Patents Examined by Ilana Spar
-
Patent number: 9383836Abstract: A combination of a stylus and a keyboard. A collapsible keyboard portion is coupled to a stylus tip. When in a collapsed state, the apparatus may be used as a stylus, or stored in a receptacle or a user's pocket. When a keyboard is needed, the stylus keyboard may be unrolled or unfolded, and used to control an electronic device via a wireless connection between a transceiver on the stylus keyboard and the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Vijayarani Natarajan
-
Patent number: 9383864Abstract: An illumination structure for an interactive input system having a display surface and a light source for backlighting the display surface is provided. The illumination structure includes at least one redirection structure positioned with respect to the display surface to receive excess light produced by the light source and to redirect the excess light generally across the display surface for backlighting one or more pointers. A method is provided for determining the location of at least one pointer in an interactive input system.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULCInventors: Gerald D. Morrison, Grant McGibney, Daniel P. McReynolds
-
Patent number: 9377883Abstract: A touch sensing method for a touch screen including an image display device with a touch-sensitive screen. The method includes a filtering process that includes calculating an output signal of an nth frame from a sensing signal of the nth frame output from a touch sensing unit configured to sense touches of the touch-sensitive screen, the calculating using an equation F(n)=I(n)×W(n)+F(n?1)×[1?W(n)], wherein F(n) represents the output signal of the nth frame, I(n) represents the sensing signal of the nth frame, F(n?1) represents an output signal of an (n?1)th frame, and W(n) represents a filtering coefficient; and outputting the output signal of the nth frame to an output end. The filtering coefficient is calculated by an equation W ? ( n ) = ? I ? ( n ) - F ? ( n - 1 ) ? R , wherein R is a scale constant. The touch sensing method has high touch sensitivity in an environment with heavy noise while being capable of correctly detecting touch coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Won Lee, Hee-Chul Hwang, Jong-Woong Park
-
Patent number: 9377904Abstract: A display device with an integrated touch screen panel includes upper and lower substrates each divided into a display area and a non-display area, which is provided outside of the display area and includes a sealing area. Pixels may be formed in the display area between the upper and lower substrates. A black matrix is formed on a bottom surface of the upper substrate and disposed in the display area and the non-display area. The black matrix is open in the sealing area. Sensing patterns may be formed in the display area on a top surface of the upper substrate. Sensing lines may be formed in the non-display area on the top surface of the upper substrate and connected to the sensing patterns along a first or second direction. A light-shielding pattern is formed to cover the sealing area of the non-display area on the top surface of the upper substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Soo-Guy Rho
-
Patent number: 9378676Abstract: Provided is an active matrix display device using an organic EL panel including: a plurality of pixel circuits each including an organic light emitting diode arranged in a pixel region of the organic EL panel and a plurality of transistors configured to drive the organic light emitting diode; a plurality of scanning lines arranged along a first direction in the organic EL panel; and a plurality of data lines arranged along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. In at least one set of pixel circuits that are adjacent in the first direction, gate electrodes and impurity diffusion regions of the plurality of transistors have an axisymmetric layout. Gate electrodes of at least one set of transistors that are symmetrically arranged in the at least one set of pixel circuits are integrated.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Takeshi Nomura
-
Patent number: 9377868Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a sliding control method and the device thereof, falling into the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). The method comprises: displaying a slidable trajectory containing a current touch point; detecting a trigger signal being applied to the slidable trajectory; upon detection of the trigger signal, re-determining a current touch point; changing a corresponding first trajectory on the slidable trajectory to a second trajectory according to the re-determined current touch point; wherein, the first trajectory is entire or part of the slidable trajectory, the length of the second trajectory is longer than that of the first trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventors: Ning Jiang, Chen Zhou, Zhongli Dong, Xi Wu
-
Patent number: 9372536Abstract: Examples of sensing a human touch to a touch screen and providing tactile and visual feedback are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Thomas M. Conte, Bill Mangione-Smith
-
Patent number: 9368051Abstract: A display device includes a light modulation device, a light source, a light modulation device control section, and a light source control section. The light modulation device control section controls the light modulation device to select a plurality of scan lines of the light modulation device by K lines (K is an integer not smaller than 2), and write a data signal into the pixels corresponding to the selected scan lines in an image update period, and to select at least a part of the plurality of scan lines line by line, and then write the data signal into the pixels corresponding to the selected scan line in an image display period subsequent to the image update period. The light source control section sets a duty ratio in a part of the image display period to be higher than the duty ratio in another part of the image display period.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Mizushiro
-
Patent number: 9361850Abstract: A display device includes a panel displaying an image using image data and including a common electrode to which a common voltage is applied; a timing controller providing the image data to the panel and outputting a correction voltage corresponding to the image data; and a power supply unit generating a compensation voltage using a panel common voltage and the correction voltage and providing the compensation voltage to the panel, wherein the panel common voltage is a voltage measuring the common voltage applied to the panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung-Hoon Woo, Young-Ho Kim, Min-Ki Kim, Hwan-Joo Lee
-
Patent number: 9354742Abstract: A foldable electronic device and a method of managing visible regions thereof are provided. The method includes determining that an operation mode of the foldable electronic device is a fragment mode; determining at least two visible regions of the foldable electronic device in a fragment mode, in response to determining that the operation mode is the fragment mode; activating touch sensitivity in the determined at least two visible regions; and providing one or more user interfaces in the determined at least two visible regions. The foldable electronic device can identify the visible regions on a touch sensitive display body, based on events, such as a roll, a squeeze, a press, etc., triggered by a user.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Samudrala Nagaraju
-
