Patents Examined by Jason Olson
  • Patent number: 9354760
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch sensor has a first edge and a second edge approximately perpendicular to the first edge. The touch sensor includes a first plurality of electrodes approximately parallel to the first edge, and a second plurality of electrodes. Each of the second plurality of electrodes has a spine that is approximately parallel to the second edge and a plurality of conductive elements that are approximately parallel to the first edge and in physical contact with the spine. At least one electrode of the second plurality of electrodes is adjacent to the second edge. The spine of the one electrode of the second plurality of electrodes that is adjacent to the second edge has a width that is greater than a width of the spine of at least one of the other electrodes of the second plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Trend, Paul Clements
  • Patent number: 9354693
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes a touch screen panel configured to include a plurality of driving electrodes, which are disposed in parallel in a first direction, and a plurality of sensing electrodes which are disposed in parallel in a second direction, and a touch circuit unit configured to, when a touch type of a previous touch sensing period is a finger touch, sequentially apply a driving pulse to a plurality of second driving electrodes but not to a plurality of first driving electrodes among the plurality of driving electrodes, and receive a plurality of sensing signals based on the driving pulse from the plurality of sensing electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Mo Seo
  • Patent number: 9354753
    Abstract: A space-efficient substantially transparent mutual capacitance touch sensor panel can be created by forming columns made of a substantially transparent conductive material on one side of a first substantially transparent substrate, forming rows made of the substantially transparent conductive material on one side of a second substantially transparent substrate, adhering the two substrates together with a substantially transparent adhesive, bringing column connections down to the second substrate using vias, and routing both the column and row connections to a single connection area on the second substrate. In addition, in some embodiments some of the row connections can be routed to a second connection area on the second substrate to minimize the size of the sensor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Porter Hotelling
  • Patent number: 9348452
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Westerman, John G. Elias
  • Patent number: 9349342
    Abstract: A display method and an electronic device are provided. The display method is applied to the electronic device, and includes: displaying each display object of the display unit according to a first display parameter, monitoring the operation state of the electronic device to obtain a monitored result; acquiring a display adjusting command if the monitored result indicates that a fold or unfold operation is performed on the electronic device; adjusting the first display parameter of at least one display object of the display unit according to the display adjusting command to generate a second display parameter, and displaying the at least one display object according to the second display parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Zhang, Chunlei Zhao, Dejun Wang
  • Patent number: 9348411
    Abstract: Described herein are technologies relating to display of a representation of an object on a display screen with visual verisimilitude to a viewer. A location of eyes of the viewer relative to a reference point on the display screen is determined. Additionally, a direction of gaze of the eyes of the viewer is determined. Based upon the location and direction of gaze of the eyes of the viewer, the representation of the object can be displayed at a scale and orientation such that it appears with visual verisimilitude to the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy S. Paek, Johnson Apacible
  • Patent number: 9348465
    Abstract: An input method that is executed by a computer includes obtaining a first image of an object using an imaging device, detecting a first feature point of the object based on a shape of the object in the first image, calculating a first angle of the object with respect to a plane on which a pressing operation is performed based on the first feature point and information on a first area of the object in the first image, and selecting a first input item from a plurality of input items based on the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Taichi Murase, Takahiro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9342166
    Abstract: In a touch substrate and a display apparatus, the touch substrate includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first touch electrode and a blocking layer. The first electrode includes an opaque conductive material and extends along a first direction. The second electrode includes the opaque conductive material, extends along a second direction crossing the first direction, and has a gap through which the first electrode extends. The first touch electrode is formed on the first electrode and is electrically connected to the first electrode. The blocking layer overlaps the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Joon Cho, Joon-Chul Goh, Ji-Hong Park, Cheol-Gon Lee, Chong-Chul Chai, Jae-Keun Lim
  • Patent number: 9335861
    Abstract: A touch sensing system and a driving method thereof are provided. The touch sensing system includes: a touch screen drive circuit which senses a change in the amount of electric charge in touch sensors during a sensing period, generates raw data and temporarily stores it in a buffer memory, transmits the raw data read out from the buffer memory to an algorithm execution unit during a raw data transmission period, and calculates the coordinates of touch input by the algorithm execution unit during an algorithm execution period. The touch screen drive circuit controls the amount of data stored in the buffer memory and the start timing of a read operation to make the sensing period and the raw data transmission period overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myungho Shin, Dongkyun Lim, Seunghwan Yoon
  • Patent number: 9338441
    Abstract: A display device configured to display a selected image type, the image type including a first image and a second image, according to an image source signal, the display device including: a display unit, the display unit including a first group pixel and a second group pixel; and an image processor, the image processor: arranging image signals for each frame of the display device according to a display sequence of the first image and the second image in the first group pixel and the second group pixel, changing the image type displayed during a remaining period for each frame unit of the image source signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Si-Duk Sung, Kwang-Sub Shin, Jong-Hwa Park, Baek-Woon Lee
  • Patent number: 9336721
