Patents Examined by Jeffrey A Parker
  • Patent number: 11467679
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch screen device for transmitting button manipulation information based on a touch pen without using a separate wireless communication module. The touch screen device includes a touch screen including a plurality of touch electrodes, a touch driving circuit applying a touch electrode driving signal to the plurality of touch electrodes, and a touch pen receiving the touch electrode driving signal applied to the plurality of touch electrodes and transmitting a pen output signal to the touch screen in response to the received touch electrode driving signal. The touch pen includes at least one button, and when a user manipulates the at least one button, the touch pen adjusts the pen output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Suyun Ju, SungChul Kim, SangHyuck Bae, Sungsu Han, DoYoung Jung
  • Patent number: 11397108
    Abstract: A multi-function controller, comprising a control element, a support element, at least a first light emitter and at least a first light receiver. A multi-function controller, comprising a control element, at least a first magnet and at least a first sensor. In some aspects, one or more occluders is provided. In some aspects, a control element is rotatable and/or tiltable, and/or the control element can be pushed or pulled, and movement of the control element is detected optically or by Hall effect sensors. In some aspects, an icon cap is not rotatable. A method comprising rotating and/or tilting a control element on a multi-function controller, and detecting a position of the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Marquardt GmbH
    Inventors: Matthew R. Randle, Kenneth L. Markowski, Andrea Burke, David J. Fassett
  • Patent number: 11340731
    Abstract: A method for capacitive based detection with a digitizer sensor including a plurality of conductive elements that are capacitively coupled is described. The method includes generating a drive signal including transient sections separated in time by flat sections, providing the drive signal generated to at least one conductive element of the digitizer sensor, and sampling outputs transferred to a second conductive element that is capacitively coupled to the at least one conductive element in response to providing the signal generated to the at least one conductive element. The sampling events of the sampling are timed to take place both in response to the transient sections of the drive signal and to the flat sections of the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Yuval Stern
  • Patent number: 11327704
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitor brightness control are disclosed. The method includes connecting with a device via a dock, the device including a sensor configured to detect a lighting condition of an environment surrounding the device. The method further includes linking the dock with a monitor. The method further includes detecting the lighting condition. Additionally, in response to a change in the lighting condition, the method includes matching the lighting condition with a monitor brightness setting in a plurality of brightness look-up-tables and adjusting a brightness level of the monitor based on the monitor brightness setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Claude Lano Cox, Liam B. Quinn, Mark W. Welker, Rocco Ancona
  • Patent number: 11327526
    Abstract: Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Z124
    Inventors: Paul E. Reeves, Mohammed Selim, Gregory Burdzinski
  • Patent number: 11307439
    Abstract: Display panel and display device are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a heating element, a reflective layer, a resonant cavity, and a phase-change material layer sequentially disposed on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal cell. The display panel also includes first signal lines extending along a row direction, second signal lines extending along the column direction, and a driving circuit in correspondence to each pixel unit. The driving circuit includes a first driving module and a second driving module that are connected to a same first signal line and a same second signal line. The first driving module drives the heating element to control the state of the phase-change material layer, and the second driving module controls the deflection of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Lu, Qijun Yao, Yang Zeng
  • Patent number: 11287660
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a head-mounted display including a wearable component, a display device and at least one sensor. The display device is movably disposed on the wearable component. The at least one sensor is connected to the display device. A position of the display device is related to a sensing result of the at least one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Lee Hua Yu, Pei Hsin Huang, Tsu-Yin Jen
  • Patent number: 11289565
    Abstract: In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Sato, Genshiro Kawachi, Yoshiro Mikami, Masaya Adachi
  • Patent number: 11257443
    Abstract: A display device and an image processing method thereof are provided. An image processing method of a display device, according to the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: dividing a display unit of the display device into a plurality of regions; measuring brightness expression performance of the display device, including a value of a relation between the average brightness of the display unit and the brightness of one region among the plurality of regions; calculating an average brightness of an image inputted to the display device; mapping, to the measured brightness expression performance, the calculated average brightness of the inputted image; adjusting the brightness of a region, excluding an emphasized region, of the inputted image so as to generate an adjusted image; and outputting the adjusted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Ryeul Rhyu
  • Patent number: 11215830
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display and a light director assembly. The electronic display includes a region of subpixels that are configured to emit light. The light director assembly is coupled to receive the light and to direct the light to an optical assembly of the HMD. The light director assembly includes a plurality of light directors configured to reduce an angular distribution of the light emitted from corresponding subpixels included in the region of subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Evan M. Richards
  • Patent number: 11217171
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and a method of sensing deterioration of the same are discussed. The organic light emitting display includes a display panel including a plurality of display lines, each of the display lines in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, each of the pixels including a light emitting element and a driving element, a panel driver configured to supply a gate signal and a data voltage synchronized with the gate signal to the pixels of the display lines, a sensing unit configured to sense driving characteristics of the pixels, and a timing controller configured to control operation timings of the panel driver and the sensing unit, and overlappingly shift a sensing driving sequence for at least some display lines in accordance with a line sequential manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongik Kim, Kyoungdon Woo
