronic device for receiving an input by a digital pen having a waveform generation means is provided. The electronic device includes at least three reception sensors and a processor. The at least three reception sensors are installed in the electronic device at positions that are separated from one another, and are configured to receive a waveform generated by the waveform generator of the digital pen. The processor is configured to calculate an input coordinate of the digital pen using a difference of velocities and reception times of the waveform received by the at least three reception sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bong-Jae Rhee
  • Patent number: 9285904
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function and a method of driving the same, a drive circuit, as well as an electronic unit, which make it possible to reduce an influence of a disturbance noise. The display panel includes: a signal generation section selecting one pulse period from a plurality of pulse periods prepared beforehand, and generating a synchronization signal including a series of pulses appearing at the selected pulse period; a display section performing display based on the synchronization signal; and a touch detection section performing touch detection operation based on the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Koji Noguchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9285405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thin film sensor, capacitive touch panel having the sensor and preparation method thereof and terminal product. The thin film sensor of the present invention has only one optically conductive substrate. Specifically, only one optically transparent substrate is used, a sensing electrode layer and a driving electrode layer are coated on the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate, respectively, which helps to reduce the thickness of the thin film sensor on one hand, thus contributes to the development of light and thin of a touch panel and touch electronics; on the other hand, the material selection and the preparation process are simple, the selection of two substrates is not necessary to prepare two optically conductive thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen O-Film Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhizheng Cheng, Kai Meng, Genchu Tang
  • Patent number: 9280242
    Abstract: In a display device integrated with a touch screen panel, the display device has a plurality of pixels arranged therein. First sensing electrodes are formed on an upper surface of the display device. A first dielectric layer is formed on the first sensing electrodes. Second sensing electrodes and a plurality of second dummy patterns are formed on the first dielectric layer. The second sensing electrodes are arranged in a direction intersecting the first sensing electrodes, and the plurality of second dummy patterns are formed not to overlap with the second sensing electrodes. A second dielectric layer is formed on the second sensing electrodes and the second dummy patterns. In the display device, the first sensing electrodes, the second sensing electrodes and the second dummy patterns are formed of a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Young Choung, Sang-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9261963
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing tactile feedback is provided. The apparatus includes a touch-sensitive screen that detects a touch input and a set of electrodes. The apparatus also includes a haptic voltage signal generator that applies a haptic signal to the set of electrodes and modifies the haptic signal based on a displacement current from the touch input to the set of electrodes. The apparatus also includes a haptic feedback controller that determines the displacement current, where the displacement current is an effect of an amplitude of the haptic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sam Shan Jiang, Christian A. Webb, Craig W. Northway
  • Patent number: 9256314
    Abstract: Techniques for providing input data type profiles are described. In at least some embodiments, input data type profiles can be implemented to enable applications to receive different types and/or combinations of input data. For example, input data type profiles can specify different types of input data generated based on input to a tactile input device, such as raw touch data, processed touch data, and pen input data. In at least some embodiments, techniques can be implemented to enable an application to receive multiple types of input data (e.g., combinations of touch data and/or pen input data) in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Olumuyiwa M. Durojaiye
  • Patent number: 9256366
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for touch-based two-stage text input. An electronic device (102), such as a wearable wireless device, can be configured with a two-stage input interface (116) on a display (104). A first stage can include a seek area (120), which displays a subset of letters or other symbols to represent the full range of symbolic elements that are available, in a compressed form. The user can identify an intended target range (128) by touching an area at or around the letter or other symbol of interest. That input triggers the display of a second stage of the interface in a separate selection area (122), in which all letters or other symbols in the target range are expanded and displayed. The user can then touch and lift off the letter or other symbol they wish to choose, for example, to insert in a message or application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Hui Dai, Chang-Ki Jeong, Chang-Hwan Kim, Jeong J. Ma, Phillip D. Rasky