Patents Examined by Ivelisse Martinez Quiles
  • Patent number: 9747828
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel comprising: a display area in which a display area in which an array of pixel units is disposed, each of the pixel unit at least comprises a blue sub-pixel; a plurality of scan lines for providing a plurality of scan signals to the pixel units; and a plurality of data lines for providing a plurality of data signals to the pixel units, wherein the blue sub-pixels of the pixel units in every two neighbored columns are coupled to a first data line, and the first data line provides an identical data signal to the blue sub-pixels in a same line of the two neighbored columns. The present invention further discloses a method for driving the liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display comprising the liquid crystal panel in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixuan Chen, Chih-tsung Kang, Weiwei Zheng
  • Patent number: 9746733
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel comprising: a display area in which a display area in which an array of pixel units is disposed, each of the pixel unit at least comprises a blue sub-pixel; a plurality of scan lines for providing a plurality of scan signals to the pixel units; and a plurality of data lines for providing a plurality of data signals to the pixel units, wherein the blue sub-pixels of the pixel units in every two separated columns, which are separated by one column, are coupled to a first data line, and the first data line provides an identical data signal to the blue sub-pixels in a same line of the two separated columns. The present invention further provides a method for driving the liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display comprising the above mentioned liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Lixuan Chen, Chih-tsung Kang, Weiwei Zheng
  • Patent number: 9733772
    Abstract: A correction apparatus for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes multiple upper electrodes and multiple lower electrodes interleaved along a first reference direction. An initial coordinate calculation module calculates a first initial coordinate in the first reference direction and a second initial coordinate in a second reference direction of a touch position according to sensing results associated with the upper electrodes and sensing results associated with lower electrodes. A correction parameter calculation module calculates a first correction parameter according to the sensing results of the lower electrodes, and calculates a second correction parameter according to the sensing results of the upper electrodes. A compensation calculation module calculates a compensation amount according to the first correction parameter, the second correction parameter and the first initial coordinate. A correction module corrects the second initial coordinate according to the compensation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Tzu-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 9728113
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control signal generating circuit, which comprises a signal output module comprising an output terminal, a first control signal input terminal and a second control signal input terminal, and the signal output module can selectively output the first control signal input from the first control signal input terminal or the second control signal input from the second control signal input terminal to a control signal receiving circuit via the output terminal. The present invention further provides a circuit system comprising the control signal generating circuit. When providing high-level signal and low-level signal for a control signal receiving circuit, the control signal generating circuit of the present invention only needs to switch between first control signal mode and second control signal mode, without complicated conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qibing Dai
  • Patent number: 9704428
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed, along with a display method capable of displaying an input image having a resolution higher than the resolution of a display panel without degradation in display quality. The display device is a display device for displaying an image with each frame divided into two sub-frames. In the display device, a bright sub-pixel and a dark sub-pixel in each pixel are interchanged every sub-frame, and an input signal has a vertical resolution twice that of a display panel. The display device displays an image corresponding to the input signal by making the sub-frames different from each other in a voltage supplied to each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiko Mori, Kazunari Tomizawa, Makoto Hasegawa, Yuichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9696768
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device includes a display portion including a substrate, and an organic light emitting diode on the substrate; and an electromagnetic induction sensor portion attached to a bottom of the display portion, wherein the electromagnetic induction sensor portion includes: a back plate; a protection layer covering a bottom of the back plate; and a loop antenna pattern on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il-Doo Jeong, Ha-Zoong Kim, Hyun-Kyu Park, Jin-Wook Choi
  • Patent number: 9678377
