Patents Examined by Ivelisse Martinez Quiles
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Patent number: 9218129Abstract: A user interface comprising: (i) a physical keypad comprising a plurality of keys, and (ii) a touch-sensitive display for presenting a screen. The screen comprises: (a) an image illustrating the physical keypad; and (b) a transaction option depicted on one of the keys of the physical keypad. A user is able to select the transaction option either by pressing the transaction option on the touch-sensitive display or by pressing a physical key corresponding to the key on which the transaction option is depicted.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Andrew W. D. Smith
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Patent number: 9213444Abstract: A touch device including a light guide unit, a light emitting unit, an invisible light filter and an invisible light detector is provided. The light guide unit has at least one light incident surface and a first surface connected to the light incident surface. The light emitting unit is disposed beside the light incident surface and is capable of emitting an invisible light beam. The invisible light filter is contacted tightly with the first surface. The light guide unit is disposed between the invisible light filter and the invisible light detector. Moreover, a touch projection system including the touch device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Young Optics Inc.Inventors: Hung-Chih Chou, Yung-Hsing Chen, Chien-Jung Huang, Chih-Hsien Tsai, Wei-Szu Lin
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Patent number: 9207805Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium stores a correction processing program causes a computer including a touch panel and a temperature sensor to execute a process. The process includes determining whether a temperature measured by the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined threshold when a first event completing contact with the touch panel is detected, waiting for a second event starting contact with the touch panel and a third event moving a contact position with the touch panel for a predetermined period of time when it is determined that the measured temperature is lower than the predetermined threshold, and discarding the first event and the second event and notifying an application of the third event, when the second event and the third event are detected during the predetermined waiting period of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shinya Kimura, Katsuaki Akama
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Patent number: 9183804Abstract: A display comprises independently addressable pixels, a pixel comprising first and second electrodes (12a,12b) disposed on a first substrate and spaced apart from one another. A counter electrode (22) is provided on a second substrate, with an electro-optical material provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. A controller, in use, applies a first voltage to the first electrode of the pixel, a second voltage different to the first voltage to the second electrode of the pixel, and a third voltage to the counter electrode of the pixel to define in the pixel at least one of a first region (18a), a second region (18c) and a third region (18b). The first, second and third voltages are selected such that an area of the first region, second region and third region or each of the first, second region and third region defined in the pixel produces a desired greyscale level for the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nathan James Smith, Benjamin John Broughton, Christopher James Brown, Paul Antony Gass
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Patent number: 9164630Abstract: Display apparatus with reduced susceptibility to electro-magnetic interference includes a display including an array of pixels and a ground mesh located in proximity to the display. The ground mesh includes a plurality of electrically connected ground lines located between the pixels, so that electro-magnetic radiation emitted or received by the display is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Ronald Steven Cok, Mitchell Stewart Burberry, Kurt Michael Sanger
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Patent number: 9159267Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device having first and second substrates disposed to face each other so as to hold a liquid crystal layer therebetween, and a gate potential creating circuit for outputting a selection potential and a non-selection potential, scanning lines, signal lines, thin film transistors formed so as to correspond to intersection portions between the scanning lines and the signal lines, respectively, pixel electrodes electrically connected to the thin film transistors, respectively, and a gate control circuit for switching the selection potential and the non-selection potential supplied from the gate potential creating circuit over to each other, thereby supplying one of the selection potential and the non-selection potential to corresponding ones of the thin film transistors through corresponding one of the scanning lines being formed on the first substrate, and a common electrode being formed either on the first substrate or the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kenichi Tajiri, Yutaka Kobashi, Hiroshi Kiya, Nobuhiko Yokoo
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Patent number: 9141240Abstract: An apparatus including capacitive sensors, where the capacitive sensors are arrange in a first layer and a second layer, and where the first layer is located on top of the second layer; and a cover window on top of the first layer, where the cover window does not comprise electrically conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Mohammad Ali Mockarram-Dorri
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Patent number: 9141269Abstract: A display system includes an image forming device and a mobile communication terminal. In the display system, the mobile communication terminal accepts a flick manipulation to move the screen, and transmits flick information on the accepted flick manipulation to the image forming device. The image forming device decides an area, which is a part of the screen of the mobile communication terminal and in which display is changed when the screen is moving, and sequentially transmits to the mobile communication terminal positional information on the decided area and screen data of the screen before the movement is completed since the movement is started, which is decided based on the flick information in the decided area. The mobile communication terminal displays the screen in the area of the transmitted positional information based on the transmitted screen data.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Koichi Amiya, Takatsugu Kuno, Hiroshi Murakami, Yusaku Tanaka, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Kenichi Sawada
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Patent number: 9110547Abstract: Multiple reconfigurable hover sensing arrays are utilized to detect the location of an object with respect to a “hover” sensing panel. Multiple enable switches control the size and the shape of the multiple reconfigurable hover sensing arrays. A portion of one of the multiple reconfigurable hover sensing arrays may overlap with another reconfigurable sensing array to improve detection resolution. A scanning and sampling mechanism might also be utilized to assist with controlling the enable switches.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: American Megatrends Inc.Inventor: Clas G. Sivertsen
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Patent number: 9098244Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause a computer system to at least monitor for a post-tactile keyboard input within a post-tactile input threshold time after receiving a tactile input device input, ignore the tactile input device input if the post-tactile keyboard input is received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input, and recognize the tactile input device input if the post-tactile keyboard input is not received within the post-tactile input threshold time after receiving the tactile input device input.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: James Roskind
