Patents Examined by Ilana Spar
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Patent number: 9772722Abstract: A method can include determining an initial position of an object with respect to a sensing region formed by a plurality of sensors and having a core region bounded by at least one edge; if the initial position is proximate to the edge and a size of the object was previously calculated, determining a final edge position of the object using the previously calculated object size; and if the initial position is proximate to the edge and the size of the object was not previously calculated, determining a size of the object.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Jeffrey David Tucker, Benjamin James Avery
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Patent number: 9772701Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detection device has a detection surface for detecting a position of an external proximity object which is in contact therewith or in proximity thereto. The touch detection device includes: a drive electrode layer that has a plurality of drive electrodes; a plurality of touch detection electrodes that face the drive electrodes; a drive electrode driver for applying a driving signal to the drive electrodes; and a plurality of wirings for electrically coupling the plurality of drive electrodes with the drive circuit. In the drive electrode layer, a specific drive electrode coupled via the wiring with a longest distance has an overlapped area smaller than an average of the overlapped areas of the other drive electrodes. The overlapped area is an area that is overlapped with the wiring.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yoshitoshi Kida
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Patent number: 9766459Abstract: Described herein are display devices, and methods for use therewith. Such a device can be used to display one or more virtual images within a first see-through portion of the device, adjacent to which is a second see-through portion that does not overlap with the first see-through portion. The first and second see-through portions of the device collectively cover a substantially entire field-of-view (FOV) of a user. A transmittance (and/or other optical characteristic(s)) corresponding to the first see-through portion of the device and a transmittance (and/or other optical characteristic(s)) corresponding to the second see-through portion of the device can be caused (e.g., controlled) to be substantially the same to provide a substantially uniform transmittance (and/or other optical characteristic(s)) across the substantially entire FOV of a user. More generally, optical characteristics of see-through portions of the device can be controlled, e.g., by a user and/or through feedback.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Daniel James Alton, Nathan Ackerman, Andrew Hodge, Philip Andrew Frank
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Gate driver, display apparatus including the same and method of driving display panel using the same
Patent number: 9767759Abstract: A gate driver includes a precharge signal generating part configured to generate a precharge signal which varies based on a previous data signal corresponding to a previous gate line and a data signal corresponding to a gate line, and a signal adding part configured to add the precharge signal and a non-precharge signal to generate a gate signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-Jin Shin, Jun-Ho Hwang -
Patent number: 9769383Abstract: An electronic binoculars includes: first and second imaging units with a predetermined horizontal distance therebetween disposed in a housing; optical members that guide image light beams to the first and second imaging units; a sensor that detects angular acceleration or acceleration acting on the housing; an image processor that processes image signals produced by the first and second imaging units and corrects the image signals in terms of the change in motion of the housing in accordance with the angular acceleration or acceleration detected by the sensor; and first and second displays with a horizontal distance therebetween disposed in the housing, the first and second displays displaying the image signals processed by the image processor.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Shinji Ishii
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Patent number: 9760233Abstract: Touch sensitivity is enabled using a touch system that comprises a panel configured to conduct signals, e.g. by TIR, along detection lines across a touch surface. A signal processor operates to generate data samples indicative of transmitted signal energy on parallel detection lines at a number of different angles across the touch surface; process the data samples for generation of interpolated Fourier coefficients at grid points in a regular grid in a Fourier domain; and operate a two-dimensional inverse Fourier transform on the interpolated Fourier coefficients so as to generate an interaction pattern for the touch surface. The interpolated Fourier coefficients are generated sequentially for individual groups of grid points. Each individual group comprises grid points that have equal distance to an origin in the regular grid, e.g. grid points that are mapped onto each other by one or ore lines of symmetry in the regular grid.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: FLATFROG LABORATORIES ABInventors: Tomas Christiansson, Andreas Björklund, Mats Petter Wallander, Nicklas Ohlsson
