Patents Examined by Ilana Spar
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Patent number: 9557913Abstract: A method comprising receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, and displaying the input character left of a cursor located within a ticker rendered on the display proximate to the virtual keyboard, wherein the cursor has a set position located towards a centre of the ticker.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Alistair Robert Hamilton, Andrew Douglas Bocking, Mihal Lazaridis
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Patent number: 9557812Abstract: A software controlled user interface and calibration method for an eye gaze controlled device, designed to accommodate angular accuracy versus time averaging tradeoffs for eye gaze direction sensors. The method can scale between displaying a small to large number of different eye gaze target symbols at any given time, yet still transmit a large array of different symbols to outside devices with minimal user training. At least part of the method may be implemented by way of a virtual window onto the surface of a virtual cylinder, with eye gaze sensitive symbols that can be rotated by eye gaze thus bringing various groups of symbols into view, and then selected by continual gazing. Specific examples of use of this interface and method on an eyeglasses-like head-mountable, vision-controlled, device are disclosed, along with various operation examples including sending and receiving text messages, control of robotic devices and control of remote vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Inventor: Gregory A. Maltz
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Patent number: 9557863Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch panel, including: a cover lens, an optical compensation layer and a sensing electrode layer disposed between the cover lens and the optical compensation layer, wherein an etching region and a non-etching region are defined in the sensing electrode layer; an optical match is formed by the optical compensation layer with the sensing electrode layer, wherein the optical compensation layer receives incident light through the cover lens and the sensing electrode to reconcile the hue of the reflected light correspondingly formed from the etching region and the non-etching region. The present disclosure also provides a method for fabricating a touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.Inventors: I-Chung Hsu, Chunyong Zhang, Lichun Yang, Kuo-Shu Hsu, Yuan-Jen Shih
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Patent number: 9557842Abstract: A display device including a display section having a plurality of pixel electrodes; and a plurality of drive electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged side-by-side in a second direction. Each of the drive electrodes has a width in the second direction corresponding to a size of the two or more pixel electrodes, and has one or more slits extending in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Kohei Azumi, Takayuki Nakanishi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
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Patent number: 9557866Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a capacitive touch panel and a touch display apparatus, which includes a substrate and at least a transparent electrically conductive layer; the transparent electrically conductive layer includes a plurality of electrode groups, each of electrode groups includes a plurality of electrodes in series, each of electrode groups connects to a sensing lead at one side, at lease one of the electrode groups is arranged along a direction away from the sensing lead, and capacitances formed between the electrodes of the at least one of the electrode groups and common electrodes are reduced gradually along the direction. The capacitive touch panel and touch display apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention are configured such that the farther away from the sending lead the electrode is, the smaller the capacitance of the electrode is, thus the signal delay of the electrode far away from the sending lead is improved and the touch sensitivity is improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yingming Liu, Haisheng Wang, Shengji Yang, Weijie Zhao
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Patent number: 9552079Abstract: A method, electronic device, and system for remote text input in the electronic device are provided. A display signal may be outputted in the electronic device, displaying a text field for inputting text (e.g., by the user of the electronic device). A request for text input may be sent from the electronic device to another device (e.g., a communication device) which may be addressed by an identifier of the other device (e.g., a SIM of the communication device). The electronic device may then receive the requested text input from the other device (e.g., once the user of the other device enters the requested text).Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: SWISSCOM AGInventor: Guy Papstein
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Patent number: 9551904Abstract: A touchscreen includes touchscreen electrode elements distributed across an active area of a substrate, and the touchscreen overlays a display. The touchscreen electrode elements are configured to avoid creating moiré patterns between the display and the touchscreen, such as angled, wavy, zig-zag, or randomized lines. In a further example, the electrodes form a mesh pattern configured to avoid moiré patterns.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventor: Harald Philipp
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Patent number: 9548016Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes determining whether an input data signal represents a video image or a static image, determining whether the input data signal has a color difference generating pattern and outputting an output data signal. The output data signal has a first frequency if the input data signal represents a video image. The output data signal has the first frequency if the input data signal represents a static image and the input data signal includes the color difference generating pattern. The output data signal has a second frequency lower than the first frequency if the input data signal represents a static image and the input data signal does not include the color difference generating pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Dae Lee, Kyoung-Won Lee, Eun-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9548027Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels, a writing transistor, a driving transistor, a first switching transistor, a holding capacitor, and a second switching transistor; a first scanning section configured to drive the writing transistor in a unit of a row of the pixels; a second scanning section configured to drive the switching transistors in synchronism with scanning by the first scanning section; and a third scanning section configured to control the second switching transistors to a non-conducting state within a period after the image signal is written by the writing transistor until the signal writing period of the same row of the pixels ends but to a conducting state within any other period.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yutaka Mitomi, Masatsugu Tomida, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 9542026Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a panel into which a touch panel including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes is built, a touch sensing unit configured to supply a plurality of sensing pulses to the plurality of driving electrodes during a touch sensing period, a driver configured to drive the panel to allow the panel to display an image during an image display period, and a data line controller configured to connect a plurality of data lines to ground in a sensing pulse non-output period where the plurality of the sensing pulses are not supplied to the plurality of driving electrodes during the touch sensing period.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Young Joon Lee