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Patent number: 9100681Abstract: Visual data is presented on a display surface that is visible to users. Visual content presented by a user with a handheld data projector on an image input surface. The detected image is stored and then presented to the user on the display surface. Corresponding apparatus, method and computer programs are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Antti Virolainen, Panu Akerman
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Patent number: 9092051Abstract: An eye tracking based user function controlling method and a mobile device adapted thereto are provided. A camera unit of a mobile device is activated while a specific user function is executed. A gaze angle of a user's eye is acquired from an image obtained via the camera unit. An eye tracking function is executed in which execution state is controlled according to the gaze angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyungdae Park, Jiyoung Kang, Sanghyuk Koh, Mijung Park, Saegee Oh, Chihoon Lee
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Patent number: 9081413Abstract: A system for human interaction based upon intention detection. The system includes a sensor for providing information relating to a posture of a person detected by the sensor, a processor, and a display device. The processor is configured to receive the information from the sensor and process the received information in order to determine if an event occurred. This processing includes determining whether the posture of the person indicates a particular intention, such as attempting to take a photo. If the event occurred, the processor is configured to provide an interaction with the person via the display device such as displaying a message or the address of a web site.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Shuguang Wu, Jun Xiao, Glenn E. Casner, John P. Baetzold, Kenneth C. Reily, Kandyce M. Bohannon
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Patent number: 9058064Abstract: An interactive image system includes a host generating interactive images; a light source generating at least one light beam; and an interactive control device transmitting data to the host and switching between an operation status and an idle status. The interactive control device includes: an image sensor capturing a first picture in the idle status, wherein the first picture has a reference point image formed by the light beam; and a control circuit selecting a pixel area according to the position of the reference point image in the first picture, controlling the image sensor to obtain a second picture according to the pixel area, and comparing a threshold value with the brightness information of at least one pixel in the pixel area of the second picture to confirm whether the interactive control device is still in the idle status.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION, R.O.C.Inventors: Chia-Cheun Liang, Ming-Tsan Kao
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Patent number: 9052766Abstract: An input device having a plurality of low-visibility sensor electrodes and method for fabricating the same are provided. In one embodiment, an input device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed over a display device. A first sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes includes a conductive mesh having a first periodicity defined by intersections of conductive traces forming the mesh. A terminal portion of one of the conductive traces terminating at an edge of the first sensor electrode has an orientation that is different than an orientation of a corresponding portion of the mesh defining the first periodicity. An end of the terminal portion proximate the edge laying over a subpixel has the same color as a subpixel of the display device which the end would lay over if the end had the same orientation as the corresponding portion of the mesh defining the first periodicity.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATEDInventors: James Dunphy, Bob Lee Mackey, Joseph Kurth Reynolds
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Patent number: 9041688Abstract: An optical detection system includes a detection part that detects object information as information of an object based on a light reception result of reflected light by reflection of irradiation light on the object, and a processing part that performs processing based on the object information, and the processing part acquires reflectance information of the object as the object information and performs processing of a command designated by the object based on the acquired reflectance information.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kanechika Kiyose
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Patent number: 9001083Abstract: Methods and apparatus for improving the sensing performance of a capacitive touch screen sensing device. The electrical potential of conductive structures proximate capacitive touch pads of the sensing device is altered to compensate for the effect of parasitic capacitance, based on external conditions such as water on the touch screen or an intervening user worn glove. The compensation for parasitic capacitance improves the signal to noise ratio and therefore the sensing performance of the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: UICO, Inc.Inventor: Bahar N. Wadia
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Patent number: 8994614Abstract: A head-mountable display comprises a frame configured to be mounted on a user's head. The frame defines left and right-hand eye display positions that are positioned in front of the respective eyes of the user. A left-hand display element is mounted with respect to the left-hand eye display position, and is operable to provide an image from a left-hand video signal to the user's left eye. A right-hand display element mounted with respect to the right-hand eye display position, and is operable to provide an image from a right-hand video signal to the user's right eye. At least one light emitting element is positioned on a right-hand periphery of the left-hand display element and at least one light emitting element is positioned on a left-hand periphery of the right-hand display element. A controller controls light emitted by the light emitting elements dependent upon the video signals to reduce luning.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe LimitedInventors: Ian Henry Bickerstaff, Simon Mark Benson
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Patent number: 8982064Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed, which comprises gate and data lines arranged to cross each other on a substrate to define a pixel region; a pixel electrode formed in the pixel region; a common electrode forming an electric field together with the pixel electrode and sensing a touch of a user; and a sensing line electrically connected with the common electrode, wherein the common electrode includes a plurality of first common electrodes for sensing any one of a touch position of X axis and a touch position of Y axis and a plurality of second common electrodes for sensing the other one of the touch positions of X axis and Y axis, and the sensing line is not electrically connected with the plurality of second common electrodes but electrically connected with the plurality of first common electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: InHyuk Song
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Patent number: 8947375Abstract: An information processing device including an operation unit in which an operation input is possible by a touch operation on an operating surface; and a control unit that executes processing corresponding to an operation input performed via the operation unit, wherein the control unit causes, if an area of a portion that is in contact with the operating surface accompanying a touch operation is obtained and a touch operation in which the area is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed, restoration information for later restoring the display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit to be stored in a memory unit, and display contents of a screen are restored, according to an operation input performed via the operation unit, based on the restoration information recorded in the memory unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Reiko Miyazaki, Akihiro Komori, Ritsuko Kano, Yoshihito Ohki