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Patent number: 9760189Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a touch-key operation are provided, in which upon generation of an input event from an electronic pen, at least one touch key is deactivated, and upon generation of a hovering event in a predetermined area of the touch screen from the electronic pen, a predetermined touch key corresponding to the predetermined area is activated from among the at least one deactivated touch key.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byung-Min Jung, Dong-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 9753597Abstract: A method and apparatus for sensing a conductive object by a mutual capacitance sensing array is described according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mutual capacitance sensing array comprises one or more sensor elements. Each sensor element comprises an outer frame including a conductive material. A cavity is formed within the interior of the outer frame. In an example embodiment, the sensor elements include transmit (TX) sensor elements and receive (RX) sensor elements that are disposed in a stackup that comprises a substrate, where the TX sensor elements are laminated by optically clear adhesive and are disposed on one side of the substrate, and where the RX sensor elements are laminated by optically clear adhesive and are disposed on a different side of the substrate than the TX elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventor: Tao Peng
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Patent number: 9754521Abstract: A display driving circuit in accordance with the inventive concepts may include a source amplifier. The source amplifier may include an output transistor configured to amplify an input signal to generate an output signal, and charge a source line of a display panel using the output signal. The source amplifier may include an output transistor switch configured to control the output transistor, and a switch control block configured to receive configuration bits including on/off time information of the output transistor switch to generate a switch control signal. The on/off time information includes information for turning on the output transistor switch in synchronization with a horizontal synchronous signal associated with the display panel, and information for turning off the output transistor switch at a time when the source line of the display panel is charged to a desired charge level.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seong-Young Ryu, Hyunsang Park, Sungpil Choi
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Patent number: 9746880Abstract: A touch panel of the embodiment includes a substrate including an active area and an unactive area; a sensing electrode on the substrate; a wire electrically connected with the sensing electrode; a ground electrode on the substrate; a sub-ground electrode protruding toward an end of the substrate; and a first area defined by the sub-ground electrode, wherein the first area has a width larger than a line width of the sub-ground electrode. A touch device of the embodiment includes a display panel; and a touch panel on the display panel, wherein the touch panel includes a substrate; a sensing electrode on the substrate; a wire electrically connected with the sensing electrode; a ground electrode on the substrate; a sub-ground electrode protruding toward an end of the substrate; and a first area defined by the sub-ground electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin Bok Kim
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Patent number: 9740303Abstract: A pointing system including: a pointing device including an operation portion and a light-emitting portion that emits light according to an operation to the operation portion; and a control device including an image pickup portion that picks up light from the light-emitting portion when the light-emitting portion emits light and outputs an image including information on a light spot of the light, a display portion that includes a screen and displays a pointer on the screen, and a control portion that judges, as well as judge a movement of the light spot based on the information on the light spot in the image and move the pointer on the screen based on the movement of the light spot, whether the light spot is turned off based on the information on the light spot in the image and executes processing related to a click when the light spot is turned off.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Ueno, Osamu Ito
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Patent number: 9740330Abstract: In one aspect, a touch sensor includes a dielectric surface layer; drive electrodes disposed on the dielectric surface layer and arranged radially about a center, the drive electrodes defining a perimeter about the center, and a sense electrode disposed on the dielectric surface layer and arranged between two of the drive electrodes. Each drive electrode can include: an outer radial section extending radially along the perimeter; a central section extending from the outer radial section towards the center; and an inner radial section comprising a first section extending radially away from the central section in a first radial direction and a second section, shorter than the first section, extending radially away from the central section in a second radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventor: Lowry D. Lewis
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Patent number: 9734752Abstract: A display device including: a display panel displaying an image based on first and second frames; a timing controller outputting a plurality of image signals for each of the first and second frames and outputting a test signal during a reset section; and a source driving chip outputting a plurality of data voltages corresponding to the image signals or a test voltage corresponding to the test signal. The reset section is arranged after the first frame and before the second frame, and the source driving chip blocks the data voltage in the second frame from being output to driving lines having an arrival time period equal to or less than a reference time period during the reset section, the arrival time period representing the amount of time taken to arrive at the test voltage from an initial voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Sooyeon Kim, Young-Il Ban, Sunkyu Son
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Patent number: 9733790Abstract: The disclosure provides an approach for populating a virtual environment with objects. In one embodiment, an editing application may track a handheld device using sensor data from a camera, by following an image displayed on the handheld device's screen. The editing application then updates the position of an object in the virtual environment according to the tracked position of the handheld device. Initially, the handheld device may be placed at a fixed location for calibration purposes, during which the editing application initializes a mapping between the virtual and physical environments. To add an object to the virtual environment, a user may select the object on the handheld device. The user may then place the object at a desired location and orientation in the virtual environment by moving the handheld device in the physical environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Robert Sumner, Gioacchino Noris