Patent number: 9349330Abstract: The invention provides a pixel structure, including a plurality of pixel units; each pixel unit including: a first, second and third pixel areas, adjacently disposed. First pixel area includes first pixel electrode and first control switch. Second pixel area includes second pixel electrode and second control switch. Third pixel area includes third pixel electrode and third control switch. Third pixel electrode is connected to data signal sequentially through third and the second control switches. Third pixel electrode is connected to second pixel electrode through third control switch so as to make the voltage level at first pixel electrode different from voltage level at second pixel electrode when first control switch, second control switch and third control switch are all conductive.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Xiaohui Yao, Je-hao Hsu
-
Patent number: 9348445Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program, which simply switch to a display method which a user desires. When an information processing device (100) in which two touch panels (40, 50) are rotatably connected by a hinge (30) is in a two-screen state, the current screen mode is switched to another screen mode by carrying out a re-fold operation which, via a prescribed angle within a prescribed time, returns the information processing device (100) to an original state.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Yuji Kunitake, Ryo Yokoyama, Kenji Shimizu
-
Patent number: 9349339Abstract: A source driver pre-charging apparatus including a data detection module, a determining module, and a pre-charging module is disclosed. The data detection module captures a first most significant bit having N bits in a current data and a second most significant bit having N bits in a former data and compares them to generate a compared result. N is a positive integer larger than or equal to 2. The determining module judges whether any data is transited from a first grey-level region to a second grey-level region between the former data and the current data and at least one other grey-level region is existed between the first grey-level region and the second grey-level region. If the judgment result of the determining module is yes, the pre-charging module performs a pre-charging action on an output voltage of a source driver.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Kai-Lan Chuang, Chien-Ru Chen
-
Patent number: 9341844Abstract: A method for validating a control operation to be performed by a target device through a virtual control interface. The virtual control interface is displayed by a head mounted device. A selection instruction of a first area is detected, delivering a first area. A position of gaze is detected, delivering a second area within the virtual control interface. It is detected if the first area and the second area are at least partially overlapping a same dedicated area associated to a control operation to be performed by the target device. In case of detection of an occurrence of the first area and the second area at least partially overlapping, the control operation is validated.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Anita Orhand, Didier Doyen, Jean-Francois Vial
-
Patent number: 9335874Abstract: A system and method are provided for validating a signature on a touchscreen using a smart stylus. Software residing on a touchscreen device disables touch input from sources other than the stylus. In one embodiment, the stylus wirelessly transmits a stylus identifier to the touchscreen device to identify the stylus to the device. The stylus may also have a stylus tip that produces an encoded voltage pulse sequence that is used to identify the stylus to the device. A stylus ID is associated with an encoded voltage pulse. The touchscreen device can look up the stylus ID in a database, determine the encoded voltage pulse associated with the stylus ID, and determine that a voltage pulse transmitted by the stylus tip is the pulse associated with the stylus ID, thus validating the source of data input on the touchscreen.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: BBY SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Todd M. Buelow, Farhad Nourbakhsh
-
Patent number: 9336738Abstract: In one or more example embodiments, a display controller includes a stable pixel writing period in one horizontal period in a display device, the stable pixel writing period being a period during which a voltage outputted from a gate driver is at a high level. The display controller also includes a first stable pixel writing period determination circuit which determines, by using a reference signal independent from the frame rate in the display device, the stable pixel writing period during which the voltage is at the high level. Thus, the display controller can be provided in which, regardless of whether and how the frame rate is changed, the stable pixel writing period can be of a target length.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Yanagi, Takuji Miyamoto, Atsuhito Murai
-
Patent number: 9338270Abstract: A mobile terminal including a first display unit configured to display first information for selecting a first key function, a second display unit configured to display second information for selecting a second key function, in which the second display unit is disposed to overlap with one surface of the first display unit, a touch input unit configured to receive a touch input for receiving an instruction for selecting the first or the second key function upon activation of the first or second key display unit, and a controller configured to control the second display unit to display the second information upon deactivation of the first display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Young-Joong Kim
-
Patent number: 9329707Abstract: An input device is provided. The input device includes an operation element, an optical finger navigation module, a press sensing circuit and a control unit. The optical finger navigation module senses a moving operation of the finger on the operation element so as to generate a motion signal, and the press sensing circuit is disposed under the optical finger navigation module and generates a press signal in response to a pressing operation of the finger. The control unit is electrically connected with the optical finger navigation module and the press sensing circuit, so as to generate a first control command in response to the motion signal and generate a second control command in response to the press sensing signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Chun-Nan Su, Tzu-Chiang Shih, Chun-Che Wu
-
Patent number: 9323364Abstract: Interactive method, apparatus and system are provided, which relate to communication field, achieve interaction between an electronic apparatus and an accessory, and improve user experience.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd, Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Cheng Guo
-
Patent number: 9323057Abstract: A mobile device, system and method for controlling a heads-up display device is provided. A mobile device is in communication with a heads-up display (HUD) device. The mobile device is enabled to: transmit a portion of display data to the HUD device for display thereupon, rather than provide the portion to a display of the mobile device; and display a remaining portion of the display data at the display. The HUD device is enabled to: receive from the mobile device the display data for display at the HUD; display the data at the HUD.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITEDInventor: Terrill Mark Dent