  • Patent number: 11199930
    Abstract: Discussed is a display device including a first substrate; a display panel including first and second electrodes disposed on the first substrate, and a light-emitting layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode; an encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode of the display panel; a first touch electrode unit disposed on the encapsulation layer and extending in one of a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a first passivation layer disposed on the first touch electrode unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HyunJun Min, YongMin Ha, SeungRok Shin
  • Pen
    Patent number: 11181996
    Abstract: A pen includes: an electrode; a power supply circuit which, in operation, supplies a first voltage; a low voltage integrated circuit (LVIC) coupled to the power supply circuit, wherein the LVIC, in operation, outputs a transmission signal at the first voltage; a high voltage integrated circuit (HVIC) including a level shifter which, in operation, outputs the transmission signal at a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage; an inter-IC wire which, in operation, supplies the transmission signal having the first voltage from the LVIC to the HVIC; an electrode wire which, in operation, supplies the transmission signal having the second voltage from the HVIC to the electrode; and a step-up circuit coupled to the power supply circuit, wherein the HVIC in operation, supplies the second voltage to the level shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Koike
  • Patent number: 11157106
    Abstract: A system and method for input sensing comprises a display device having at least one piezoresistive sensing transistor. During a first period, a first resulting signal is received with a first data line by driving a first piezoresistive sensing transistor of a first subpixel of the display device with a first select signal. The first resulting signal corresponds to a change in resistance of the first piezoresistive sensing transistor. Further, at least one of force information and positional information associated with an input object may be determined at least partially based on the change in resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Tetsuo Tanemura, Seiki Takahashi, Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Petr Shepelev
  • Patent number: 11133078
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a decrease in the yield by electrostatic destruction can be prevented is provided. A scan line driver circuit for supplying a signal for selecting a plurality of pixels to a scan line includes a shift register for generating the signal. One conductive film functioning as respective gate electrodes of a plurality of transistors in the shift register is divided into a plurality of conductive films. The divided conductive films are electrically connected to each other by a conductive film which is formed in a layer different from the divided conductive films are formed. The plurality of transistors includes a transistor on an output side of the shift register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakakura, Yuugo Goto, Hiroyuki Miyake, Daisuke Kurosaki
  • Patent number: 11126390
    Abstract: A system and method for is disclosed for controlling coordination between medical devices, a medical workstation and a communication device. The system comprises: message transceiving units arranged corresponding to a plurality of medical detection display apparatuses respectively for forwarding, to a coordination message processing unit, interaction information acquired from an accessed external input device by the medical detection display apparatuses arranged corresponding to the message transceiving units themselves. The coordination message processing unit receives the interaction information from a message transceiving unit connected thereto, parses the interaction information to obtain an identifier corresponding to a medical detection display apparatus designated by a user, and converts the interaction information into a display message matching the designated medical detection display apparatus according to a display requirement corresponding to the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dabing Chen, Jun Luo
  • Patent number: 11112637
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel in which a display region in which a plurality of touch blocks are arranged and a non-display region around the display region are defined, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other and a polarizer attached to an outer surface of the first substrate, and a touch electrode is provided in each of the plurality of touch blocks; and a cover window attached to an outer surface of the polarizer through an adhesive layer, wherein the cover window has a size greater than that of the display region and smaller than or equal to that of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hun Bang, Jong-Seo Yoon, Dong-Il Chung, Byeong-Jun Lee, Kyung-Tai Ko
  • Patent number: 11099648
    Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus, so as to reduce an influence by provision of a tactile sensation on detection of a position by a touch sensor, includes a touch sensor 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 12 disposed near the sensor 11 and configured to vibrate the sensor 11, a touch sensor control unit 20 configured to transmit a scanning signal to the sensor 11 and, by receiving the signal from the sensor 11, to detect the position of the contact to the sensor, signal lines 16, 18 configured to transmit the signal between the sensor 11 and the control unit 20, and a tactile sensation control unit 30 configured to, based on the position of the contact detected by the control unit 20, control the providing unit 12 to vibrate the sensor 11. The providing unit 12 is disposed avoiding overlapping with the lines 16, 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Akinori Sato
  • Patent number: 11093071
    Abstract: A trace structure includes a substrate, at least one metal trace, and a cover. The metal trace is disposed on the substrate, and has sidewalls and a top surface. The cover is disposed on the sidewalls and the top surface of the metal trace, and the cover includes metal nanowires. The cover and the metal trace have different etch resistances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TPK Glass Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Jui-Hsing Li, Lien-Hsin Lee
  • Patent number: 11050296
    Abstract: The present application provides a display control method and device, and relates to the display field. The method comprises: determining a beam shaping parameter according to to-be-displayed content and a location of a light-emitting diode (LED) array, wherein the beam shaping parameter comprises a beam direction, a beam intensity, and a scanning track; and sending a beam to the LED array according to the beam shaping parameter. According to the method and device, displayed content can be presented on an LED array through beam shaping. The LED array does not need input of a power supply and can implement a passive display, and therefore can be deployed more flexibly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU RUI TUO TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ran Xu, Kuifei Yu