    Abstract: Provided are touch structure, LCD panel and display device. The touch structure comprises a plurality of first signal lines; a plurality of second signal lines, a plurality of crossing points being formed by cross arrangement of the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines which are insulated from each other; a plurality of touch units, corresponding to the plurality of crossing points one to one, wherein when one touch unit of the plurality of touch units is touched, the first signal line and the second signal line which form a crossing point corresponding to the touch unit generate electrical signals respectively; a controller, connected to the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines respectively, for calculating a contact position based on the electrical signal of the first signal line and the electrical signal of the second signal line respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaodong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9678600
    Abstract: A display device comprises a plurality of light emitting elements in a layer on a substrate, a plurality of microprisms positioned over the layer, a plurality of light detectors on the substrate, each light detector respectively corresponding to a light emitting element of the plurality of light emitting elements, and a display screen, wherein the light detectors are used to sense at least one property of an item in contact with the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carl E. Abrams, Jonathan H. Connell, II, Nalini K. Ratha
  • Patent number: 9672781
    Abstract: A level shifter circuit has a plurality of channels for providing signals to a capacitive load and has circuits for sharing charge stored in the capacitive load between the channels. A first pair of channel clock generating circuits are coupled respectively to a first pair of channels. A second pair of channel clock generating circuits are coupled respectively to a second pair of channels. A pair of switches couple the first pair of channels together and the second pair of channels together, respectively, for sharing charge between the channels. A single resistor is coupled in circuit with all of the channels for controlling a slope of charge sharing between channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan A. Reithmaier, Josy Bernard, Carsten I. Stoerk, Nicolas M Guibourg
  • Patent number: 9665205
    Abstract: A touch emulator includes a transparent surface portion conformable to a touch screen of a device, the surface portion providing signals to the touch screen to emulate an input signal to the touch screen and includes a programmable controller that causes the surface portion to automatically provide specific signals at particular times to the touch screen to emulate user interaction with the device. The device may be a mobile device, such as a tablet with a touch enabled screen. The surface portion may provide signals that disrupt the capacitive electrical field of the touch screen. The programmable controller may be detachable from the surface portion. No signals may be provided from the programmable controller to the surface portion when the programmable controller is detached from the surface portion. The surface portion may provide screen protection for the touch screen. The touch emulator may receive touch input from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: EVERNOTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Andrew Sinkov
  • Patent number: 9665188
    Abstract: A position indicator includes a first electrode receiving an alternating current (AC) signal from a position detecting sensor and a second electrode transmitting an AC signal to the position detecting sensor. The position indicator includes: a tubular pen-shaped chassis; a central electrode provided such that one end protrudes outside of the chassis from an opening of the chassis, and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a first one of the first and second electrodes; a peripheral electrode surrounding the central electrode and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a second one of the first and second electrodes; and a shield member having a hollow part housing at least a part of the central electrode surrounded by the peripheral electrode. The shield member includes a tubular part electrically connected to ground and an insulating layer formed on an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface of the tubular part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mamoru Ogata, Osamu Nagase
  • Patent number: 9612680
    Abstract: Sensor data from a sensor system of a mobile device may be used for determining a level of pressure exerted by a user on the mobile device. The sensor system may include one or more types of sensors, such as a microphone and one or more inertial sensors. The inertial sensors may include one or more gyroscopes and/or accelerometers. Based on the inertial sensor data, it may be determined whether and/or how the mobile device is being held. A process for determining a level of pressure exerted by a user on the mobile device may be adapted based, at least in part, on whether and/or how the mobile device is being held. The pressure-determining process may be adapted according to various other criteria, such as a position of a touch target in a display, ambient noise levels, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Kies, Sherman Sebastian Antao, Shankar Sadasivam
  • Patent number: 9570023
    Abstract: A display panel including a plurality of pixels. A first pixel among the plurality of pixels includes a first subpixel, which further includes a first subpixel electrode, a first switching element configured to apply a data voltage to the first subpixel electrode, and a second switching element applying a boosting voltage to the first subpixel electrode. The first pixel further includes a second subpixel including a second subpixel electrode and a third switching element applying the data voltage to the low pixel electrode. Accordingly, display quality and reliability of the display panel may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn-Hak Jeong, Gak-Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 9563304
