Patents Examined by Ivelisse Martinez Quiles
  • Patent number: 11481064
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate which are partitioned into a display region and a non-display region formed outside the display region; and a touch sensor including a plurality of touch electrodes overlapping the display region and formed on the second substrate, a plurality of pads overlapping the non-display region and formed on the second substrate, and a plurality of touch lines connecting the plurality of pads and the plurality of touch electrodes, wherein at least some of the touch lines includes a region having a first width and a region having a second width wider than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Hwan Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 11481060
    Abstract: A device for touch panel pressure detection includes a plurality of first input/output terminals for a projected capacitance touch panel. The projected capacitance touch panel includes a layer of piezoelectric material disposed between a plurality of sensing electrodes and a common electrode. The device also includes one or more amplifiers. Each amplifier has an inverting input, a non-inverting input and an output. The non-inverting input of the or each amplifier is configured to be switched between a common mode voltage and a capacitance measurement signal. The inverting input of the or each amplifier is configured to drive an input/output terminal based on the capacitance measurement signal. The amplifier is configured such that, when an input/output terminal is connected to a sensing electrode, the amplifier output varies in dependence upon a pressure applied to the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Mojtaba Bagheri
  • Patent number: 11467047
    Abstract: A force sensing device includes: a substrate disposed inside a housing and spaced apart from inner side surfaces of a first force member and a second force member; a first inductor element mounted on a first surface of the substrate and spaced apart from the first force member, the first inductor element having a first inductance, variable at a time of force input pressing the first force member; a second inductor element mounted on the first surface of the substrate and spaced apart from the second force member, the second inductor element having a second inductance, variable at a time of force input; and a support member having one end contacting the first surface of the substrate between the first inductor element and the second inductor element and another end contacting an inner side surface of the housing between the first force member and the second force member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Joo Hong, Joo Yul Ko, Je Hyuk Ryu
  • Patent number: 11468844
    Abstract: A display device may include a first pixel coupled to an emission control line, and an emission control stage for selectively coupling the emission control line to a first or second supply voltage line. The emission control stage may include: a first emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first supply voltage line, a second electrode coupled to the emission control line, and a main gate electrode coupled to a first node; a second emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the emission control line, a second electrode coupled to the second supply voltage line, and a main gate electrode coupled to a second node; and a third emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first supply voltage line, a second electrode coupled to the first node, a main gate electrode coupled to the second node, and a sub-gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Young In Hwang, Jin Woo Park, Yong Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 11433937
    Abstract: A vehicle and a steering unit can improve safety. A vehicle includes a steering wheel and a touchpad disposed on the steering wheel. The vehicle enables control of a controlled apparatus by a gesture on the touchpad of the steering wheel upon detecting a predetermined pressure on the touchpad of the steering wheel and provides a tactile sensation from the touchpad in accordance with the gesture on the touchpad of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 11429240
    Abstract: A touch sensor (1) for combined capacitive touch and force sensing is described. The touch sensor (1) includes number plurality of first electrodes (4) and a number of second electrodes (5). The second electrodes (5) are insulated from the first electrodes (4). The first and second electrodes (4, 5) form a grid for capacitive touch sensing. The touch sensor (1) also includes a transparent cover (6). The touch sensor (1) also includes a transparent piezoelectric film (3) arranged between the transparent cover (6) and the first and second electrodes (4, 5). The touch sensor (1) also includes a patterned counter electrode (8) disposed between the transparent piezoelectric film (3) and the transparent cover (6). The patterned counter electrode (8) is a conductive grid formed from the union of plurality of counter electrode line elements (9). A pitch of the counter electrode line elements (9) is larger than a pitch of the first electrodes (4) and/or second electrodes (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Constantinos Tsangarides, Paridhi Sharma, Michael Astley, Arokia Nathan, Xiang Cheng, Jiahao Li
  • Patent number: 11410583
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display, a camera, and a processor. The housing includes a first housing and a second housing coupled to and movable with respect to the first housing. The flexible display including an exposed area that is a first size when the electronic device is in a first state and a second size when the second housing moves and the electronic device is switched into a second state. The processor is configured to acquire an image having a designated aspect ratio through the camera. The processor is also configured to display a first area of the image on the exposed area corresponding to the first size when the electronic device is in the first state and display a second area of the image on the exposed area corresponding to the second size when the electronic device is in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Raetae Kim, Wankyu Kim, Yongjin Kwon, Jookwan Lee, Youngmin Ji, Soyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11404028
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are display systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums which provide for a gesture-based method for specifying a region of a display in which to show shared content. Also disclosed are pairing methods for associating the region of the display with a content source device, methods for sharing content within the region, and methods for providing input from the region back to the content source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amer Aref Hassan, Wei-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11393431
    Abstract: It is provided that a display system including a HMD and a smartphone connected to the HMD, wherein the HMD configured to visually recognize an external scene and display a first image overlapping the external scene, the smartphone includes a display panel configured to display a second image, a touch sensor arranged at the display panel, a first determination unit configured to determine whether the display panel is facing the HMD, a detection unit configured to detect a position of the display panel with respect to the HMD, a second determination unit configured to determine whether the position of the display panel is included in the first image, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust display of the first image on an image display unit based on a determination result of the first determination unit and a determination result of the second determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11335245
    Abstract: A first light emitting diode has a first driving input, and emits a red color light. A second light emitting diode has a second driving input, and emits a green color light. A third light emitting diode has a third driving input, and emits a blue color light. When a first current is applied to the third driving input, the third light emitting diode produces a first amount of blue light energy. When a second current is applied to the third driving input, the third light emitting diode produces a second amount of the blue light energy. The second amount of blue light energy corresponds to a percentage of blue energy reduction as compared to the amount of first blue light energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stefan Peana, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 11327595
