Patents Examined by Jennifer Zubajlo
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Patent number: 9513501Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a touch screen structure used in a touch panel. The touch screen structure comprises a protection cover and at least one color changeable decoration layer. The color changeable decoration layer is made of thermochromic material or photochromic material, located at a side region of the lower surface of the protection cover, and the region at which the color changeable decoration layer is located defines a non-visible region of the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.Inventors: Jing Yu, Qiong Yuan, Manyu Yang
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Patent number: 9514687Abstract: A method of displaying an image on a display panel including pixels arranged in an m-by-n matrix (m and n being natural numbers), including measuring a complexity of image data based on an entropy or a most significant bit, the image data including a plurality of unit data corresponding to the pixels; and adjusting the amount of light supplied by a backlight unit according to the measured complexity of the image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jai-Hyun Koh, Kyungsu Lee
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Patent number: 9483984Abstract: A touch sensing display device includes: a thin film transistor array panel including a thin film transistor; and an opposing display panel facing the thin film transistor array panel. The opposing display panel includes a piezoelectric sensor including a capacitive sensor and a piezoelectric layer. The capacitive sensor includes sensing wires, driving wires, and a bridge connecting the sensing wires together or the driving wires together. The piezoelectric sensor further includes a pair of electrodes, the piezoelectric layer being disposed between the pair of electrodes. The bridge and a first electrode of the pair of electrodes are formed of the same material and in the same layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seung Mi Seo, Jong Seo Lee
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Patent number: 9436382Abstract: Natural language image editing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a natural language input is converted from audio data using a speech-to-text engine. A gesture is recognized from one or more touch inputs detected using one or more touch sensors. Performance is then initiated of an operation identified from a combination of the natural language input and the recognized gesture.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Gregg D. Wilensky, Walter W. Chang, Lubomira A. Dontcheva, Gierad P. Laput, Aseem O. Agarwala
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Patent number: 9430061Abstract: A hybrid input device is described. The hybrid input device includes a stylus for writing on a touchscreen, a writing instrument and a pressure sensor. The hybrid input device also includes an ultrasonic transmitter that transmits an ultrasonic data pattern. The hybrid input device also includes a control element that toggles ultrasonic functionality of the hybrid input device.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Baruch Eruchimovitch
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Patent number: 9430042Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual detents through vibrotactile feedback are described. One described method includes receiving an input signal comprising information associated with the manipulation of an input device and generating a signal configured to cause an actuator to provide a vibrotactile effect to the input device, the vibrotactile effect comprising a virtual detent.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Immersion CorporationInventor: Michael D. Levin
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Patent number: 9418594Abstract: A display device has a plurality of arrayed display pixels. A drive transistor includes a first gate electrode and supplies the current corresponding to a level of a luminance signal to the luminescence element. A switching transistor includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, a second gate electrode and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is faced with the second gate electrode and has, in a channel width direction perpendicular to a channel length direction of the switching transistor, a channel region with a first width and a remainder region with a second width larger than the first width. The source electrode or the drain electrode is connected to the first gate electrode. The source electrode and the drain electrode are provided on the semiconductor layer at an interval. The second gate electrode overlaps, in a plan view, the channel region entirely and the remainder region at least partially.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Shinya Ono, Hitoshi Tsuge, Kouhei Ebisuno
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Patent number: 9411464Abstract: A multi-touch system includes a panel for conducting signals, e.g. by FTIR, from incoupling points to outcoupling points, to define detection lines across the panel. A signal processor operates in a repeating sequence of iterations to obtain an output signal from a detector coupled to the outcoupling points and generate a formatted signal value for each detection line, and operate a reconstruction algorithm on the formatted signal values to determine an interaction pattern on the panel. The signal processor also, at least intermittently in the sequence of iterations, operates compensation data on the formatted signal values to compensate for contaminations on the panel, and calculates updated compensation data based on an interference pattern determined as a function of the interaction pattern, the interference pattern being a 2D representation of contamination-induced signal interferences. The influence of contaminations in the interaction pattern is thereby suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: FLATFROG LABORATORIES ABInventors: Mats Petter Wallander, Tomas Christiansson, Henrik Wall
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Patent number: 9405329Abstract: Provided is a cover structure used for a touch panel, including: a substrate and a masking layer buried in the substrate. The region where the masking layer is located defines a non-visible region of the touch panel. In addition, a method for fabricating the cover structure and a touch panel including the cover structure are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.Inventors: Yau-Chen Jiang, Jianbin Yan, Defa Wu, Feng Chen
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Patent number: 9396813Abstract: A shift register cell comprising a first drive signal input terminal, a first drive signal output terminal, a first clock signal input terminal, a first pull-up transistor, a first output pull-down transistor, a switch transistor, a reset transistor and a bootstrap capacitor, wherein the shift register cell further comprises a pull-down unit, wherein a first terminal of the pull-down unit is connected with a gate of the switch transistor, a second terminal of the pull-down unit is connected with a gate of the reset transistor, a third terminal of the pull-down unit is connected with a gate of the first output pull-down transistor, a source of the reset transistor is connected with a second low level input terminal, and a source of the first output pull-down transistor is connected with a third low level input terminal. Depletion type transistors may be applied to above shift register cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wen Tan, Xiaojing Qi
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Patent number: 9383829Abstract: A hand-held combination key apparatus configured to input information to an intelligent electronic apparatus is provided. Three to five key groups, which correspond to each corresponding finger of a single hand respectively, are set on one of left side and right side of a shell, each key group having two combination keys, and each combination key being the key with compound functions of touch conduction and press conduction. Various combination states of touch conduction of each combination key are used to search and pre-display characters or operational function symbols; and press conduction of each combination key is used to determine character input or operational function input. The hand-held combination key apparatus can be used in any state without limitation absolutely, such as when the user is sitting, standing, lying down and moving, other than the normal standard keyboard which needs a practicable plane to support in use, saving space.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Inventors: Benlin Liu, Xiqing Liu, Qiong Wang, Zheng Wang, Liming Zhao, Bushan Liu