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Patent number: 9536489Abstract: The exemplary embodiment relates to a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display according to the exemplary embodiment includes: a liquid crystal display panel on which a plurality of data lines cross a plurality of gate lines, wherein each data line and each gate line is connected to a thin film transistor; a source drive IC supplying data voltages to the data lines; a gate drive IC supplying gate pulses to the gate lines; a system board equipped with a scaler that transmits data from the scaler through an interface that comprises 4-pair of data transmitting lines; and a control board equipped with a timing controller that receives the data through the interface and supplies the data to the source drive IC and controls the operating timing of the source drive IC and the gate drive IC.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong Sung Song, Chaeyoul Cho, Woongki Min, Yonggi Son, Suhyuk Jang
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Patent number: 9535524Abstract: A touch display is disclosed including a display module, a polarizer disposed on the display module, and a plurality of touch electrodes at least partly coated on the polarizer, wherein the touch electrodes are formed by nano-silver. Since the touch electrodes formed by nano-silver is employed in the display, a multifunctional touch display is provided. A method for making the touch display is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions Inc.Inventors: Chen-Yu Liu, Li-Wei Kung, Hsi-Chien Lin, Hong-Siang Shao
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Patent number: 9536490Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel and driving method thereof, and display device. The display panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate, disposed oppositely; the array substrate comprising a plurality of scan lines, disposed at intervals; a plurality of data line, disposed at intervals, and crossing over and isolated from the scan lines; and a plurality of pixel units, arranged in a matrix form, and driven by the scan lines and data lines; each of the pixel units further divided into at least two active areas; the color filter substrate includes at least two common electrodes, disposed correspondingly to the active areas, the at least two common electrodes applying common voltages independently. The present invention can eliminate the non-uniform luminance problem in display images and improve the display quality.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Chengcai Dong
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Patent number: 9535496Abstract: Visual gestures in a device allow a user to select and activate features in a display of the device. A visual reference on a physical object is identified. A visualization of a virtual object engaged with an image of the physical object is generated in a display of a device. The virtual object corresponds to the visual reference. A rendering of the visualization of the virtual object is based a position of the display relative to the visual reference. A focus area in the display and a feature of the object are determined. A state of the feature is changed when the feature is in the focus area of the display.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: DAQRI, LLCInventor: Brian Mullins
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Patent number: 9530353Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes an organic electroluminescent diode receiving a driving voltage and a first ground voltage; first and second driving thin film transistors for providing a driving current to the organic electroluminescent diode; a first switching thin film transistor receiving a data voltage and switched by an nth scan signal; a second switching thin film transistor switched by a current providing signal; a third switching thin film transistor receiving a second ground voltage and switched by a selection signal; a fourth switching thin film transistor disposed among an output terminal of the second switching thin film transistor; and a first capacitor disposed among the output terminal of the first switching thin film transistor, the gate terminal of the first driving thin film transistor and the gate terminal of the second driving thin film transistor.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung-Tae Kim, Han-Jin Bae, Ho-Min Lim, Won-Kyu Ha, Hak-Su Kim
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Patent number: 9529527Abstract: An information processing apparatus can recognize a first operation made up of a first input and a second operation made up of the first input and an input that follows after the first input. Input by an operating object is detected, starts a response corresponding to the first operation after the first input from the operating object is detected, regardless of existence of any input to follow after the first input, in a case that information relating to movement of the operating object moving in a direction parallel to an input subject face, which is the subject for the operating object to perform the first input, satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Keiichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 9524069Abstract: A capacitive touch keypad may receive a touch by a conductive object to one or more keys of the keypad, in which the keys each have a separate capacitive key electrode. The touched locations may be determined by precharging a pseudo-randomly selected set of key electrodes a number (M) of iterations while the keyboard is being touched, producing a sense voltage for each iteration by coupling all of the key electrodes to a reference capacitor, producing a 1-bit sense measurement for each iteration by comparing the sense voltage to a reference voltage to form a set of M 1-bit sense measurement, and by applying a modified binary iterative hard threshold (BIHT) algorithm to the set of M 1-bit sense measurements, in which only the non-zero locations of the solution are monitored in each iteration.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Chenchi Luo
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Patent number: 9524695Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for display of a screen according to brightness intensity of ambient light. One or more characteristic values configuring display data is set to be higher than a preset color characteristic value when measured brightness intensity of ambient light is higher than preset brightness intensity of ambient light, and one of the set color characteristic values is converted to a contrast characteristic value and is displayed. Therefore, even when brightness intensity of ambient light is high, the user can accurately view a screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jong-Man Kim, Sung-Dae Cho, Hyun-Hee Park, Young-Min Jeong, Min-Woo Lee, Yun-Je Oh
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Patent number: 9524419Abstract: An exhibition device includes a support stage, a display panel, a position sensor, a camera module, a memory, and a processor. The support stage includes a support surface defining a support area for supporting an exhibition object. The position sensor is aligned with the support area. The position sensor detects whether the exhibition object is picked up. The camera module is located on the display panel and orientates toward the support area to capture images in real time. The memory stores basic information and detail information of the exhibition object. The processor analyzes the images to determine whether a face feature exists in the images, and controls the display panel to display the basic information if the sizes of the face feature become bigger, and controls the display panel to display the detail information when the exhibition object is picked up.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jen-Tsorng Chang
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Patent number: 9519349Abstract: A mechanical interface device having a number of three-dimensional tactile actuators is mounted to the touchscreen of an electronic device having a monitor, wherein a controller coupled to the touchscreen and to the monitor is operative to cause the monitor to display graphic images and/or text in response to engagement with or movement along the surface of the touchscreen by the three-dimensional tactile actuators.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors, Inc.Inventors: Andrew W. Garvis, Joseph S. Barnicki, Lucas J. Krocker, Kevin W. Palmer