Patents Examined by Jennifer Zubajlo
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Patent number: 9760224Abstract: A wireless control system, a touch-sensitive pad structure, a touch-sensitive module and a method for manufacturing the touch-sensitive module are provided. The wireless control system includes a controlled device and a remote controller which includes the touch-sensitive module. The touch-sensitive module includes a plurality of sensor pads. The controlled device is controlled by detecting changes of physical properties of the sensor pads without touching the sensor pads.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: TOUCHPLUS INFORMATION CORP.Inventors: Shih-Hsien Hu, Yi-Feng Wei, Yao-Chih Chuang
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Patent number: 9753545Abstract: An input device is a device determining an input by a user based on a motion of a hand of the user in picked-up images associated with an operation screen displaying a selectable area. The input device includes an input determiner (155) determining whether or not the input by the user is a select operation of a selectable area or is a gesture operation based on, in the picked-up images, a change in shape of the hand of the user caused by the moving hand. The determined input is transmitted to an application subjected to an operation through a transmitter (156).Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: NEC Solutions Innovators, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Akiyoshi
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Patent number: 9735208Abstract: A transparent display panel including a transparent substrate and a plurality of display units formed on the substrate is provided. Each of the display units includes a color light area and a least one of transparent areas disposed around the color light area. The color light area has a geometric center, a first color pixel structure, a second color pixel structure, and a third color pixel structure. The first, second and third color pixel structures take the geometric center as a center in each display unit and are disposed in a radial way corresponding to the center to form the color light area.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chia-Hwa Lee, Hsueh-Yen Yang
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Patent number: 9728142Abstract: A reduced blur, low flicker display system is provided, comprising: a display device comprising an array of pixel devices, each configured to be driven to a given output intensity value by changing each of the pixel devices between at least two intensity values within an image frame, including: a first intensity value and a second intensity value, higher than the first intensity value; and, a computing device configured to: spatially drive the pixel devices, according to image frames of image data, on a pixel-by-pixel basis and independent of one another, to respective output intensity values, according to at least two different spatio-temporal driving modes within a same image frame, a first set of the pixel devices driven according to a first spatio-temporal driving mode, and a second set of the pixel devices driven according to a second spatio-temporal driving mode, each within the same image frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.Inventor: Stuart James Myron Nicholson
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Patent number: 9696797Abstract: A head-mounted information system is provided, the head-mounted information system comprising a frame configured to be mounted on a head of a user, a display unit coupled to the frame, a sensor unit coupled to the frame comprising one or more motion sensors, and, a processor unit coupled to the frame and connected to receive signals from the motion sensors. The processor unit comprises a processor and a memory accessible by the processor. The processor unit is configured to monitor the received signals and enter a gesture control mode upon detection of a gesture control enable signal. In the gesture control mode the processor is configured to convert signals received from the motion sensors into menu navigation commands.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Hamid Abdollahi, Dan Eisenhardt, Li Chen
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Patent number: 9684204Abstract: The present invention provides a mirror display which prevents the boundary line between a frame region and a display region from being observed in a mirror mode and which thus has improved design quality. The mirror display of the present invention includes a half mirror plate including a half mirror layer, and a display device disposed behind the half mirror plate, the display device including a display panel and a frame component that supports a peripheral portion of the display panel, and the mirror display including a reflectance adjuster that makes equal the reflectance in a display region where the half mirror layer and the display panel face each other and the reflectance in a frame region where the half mirror layer and the frame component face each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Sakai, Takayuki Nishiyama, Masahiro Hasegawa, Hidefumi Yoshida, Shigeaki Mizushima
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Patent number: 9678345Abstract: A binocular display vergence correction system is described. The binocular display vergence correction system includes a binocular display, a display tracking system, and a controller. The binocular display, being pixelated, includes a left eye image display and a right eye image display. The display tracking system is configured to determine the position and angular orientation of the binocular display relative to an origin position and origin angular orientation. The controller, includes a processor, and is configured to correct the vergence of the binocular display based on an apparent viewing distance from an eye position of the binocular display to a target object to be viewed on a screen based on the determined position and angular orientation of the binocular display. A method of correcting vergence for a pixelated binocular display is also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: James E. Melzer, Wyatt L. Hendrick, Augusto H. Alvarez, Juan C. Salazar, David M. Leath, Wei L. Wang
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Patent number: 9672770Abstract: A pixel circuit is disclosed, comprising: a driving module, an energy storage module, an electroluminescence module, a data voltage write module and a threshold compensation module, the threshold compensation module being connected with a compensation voltage input end, a first end of the energy storage module and at least one control signal input end, adapted to compensate the voltage of the first end of the energy storage module as a sum of the startup threshold of the driving module and the compensation voltage accessed by the compensation voltage input end in response to the control signal accessed by the connected control signal input end.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Hailin Xue, Xiaochuan Chen, Xiaoliang Ding, Yingming Liu, Weijie Zhao, Hongliang Yuan, Kaixuan Wang, Wei Li
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Patent number: 9671861Abstract: An electronic device is configured to measure an angle of a user's face and rotate a screen thereof. In a method, the electronic device verifies that a face of a user is included in photographed image information, recognizes the face of the user included in the image information, and rotates a screen of the electronic device according to an angle of the recognized face.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Young-Gil Roh