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a touch screen display disposed between the first surface and the second surface and exposed through the first surface; a pressure sensor disposed between the first surface and the second surface and configured to sense at least one pressure by an external object on the touch screen display; at least one processor electrically connected to the touch screen display and the pressure sensor; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions which cause the processor to receive, from the pressure sensor, data indicating pressure by a user or the external object on the touch screen display, determine a rate of pressure change corresponding to a change of the pressure per unit time, and call a function on the basis of at least a part of at lea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Min Choi, Kyu-Hong Kim, So-Young Kim, Doo-Suk Kang, Geon-Soo Kim, Yo-Han Lee, Bo-Kun Choi
  • Patent number: 11320924
    Abstract: A display device controls a display by changing a reference value set in a foldable area of a display panel. The display device includes a display panel displays an image and outputs force sensing signals, and a controller that converts the force sensing signals into force values and controls the display when the force values in the foldable area of the display area are equal to or greater than a second reference value different from a first reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, So Hee Park, Moon Hee Seo, Hyeon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11301061
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises: a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a processor electrically connected with the communication module, and a memory electrically connected with the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: receive at least one first communication signal including information about a position of a stylus pen through the communication module, identify a gesture based on the information about the position of the stylus pen, identify an operation corresponding to the gesture, and based on detecting a repetition event for the operation based on at least one second communication signal received from the stylus pen, through the communication module, repeat an execution of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Banghyun Kwon, Inhyung Jung, Hyunwoong Kwon, Sangmin Shin, Sangheon Kim, Jongwu Baek
  • Patent number: 11294464
    Abstract: A media system controls presentation of media content based on a detected state of a user. The user state may be detected based on biometric inputs that may be derived from IMU and/or microphone data. The biometric inputs may include a heart rate detected from IMU data representing motion of a head-mounted media processing device, a breathing rate detected from IMU data representing motion of a head-mounted media processing device, a breathing rate detected based on microphone data, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TRIPP, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreja Djokovic, Zachary Norman, Nanea Reeves, Joseph P. Uildriks, Walter John Greenleaf
  • Patent number: 11287906
    Abstract: Disclosed is a passive electromagnetic fountain pen, which includes a pen core and a pen body, wherein the pen body includes a first iron core and an iron core holder, a pen core clamp link, a second iron core, a third iron core, an elastic component, a pressure regulating plate, and a first structure matched with the pressure regulating plate are disposed sequentially from front to back in the iron core holder, coils are wound outside the first iron core and the second iron core, the first iron core is close to a pen tip of the pen core, the second iron core is fixedly connected with the iron core holder, the pen core is configured to pass through a center of the first iron core, and then be clamped by one end of the pen core clamp link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HANVON UGEE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanzhi Li, Liming Deng
  • Patent number: 11284523
    Abstract: A foldable device includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge structure joined therebetween to permit the foldable device to be folded along an axis between an open mode and a closed mode. Touch sensors are disposed along one or more of the first housing portion or the second housing portion. The device includes a module implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to: determine touch sensor physical proximity; responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity not being less than a threshold, determine that the foldable device is in the open mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a single sensor mode; and responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity being less than the threshold, determine that the foldable device is in a closed mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a cumulative sensor mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Kumar Tyagi, Scott Patrick DeBates, Douglas Alfred Lautner
  • Patent number: 11249582
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a first driving circuit supplying a gate signal to a part of a plurality of gate lines before a beacon period in which a beacon signal for an active stylus is generated, and a second driving circuit supplying the gate signal to another part of the plurality of gate lines after the beacon period ends, the touch display device and the driving method thereof may prevent display failure caused by the beacon signal for the active stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HoonBae Kim, SungChul Kim, SunYeop Kim, Seongkyu Kang
  • Patent number: 11248137
    Abstract: A digital notepad is disclosed that includes an onboard computer, a base having retainers, a writing instrument having a tip that is configured to deliver ink, a plurality of sheets of paper, and a plurality of touch sensors communicatively connected to the onboard computer. The onboard computer includes one or more computer processors and a program loaded thereon configured to read information from at least one of the plurality of touch sensors. At least one of the touch sensors of the plurality of touch sensors may be integrated into the base. At least one of the plurality of sheets of paper may be retained on the base and in close proximity to the at least one of the touch sensors. The digital notepad may further include a display screen communicatively connected to the onboard computer and configured to display markings read by at least one of the plurality of touch sensors. In another embodiment, the digital notepad's writing instrument includes thermally reactive ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ji Shen
  • Patent number: 11249566
    Abstract: A pointer device is provided. The pointer device includes an induction coil, a clock generating circuit, and a control circuit. The induction coil converts magnetic energy into electrical potential energy and stores the electrical potential energy in a power storage period, and receives an instruction signal from the electromagnetic coordinate positioning apparatus in an instruction receiving period. The control circuit decodes the instruction signal in the instruction receiving period according to the clock signal after the power storage period. When determining that the instruction signal is one of a plurality of predefined instructions, the control circuit triggers, in a data transmission period, the induction coil to send a data signal corresponding to the instruction signal to the electromagnetic coordinate positioning apparatus according to the clock signal after the instruction receiving period. The instruction signal and the data signal each include a fixed quantity of bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Pu Ying Innovation Technology Corp., LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Wen Hsu
  • Patent number: 11238818
    Abstract: A display module including a plurality of pixels is provided. The display module according to an embodiment includes a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements constituting the plurality of pixels, a plurality of pixel circuits provided for each of the plurality of inorganic light emitting elements and providing a driving current corresponding to an applied grayscale data voltage to each of the plurality of inorganic light emitting elements, and an ESD (Electro Static Discharge) protection circuit arranged in at least one of the plurality of pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinho Kim, Sangmin Shin, Hoseop Lee