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Patent number: 9372559Abstract: A touch screen, a method of manufacturing the same, and a mobile terminal having the same for minimizing a border area of the mobile terminal are provided. The touch screen includes a flexible display panel including an active area in which an image is displayed and a wiring area including signal lines for transmitting data corresponding to the image, and a flexible touch panel attached to a front surface of the display panel and including a touch detection area at which touch sensors for detecting a touch are positioned and a wiring area at which signal lines for transmitting a touch signal are positioned, wherein the wiring area of the display panel and the wiring area of the touch panel are bent so as not to be parallel to the active area and the touch detection area.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dongsub Kim
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Patent number: 9367133Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for providing physical feedback in a handheld electronic controller. In general, the devices, systems, and methods can allow a handheld controller in an electronic system to provide a shock force or impact force to a user of the controller. In one exemplary embodiment, the controller can be configured to provide the shock or impact force in correspondence with a virtual shock force or impact force in an entertainment system in communication with the controller being controlled by the user. The actual shock force or impact force can be directionally imparted to the controller such that the user feels the actual shock force or impact force in a same direction as the virtual shock force or impact force.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Fusanobu Nakamura, Qiang Zhang
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Patent number: 9335842Abstract: A touch panel and a display apparatus are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, first sensing lines, second sensing lines, first extending portions, second extending portions, and insulation pads. The first sensing lines are disposed on the substrate in parallel with a first direction. The second sensing lines are disposed on the substrate in parallel with a second direction. The first sensing lines intersect the second sensing lines to define meshes. The first extending portions are connected to the first sensing lines and extended toward the meshes. The second extending portions are connected to the second sensing lines and extended toward the meshes. The first extending portions and the second extending portions are distributed next to each other in the meshes. The insulation pads are disposed at where the first sensing lines intersect the second sensing lines to insulate the first sensing lines from the second sensing lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jiun-Jie Tsai, Tsen-Wei Chang, Yu-Tsung Lu, Hao-Jan Huang, Ching-Chun Lin, Wing-Kai Tang
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Patent number: 9318057Abstract: A display apparatus allowing a user positioned in a first direction to visually recognize a first image and allowing a user positioned in a second direction different from the first direction to visually recognize a second image includes: a display unit displaying a combined image formed by combining the first image with the second image; an irradiation unit irradiating the display unit displaying the combined image with irradiation light; a distribution unit distributing components corresponding to the first image of the irradiation light transmitted through the display unit to the first direction and distributing components corresponding to the second image of the irradiation light transmitted through the display unit to the second direction; and a cancellation unit cancelling luminance characteristics of the irradiation light distributed by the distribution unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Chihiro Tanaka, Toshinori Uehara
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Patent number: 9292084Abstract: 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: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Hamid Abdollahi, Dan Eisenhardt, Li Chen
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Patent number: 9277617Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of devices for controlling luminance of lighting devices comprising light-emitting diodes. The control device is driven by a cyclic input signal of determined period, each period comprising an activation time representative of a determined luminance level. The control device comprises analog electronic means generating a second control signal for the intensity of the electric current passing through the light-emitting diodes, the amplitude of the second control signal being an increasing function of the activation time in such a way that the combination of the cyclic input signal and of the second signal applied to the light-emitting diodes gives a greater luminance range than the range of the cyclic input signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: ThalesInventors: Guy Schou, Frédéric Renaud
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Patent number: 9236016Abstract: A transparent display device including a liquid crystal panel is provided. The liquid crystal panel includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first polarizer and a second polarizer. The first polarizer is disposed on a side of the color filter substrate far from the liquid crystal layer. The second polarizer is disposed on a side of the array substrate far from the liquid crystal layer. The color filter substrate includes a transparent base, and a color filter formed on the transparent base. The color filter includes compound pixel regions, wherein each of the compound pixel regions has color sub-pixel regions and a transparent sub-pixel region. The second polarizer includes a non-polarized pattern spatially corresponding to the transparent sub-pixel region in the color filter, after a light passing through the non-polarized pattern, the polarization state remains unchanged.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: HISENSE HIVIEW TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Shunming Huang
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Patent number: 9235290Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling an imaging area of a flexible display device. A method of controlling an imaging area in a display area of a flexible display device including a display unit for receiving a touch, and a display area overlapping the display unit and for displaying an image includes obtaining at least two input signals input to the display unit in response to a continuous touch in the form of a closed loop, setting an internal area of the closed loop as an imaging area based on the obtained at least two input signals, and controlling the image displayed on the display area to be moved and displayed onto the set imaging area. An area for displaying an image may be controlled appropriately for the shape of a flexible display device by using an input signal generated by a user's touch.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wook-Jae Lee
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Patent number: 9229602Abstract: An electromagnetic sensing apparatus built in a touch screen having at least one soft key is provided, in which a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) has at least one sub-area corresponding to the at least one soft key, a controller has at least one input/output channel and controls electromagnetic sensing of the electromagnetic sensing apparatus, and a loop unit extends from one of the at least one input/output channel, has at least one sub-loop arranged in the at least one sub-area on the PCB, and outputs current induced by an electromagnetic field. Each sub-loop outputs a different output value with respect to the electromagnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Yu-Sheop Lee, Joo-Hoon Lee