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Patent number: 9619008Abstract: An information handling system includes a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge, and including a passive cooling system, a dynamic thermal management system, and a processor. The information handling system further includes an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Travis C. North, Charles D. Hood, III, Lawrence E. Knepper, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Jorge A. Abullarade
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Patent number: 9594444Abstract: A haptic feedback method includes providing a user with an image that is updated based on a collision event, generating collision data including a type of the collision event and an impulse amount, generating a haptic pattern based on the collision data, and generating a vibration based on the haptic pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Yu-Dong Bae, Eun-Hwa Lee, Jeong-Seok Lee, Young-Min Lee
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Patent number: 9588729Abstract: A projector, an image output apparatus, and a control method thereof are provided. In the method, a search signal transmitted by a controller is received, and accordingly at least one user apparatus supporting a wireless protocol is searched from surroundings by using the wireless protocol and a wireless connection is established with each user apparatus. Then, a control signal transmitted by the controller is received, and accordingly one of the at least one user apparatus is selected. An image provided by the selected user apparatus is received through the wireless connection and projected.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chi-Hsiang Liu, Yung-Sen Lin, Chang-Ping Chang
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Patent number: 9571208Abstract: Provided is an input/output device, including: a touch unit that is touched by a human body; an information processing unit that performs information processing based on a touch made on the touch unit by the human body; and a human-body communication unit that performs human-body communication by using the human body touching the touch unit as a path.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahide Tanaka
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Patent number: 9557856Abstract: An optical detector (110) is disclosed, the optical detector (110) comprising: at least one spatial light modulator (114) being adapted to modify at least one property of a light beam (136) in a spatially resolved fashion, having a matrix (132) of pixels (134), each pixel (134) being controllable to individually modify the at least one optical property of a portion of the light beam (136) passing the pixel (134); at least one optical sensor (116) adapted to detect the light beam (136) after passing the matrix (132) of pixels (134) of the spatial light modulator (114) and to generate at least one sensor signal; at least one modulator device (118) adapted for periodically controlling at least two of the pixels (134) with different modulation frequencies; and at least one evaluation device (120) adapted for performing a frequency analysis in order to determine signal components of the sensor signal for the modulation frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder, Stephan Irle, Erwin Thiel, Henrike Wonneberger
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Patent number: 9552756Abstract: A method for repairing an organic light emitting display having a plurality of unit pixels each including a white subpixel is provided. The method includes detecting a defective white subpixel by checking circuit units of the white subpixels, connecting a circuit unit of a neighboring subpixel positioned adjacent to the defective white subpixel in the unit pixel with a light emitting unit of the defective white subpixel using a repair conductive pattern, storing a repair position to which the repair conductive pattern is connected, and compensating for digital video data that will be input to the repair position.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryosuke Tani, Joonmin Park, Shinji Takasugi
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Patent number: 9552186Abstract: A data processing method and an electronic device are disclosed. The method comprises: causing at least one display content displayed by the at least one input/output display unit respectively to be independent from each other, so that processing on one current input/output display unit only affects the display content of the current input/output display unit, but does not affect other input/output display unit(s); obtaining a user operation on the at least one display area; synchronizing a system message between the at least one input/output display unit in response to the user operation, so that consistent system service is obtained from the at least one input/output display unit, wherein the at least one display content are identical or not identical.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.Inventor: Ping Guo
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Patent number: 9547378Abstract: In one implementation, a housing has a first surface and a second surface. A first side may be between the first surface and the second surface. An input device on may be on the first surface. A sensor on the first side may generate data representing an object detected by the sensor. A controller may process the data and control movement of the cursor on a display when the controller determines that the object is in the shape of a hand in a grip form.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Chun-Chieh Chen, James M. Mann
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Patent number: 9541966Abstract: Systems and methods are described for utilizing acceleration event signatures. One method for utilizing acceleration event signatures in an electronic device comprises receiving, by the electronic device, one or more acceleration events. The method further comprises determining whether the received one or more acceleration events correspond to one or more predefined signature definitions and invoking one or more functions based on the one or more acceleration events.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: HTC CORPORATIONInventors: Rodney Owen Williams, Gregory A. Dunko
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Patent number: 9529525Abstract: A method for reducing line display latency on a touchpad device is disclosed. The method comprises storing information regarding a plurality of prior touch events on a touch screen of the touchpad device into an event buffer. It further comprises determining an average speed and a predicted direction of motion of a user interaction with the touch screen using the plurality of prior touch events. Next, it comprises calculating a first prediction point using the average speed, the predicted direction, and a last known touch event on the touch screen. Subsequently, it comprises applying weighted filtering on the first prediction point using a measured line curvature to determine a second prediction point. Finally, it comprises rendering a prediction line between the last known touch event on the touch screen and the second prediction point.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Bojan Skaljak, Arman Toorians, Michael Chu
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Patent number: 9524040Abstract: An image editing apparatus and an image editing method for selecting an area of interest, in which a user more accurately selects an area desired to be selected using a finger by setting a position of a touch input as a selection start point for starting image selection if the user performs the touch input on a background image at the time of image editing, sets a trace generated by moving the background image or the selects start point as a selection image area, and selecting the set selection image area from the background image.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Do-Hyeon Kim, Dong-Chang Lee, Dong-Hyuk Lee, Seong-Taek Hwang