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Patent number: 9727179Abstract: A touch sensing method of a touch panel may include: defining at least one of at least one sensing loop as at least one reference sensing loop, wherein the sensing loop is disposed in the touch panel for sensing a touch event; providing a driving signal to the reference sensing loop in order to read at least one reference signal from the reference loop during an electrical detection period; providing the driving signal to the sensing loop in order to read at least one sensing signal from the sensing loop during a touch sensing period; and detecting a touch position of the touch event according to the reference signal and the sensing signal. Several touch apparatuses are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventor: Chen-Pang Kung
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Patent number: 9715286Abstract: Apparatus including: hand-controllable signal-generating device that includes body having top side, and bottom side spaced apart from and facing away from top side, bottom side being configured for facilitating displacements of body over working surface in two-dimensional directions, body having biaxial-displacement detector configured for generating biaxial displacement signals representative of displacements of body in two-dimensional directions; and signal transmitter configured for communicating biaxial displacement signals to external electronic processor. Body has palm rest on top side; palm rest includes palm contact surface having contour for receiving portion of palm of person's hand into contact at position on palm contact surface. Contour of palm contact surface is configured for facilitating control by portion of palm of person's hand, being in contact at position on palm contact surface, of displacements of body in two-dimensional directions over working surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: SOLID ART LABS, INC.Inventors: Eric J. Charlton, William Wheeler
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Patent number: 9710057Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for head mounted display (HMD) implementations. In one example implementation, a HMD includes a circuit for communicating with a computing system that processes multimedia content for display in the HMD. Further included is a front unit of the HMD that has a screen for displaying multimedia content, and the front unit has a set of LEDs. The HMD includes an accelerometer and gyroscope disposed in the front unit of the HMD. A rear section of the HMD is provided having a set of LEDs. A headband connecting the front unit to the rear section is included, such that adjustment of the headband changes a separation distance between at least one of the set of LEDs of the front unit and at least one of the set of LEDs of the rear section.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Anton Mikhailov, Eric Larsen, Jeffrey Roger Stafford
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Patent number: 9711085Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel circuit, an organic light emitting display panel and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit comprises a light emitting device (01), a charging module (02), a driving module (03), and a testing module (04) having a control terminal connected to a test signal terminal (TEST) for providing a test signal switching between a displaying period of time and a testing period of time, a second input terminal (a2) connected to an output terminal of the light emitting device (01), and a third output terminal (b3) connected to a second reference signal terminal (Ref2). Through the pixel circuit, a current signal for driving the light emitting device (01) to emit light can reach the uniformity standard so that display luminance of pixels is uniform and quality of a display picture is ensured.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hao Wu
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Patent number: 9703398Abstract: A pointing device using proximity sensing is described. In an embodiment, a pointing device comprises a movement sensor and a proximity sensor. The movement sensor generates a first data sequence relating to sensed movement of the pointing device relative to a surface. The proximity sensor generates a second data sequence relating to sensed movement relative to the pointing device of one or more objects in proximity to the pointing device. In embodiments, data from the movement sensor of the pointing device is read and the movement of the pointing device relative to the surface is determined. Data from the proximity sensor is also read, and a sequence of sensor images of one or more objects in proximity to the pointing device are generated. The sensor images are analyzed to determine the movement of the one or more objects relative to the pointing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Alexander Butler, Nicolas Villar, John Helmes, Shahram Izadi, Stephen E. Hodges, Daniel Rosenfeld, Hrvoje Benko
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Patent number: 9697785Abstract: Provided is a display device capable of improving image quality. The display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and a gamma reference voltage generator. In the display panel, gate lines and data lines cross each other to define a plurality of liquid crystal cells. The gate driver supplies a scan signal to the gate lines sequentially. The data diver supplies a data voltage to the data lines. The gamma reference voltage generator selectively supplies a gamma reference voltage or a reference voltage of black gradation to the data driver in each horizontal period, according to a selection control signal input from the timing controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Cheol Hong, Hyun Taek Nam, Jong Woo Kim