Patents Examined by Jimmy H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10976927
    Abstract: A push button sheet and a touch panel having the push button sheet, by which different input results can be obtained, between when an operator touches the push button sheet and when the operator presses the same button sheet. The push button sheet has at least one convex reaction area configured to be bent in a predetermined press direction, a first electrode arranged on a convex surface of the reaction area, a second electrode arranged within the reaction area and below the first electrode with respect to the press direction and electrically connected to the first electrode, and a third electrode arranged within a second reaction area, wherein the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically communicated when the reaction area is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuya Tateoka
  • Patent number: 10977984
    Abstract: The present application provides a pixel circuit and a method for driving the same, a display panel and a video wall. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting diode having a first electrode configured to receive a first power supply voltage and a second electrode configured to receive a second power supply voltage; and a switching sub-circuit having a first terminal electrically coupled to a display signal terminal, a second terminal electrically coupled to the second electrode of the light emitting diode and a control terminal electrically coupled to a scan signal terminal, and configured to control an emission state of the light emitting diode based on a display signal provided from the display signal terminal, in response to a scan signal provided from the scan signal terminal. The emission state varies based on a magnitude and a duration of an effective voltage level of the display signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minghua Xuan, Han Yue, Ming Yang, Ning Cong, Xiaochuan Chen
  • Patent number: 10978666
    Abstract: In non-limiting example embodiments, an electroluminescent device may include a lower structure including an emission area, and an encapsulation structure located on the lower structure. The lower structure may include a window. The window may be a light transmitting region or a notch. The light transmitting region may be spaced apart from the emission area and completely or partially surrounded by the emission area in a plan view. The notch may be formed at one side of the lower structure and recessed inward in a plan view such that one side of the emission area substantially conforms to the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myoung Seo Park
  • Patent number: 10976839
    Abstract: A stylus capable of bidirectionally communicating with a sensor controller includes a receiver that receives an uplink signal sent by the sensor controller, a controller that determines whether a signal having a predetermined waveform is to be continuously sent over a second time period or to be continuously sent over a first time period longer than the second time period, on the basis of the uplink signal, and a transmitter that continuously sends the signal having the predetermined waveform over the first time period or the second time period on the basis of the result of determination by the controller. As a result, the sensor controller can detect a burst signal from the stylus over a wide range in a sensor touch surface, to thereby reduce the possibility that the sensor controller may fail to detect the burst signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Hara, Yoshio Nomura
  • Patent number: 10949047
    Abstract: A display device includes an input sensor having sensing electrodes disposed in a sensing area and signal lines. Each of the signal lines is connected to a corresponding electrode of the sensing electrodes and disposed in the line area. One signal line of the signal lines includes a first portion having a constant width, a second portion disposed outside a corner area of the sensing area, extending from the first portion, and having a width gradually increasing in a direction that is away from the first portion, a third portion extending from the second portion and having a width gradually varying in a direction that is away from the second portion, and a fourth portion extending from the third portion and having a constant width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisu Na, Kwangmin Kim, Kiwook Kim, Yangwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10949024
    Abstract: A pulse of terahertz radiation is transmitted through a touch panel formed of a dielectric material. The pulse generates an employable evanescent field in a region adjacent to a touch surface of the touch panel. The terahertz radiation has a frequency range between 0.1 terahertz and 10 terahertz. A reflected pulse is generated from an object located within the region adjacent to the touch surface of the touch panel. A position is triangulated of the object on the touch surface of the touch panel, based at least in part on the reflected pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Baher S. Haroun, Marco Corsi, Brian P. Ginsburg, Vijay B. Rentala, Srinath M. Ramaswamy, Eunyoung Seok
  • Patent number: 10949020
    Abstract: Embodiments may take the form of a system having a user input device and a first sensor coupled to the user input device. The first sensor is configured to sense touch on a surface of the user input device. The system may also include a second sensor in communication with the surface of the user device configured to sense wetting of a user's fingerprint on the surface. The system has a processor coupled to the first and second sensors and configured to estimate an amount of force applied by the user's fingerprint based at least in part upon the sensed wetting of the user's fingerprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Duncan Kerr, Steven P. Hotelling
  • Patent number: 10928921
    Abstract: A gesture based user interface includes a movement monitor configured to monitor a user's hand and to provide a signal based on movements of the hand. A processor is configured to provide at least one interface state in which a cursor is confined to movement within a single dimension region responsive to the signal from the movement monitor, and to actuate different commands responsive to the signal from the movement monitor and the location of the cursor in the single dimension region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Amir Hoffnung, Micha Galor, Jonathan Pokrass, Roee Shenberg, Shlomo Zippel
  • Patent number: 10890976
    Abstract: The invention is a human-computer interface device which permits the user to control their movement within a Virtual Reality (VR) simulation and receive lifelike physical feedback. The platform will allow the user to stand on top of it and control their movement within a VR Environment by leaning in a direction. The platform's weight sensor system will detect which direction the user is leaning and output that information to the PC. The PC will calculate send the feedback controls to the platform, causing it to move and vibrate as applicable. The physical feedback will result in a more realistic experience while reducing the motion sickness associated with existing VR systems. This invention has a modular design that allows the user to utilize attachments for additional purposes such as a driving simulator. Although the invention was initially designed for VR, any interactive computer entertainment system could benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Jeff Welch
  • Patent number: 10871885
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The storage unit contains a plurality of content images to be displayed in a predetermined display order, and a plurality of sample images respectively corresponding to the plurality of content images. The control unit (i) acquires the content image from the storage unit and causes the display unit to display the content image on the screen, and (ii) acquires from the storage unit, upon deciding that a user has instructed to display the sample image, a predetermined number of sample images respectively corresponding to a predetermined number of content images subsequent in the display order to the content image currently displayed on the screen, and causes the display unit to display the sample images on a part of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kazushi Shintani