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driving method and display apparatus, the display apparatus including light emitting units, scan lines, data lines, a driving circuit provided for each of the light emitting units to serve as a circuit having a signal writing transistor, a device driving transistor, a capacitor and a first switch circuit, and a light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Tanikame, Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 9335826
    Abstract: A method of interpreting input from a user includes providing a surface within reach of a hand of the user. A plurality of locations on the surface that are touched by the user are sensed. An alphanumeric character having a shape most similar to the plurality of touched locations on the surface is determined. The determining includes collecting information associated with hand region localized modules, and modeling the information using statistical models. The user is informed of the alphanumeric character and/or a word in which the alphanumeric character is included. Feedback is received from the user regarding whether the alphanumeric character and/or word is an alphanumeric character and/or word that the user intended to be determined in the determining step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: You-Chi Cheng, Chin-Hui Lee, Zhe Feng, Fuliang Weng
  • Patent number: 9330628
    Abstract: A drive circuit of a display panel, a display panel, a display device and a method of driving a display device are provided. The circuit comprises: j select circuits and j data line signal output circuits, j is an integer greater than or equal to 2. Each data line is connected with a select circuit, different data lines are connected with different select circuits, each select circuit is connected with the j data line signal output circuits, each select circuit can control the data line connected therewith to be connected with one of these j data line signal output circuits and to control the data line connected therewith to be disconnected from the other ones of these j data line signal output circuits; so pixels at different locations can be scanned by powering the data lines connected with the pixels using the different data line signal output circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengpeng Hu, Yuan Li
  • Patent number: 9330598
    Abstract: A method and system for driving a light emitting device display is provided. The system provides a timing schedule which increases accuracy in the display. The system may provide the timing schedule by which an operation cycle is implemented consecutively in a group of rows. The system may provide the timing schedule by which an aging factor is used for a plurality of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Arokia Nathan, Gholamreza Chaji
  • Patent number: 9329717
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Westerman, John G. Elias
  • Patent number: 9329829
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a synchronous display method of an spliced display screen which comprises at least two spliced display units and at least two timing controllers respectively corresponding to the spliced display units, wherein the method comprises steps of: receiving, by each timing controller, a timing control signal for a current frame of the corresponding spliced display unit, feedback from the spliced display unit corresponding to the timing controller; determining, by each timing controller, a phase difference between the timing control signal for the current frame of the corresponding spliced display unit and a reference timing control signal received by the timing controller; judging, by each timing controller, whether or not the phase difference goes beyond a predetermined threshold range; if it is judged that the phase difference goes beyond the predetermined threshold range, generating a phase adjustment value, by the timing controller, based on the phase difference, wherein the phase adjustm
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangbing Yu, Weihao Hu, Yoon Dae Keun, Yanping Liao, Xibin Shao, Lei Liu, Zongze He
  • Patent number: 9329692
    Abstract: Some implementations may present a media file that includes video on a touchscreen display. A user gesture performed on the touchscreen display may be detected. The user gesture may include one of a tap gesture, a swipe gesture, or a tap and hold and drag while holding gesture. Text selected by the user gesture may be determined. One or more follow-up actions may be performed automatically based at least partly on the text selected by the user gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peng Bai, Qiang Huo, Jun Du, Lei Sun
  • Patent number: 9329718
    Abstract: A display device with an input system and a method of driving the same are provided. The method for driving a display device with an input system includes: receiving touch information, including electromagnetic touch information or capacitive touch information, by alternately performing electromagnetic touch sensing and capacitive touch sensing, if the touch information is the electromagnetic touch information: performing the electromagnetic touch sensing for a first period, and performing the capacitive touch sensing after the first period, and if the touch information is the capacitive touch information, performing the capacitive touch sensing for the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyounghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9323352
    Abstract: Hand recognition is used to distinguish among users of gesture-based computer systems, and particularly between adults and children. Hands may be classified as adults or children based on certain physical characteristics, such as hand size, shape, or curvature. Depending upon whether the hand belongs to an adult or a child, user-appropriate interfaces are provided. For instance, in response to detecting a presence of a child, the interface may include more child-appropriate features such as simpler graphical elements, use of basic audio interfaces, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Menashe Haskin, Deborah May Shepard
  • Patent number: 9325948
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to electromechanical systems display devices. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a display assembly, a sensor, and a processor. The display assembly may include an array of electromechanical systems display devices. The sensor may be configured to provide a signal indicative of an illumination angle, a viewing angle, or both, with respect to a line perpendicular to the display assembly. The processor may be configured to receive the signal from the sensor, to determine the illumination angle and/or viewing angle, and to process image data to compensate for the determined illumination angle and/or viewing angle. In one implementation, the image data is processed to compensate for a shift in a wavelength of light reflected from at least one of the electromechanical systems display devices that would have occurred as a result of a non-normal illumination and/or viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian J. Ma, John Hyunchul Hong, Chong Uk Lee, Tallis Young Chang