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sense unit operable to sense a plurality of first signals transmitted on one or more vertical lines and one or more horizontal lines of a touch sensor, the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines operable to drive the plurality of first signals. The apparatus also includes a drive unit operable to transmit, in response to the sense unit sensing at least one of the plurality of first signals, a second signal to the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines, the second signal changing an effective charge of the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Brunet, Luben H. Hristov, Trond J. Pedersen, Iqbal Sharif
  • Patent number: 9552087
    Abstract: In a multi-layer body with a carrier and at least one conduction layer first areas and second areas are galvanically isolated from each other by third areas. In the third area sections are omitted from conductor traces and replaced by replacement pieces. The multi-layer body thereby has an optically homogeneous effect (e.g. is uniformly transparent or uniformly reflective).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Walter Fix, Manfred Walter, Merlin Welker, Jurgen Krumm, Mathias Maul, Toblias Menger
  • Patent number: 9552762
    Abstract: There is provided a self-luminous display device including a deterioration amount acquisition section configured to acquire a cumulative deterioration amount for each of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape on a screen, each of the pixels including a light emitting element which emits light by itself in accordance with a current amount, a deterioration amount calculation section configured to calculate a deterioration amount when an image is displayed based on a supplied video signal in each of the pixels by using a deterioration characteristic determined in accordance with a luminance of the video signal, and a cumulative information update section configured to reflect the cumulative deterioration amount acquired by the deterioration amount acquisition section in the deterioration amount calculated by the deterioration amount calculation section, and to update the reflected cumulative deterioration amount as a new cumulative deterioration amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Inoue, Yohei Funatsu, Takashi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9552090
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate; a sensing electrode provided on the substrate to sense a position. A wire is electrically connected to the sensing electrode and a ground wire is provided adjacent to the wire. The ground wire includes a first dummy part which extends in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Su Choe, Hyun Min Nah, Seung Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 9547386
    Abstract: A touch projection system includes a light source device, a micromirror device, and an image-capturing device. The micromirror device can provide three reflection directions. The micromirror device can selectively reflect projection light emitted by the light source device in one of the reflection directions to project the reflected projection light onto a screen to form an image. The micromirror device also can reflect image light from the screen in another one of the reflection directions. Further, the micromirror device can reflect the image light from the screen in the other one of the reflection directions, which has a larger deflection angle, to be received by the image-capturing device, for example for determining a touch operation performed on the screen. Thereby, the limitation of structural interference by other components to the image-capturing device is reduced, so that the touch projection system can be assembled in a compact configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Hung Hsiao, Ying-Fang Lin
  • Patent number: 9542017
    Abstract: An illumination display switching device includes a switch knob slidable with respect to a push button-type switch. The switch knob includes a display operation part including a display design and a non-display design, a lock arm that is vertically hung from a central portion of the display operation part and connected to the push button-type switch, a light guide member that is vertically hung from the display operation part positioned near the light source, and an interconnection light guide member that interconnects the light guide member, a base of the lock arm and the display design. The display design is illuminated from a backside by emission light of the light source through the light guide member and the interconnection light guide member. The lock arm, the light guide member and the interconnection light guide member are integrally molded with the display design by the light-transmitting resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Sakai
  • Patent number: 9513743
    Abstract: A touch screen electro-optic display is arranged such that upon a touch being detected on the display surface, the display surface surrounding the touch “blinks” by being driven to a different optical state, then back to its original state. A second method uses a display having a pen or stylus which can draw lines upon the display. A first line segment is detected and its area updated using a first drive scheme having short waveforms. The area of a second line segment is updated using the first drive scheme. Thereafter, the areas of both line segments are updated using a second drive scheme different from the first drive scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore H. Sjodin, Yuval Ben-Dov, Kenneth R. Crounse, Jason Lin, Karl Raymond Amundson, Michael Patrick Almon, Hugh M. Enxing, Timothy J. O'Malley, Jr.