  • Patent number: 10817076
    Abstract: Provided herein are an input system, a peripheral device and an adjustment method. The peripheral device includes an input interface, a transmission interface and a processing module. The transmission interface is used for connecting a computer. The processing module is connected to the input interface and the transmission interface. The processing module transmits an input signal inputted from the input interface to the computer through the transmission interface at a repeat rate. The processing module receives an adjustment signal from the transmission interface and adjusts the repeat rate according to the adjustment signal, wherein the adjustment signal is outputted from another peripheral device connected to the computer. Accordingly, the present invention can operate a peripheral device to adjust the repeat rate of another peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: DEXIN ELECTRONIC LTD., DEXIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuan-Jung Chang
  • Patent number: 10810957
    Abstract: A display device driving method, applicable to a display device including a pixel circuit coupled with a first node point, a source driving circuit for providing a data signal, and a reading circuit, including following operations: coupling the first node point with the source driving circuit or the reading circuit; supplying a first control signal to the pixel circuit, wherein the first control signal is for enabling the pixel circuit to receive the data signal from the first node point; supplying a second control signal to an optical sensing circuit, wherein the second control signal is for enabling the optical sensing circuit to output a sensing signal to the reading circuit through the first node point; utilizing the reading circuit to amplify the sensing signal and output the amplified sensing signal, wherein duration of the second impulse overlaps with duration of the first impulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Che Hung, Mao-Hsun Cheng, Jian-Shen Yu
  • Patent number: 10809831
    Abstract: A biometric-recognition display panel is provided. The biometric-recognition display panel includes a substrate, a pixel array, a plurality of sensing circuits and a control circuit. The substrate includes a display area. The pixel array is disposed on the display area and the pixel array includes a plurality of pixels. The sensing circuits are disposed on the display area and each of the sensing circuits generates a threshold voltage by sensing the intensity of light. The control circuit performs biometric recognition according to each of the threshold voltages generated by each of the sensing circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Tsai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng
  • Patent number: 10796619
    Abstract: A display device a includes: a display portion including pixels arranged in a matrix form; gate lines extending in a row direction for each pixel row and connected to the pixels; and a gate driver which applies a gate signal of a gate-on voltage to the plurality of gate lines. The gate driver applies the gate signal in the order of a k-th gate line, a (k+3)-th gate line, a (k+1)-th gate line, a (k+4)-th gate line, a (k+2)-th gate line, and a (k+5)-th gate line, where k is an integer greater than 1, and pixels connected to the k-th gate line and the (k+3)-th gate line display a first color, pixels connected to the (k+1)-th gate line and the (k+4)-th gate line display a second color, and pixels connected to the (k+2)-th gate line and the (k+5)-th gate line display a third color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeon Seok Bae, Haeng Won Park
  • Patent number: 10782765
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a display, a memory, an input device configured to receive a user input, and a processor which stores a first image that is produced by a first application, in the memory, outputs the first image stored in the memory on the display by activation of the first application, if a second application is activated in response to the user input, provides the first image in a second image that is provided by the second application and stores the second image including the first image in the memory, and outputs the second image stored in the memory on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jong Won Lee, Sung Jae Park
  • Patent number: 10782830
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible touch sensor having a foldable area and a non-foldable area, including: first touch electrodes placed in the non-foldable area; second touch electrodes; a third touch electrode placed in the foldable area, the third touch electrode not overlapping a portion of the second touch electrode in the foldable area; and an insulation layer placed in the non-foldable area and insulated from the second touch electrodes by the insulation layer. Further provided is a flexible touch display panel including the flexible touch sensor. The above solution thins the stacked film layers in the foldable area; further, the foldable area has no insulation layer that easily cracks, so that bending stability of the foldable area is improved, and the flexible touch sensor can still have good touch performance even after repeatedly bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuening Liu, Qing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10768710
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire manipulation position information representing a manipulation position that is specified based on a manipulation for pointing to an outside of a display region that is a region in which a display object is displayable or an outside of a partial region of the display region associated with a user using a manipulating body at a position distant from the display region, and a control unit configured to control display of the display region based on the manipulation position information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji Takimoto, Yusuke Sakai, Masayuki Yamada, Takeshi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 10739920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch sensitive processing apparatus configured for: according to one or more first touch line pieces corresponding to one or more external objects in a first set, transmitting driving signals via one or more first electrodes corresponding to the one or more first touch line pieces and sensing the driving signals via multiple second electrodes to form at least a one-dimensional sensing information; composing a two-dimensional sensing information according to the at least a one-dimensional sensing information; preserving sensing information which is corresponding to one or more second touch line pieces in the two-dimensional sensing information, wherein the one or more second touch line pieces is a part of a second set which is corresponding to the one or more external objects; calculating one or more positions of the one or more external objects according to the two-dimensional sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chin-Fu Chang
  • Patent number: 10714538
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device may include two light emitting layers. One of the two light emitting layers may emit light in a horizontal driving mode, and the other of the two light emitting layers may emit light in a vertical driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: HyoungSik Nam, MinChul Suh, SoRa Park
  • Patent number: 10706776
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device including a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a driving transistor, which has a control electrode connected to a first node, an input electrode connected to a second node, and an output electrode connected to the third node and provides a driving current to the OLED in accordance with a voltage of the control electrode, a sustain capacitor, which is connected to the first node, a first transistor, which controls whether the first and third nodes are to be connected, and a compensation transistor, which has both an input electrode and an output electrode connected to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Jae Kim, Jin Jeon