Patents Examined by Johny Lau
  • Patent number: 8988402
    Abstract: An output circuit includes a differential amplifier circuit, an output amplifier circuit, a control circuit, input and output terminals, and first to third supply terminals applied with first to third supply voltages, respectively. The third supply voltage is set a voltage between the first and second supply voltages. The differential amplifier circuit differentially receives signals of the input and output terminals. The output amplifier circuit includes first and second transistors of different conduction type each other coupled in series between the first and third supply terminals via the output terminal, and having control terminals coupled to first and second output nodes of the differential amplifier circuit, respectively. The control circuit includes a third transistor and a switch, and controls the third transistor being in a diode coupling mode between the first supply terminal and the control terminal of the first transistor for a given period of the output period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsuchi
  • Patent number: 8952944
    Abstract: A stage circuit and a scan driver using the same that is capable of concurrently (e.g., simultaneously) or progressively supplying a scan signal to a plurality of scan lines. The stage circuit includes a progressive driver and a concurrent driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Ho Choi, Bo-Yong Chung
  • Patent number: 8937591
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for altering the position or visual appearance of a movable indicator in a GUI that is controlled by eye tracking to counteract a perceptual fading of the movable indicator with respect to the GUI. The position of the user's point of gaze may be tracked, the movable indicator may be rendering at a position associated with the user's point of gaze, and the position or visual appearance of the movable indicator may be altered when an event, such as a passage of time or a blinking of the user's eyes, is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: David P. Julian
  • Patent number: 8933908
    Abstract: A mobile terminal device includes a face panel provided on an exterior of a housing, a sensor module that detects that the face panel is touched, where the sensor module is provided on a more inward side of the housing than the face panel, a light-emitting unit provided with a light-emitting member that emits light when the sensor module detects that the face panel is touched, where the light-emitting unit is provided on a more inward side of the housing than the sensor module, and a connection unit that makes an electrical connection between the sensor module and the light-emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakashita, Tatsuhito Araki, Manabu Hongo, Hiroaki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 8878799
    Abstract: A method for coarsely and finely controlling contents via respective main and auxiliary sliders, and a portable terminal supporting the same are provided. The portable terminal includes: a display unit displaying a main slider including a slidable path of a predetermined length for designating a predetermined region of contents and an auxiliary slider extending at least a part of a slidable path of the main slider; a touch screen detecting a signal for selectively displaying the auxiliary slider; and a controller for performing a control operation to display the auxiliary slider according to generation of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: John Lee, Su Jung Youn, Sang Ki Lee, Su Mi Shim, Wan Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 8872866
    Abstract: A 3D display panel includes a plurality of first and second viewing angle pixels arranged along a first direction for displaying first and second viewing angle images respectively. The first viewing angle pixels and the second viewing angle pixels are interlacedly arranged along a second direction. A method for controlling pixel brightness of the 3D display panel includes determining a brightness value of a first block of a first viewing angle pixel according to a brightness value of the first viewing angle pixel and a brightness value of a second viewing angle pixel next to the first viewing angle pixel along the second direction, and determining a brightness value of a second block of the first viewing angle pixel according to the brightness value of the first block of the first viewing angle pixel and the brightness value of the first viewing angle pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Yao Ma, Yu-Cheng Chang, Yi-Pai Huang, Cheng-Han Tsao, Chao-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 8810506
    Abstract: A touch panel includes multiple sensing units and each thereof includes a first transistor, a reference capacitor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a second transistor. ON/OFF states of the first transistor are determined by a potential provided by a corresponding scan line. The reference capacitor and the liquid crystal capacitor are coupled in series between another scan line adjacent to the corresponding scan line and a common potential. A capacitance value of the liquid crystal capacitor changes with a pressed degree of the sensing unit. ON/OFF states the second transistor are determined by a potential at a connection node between the reference capacitor and the liquid crystal capacitor. The first transistor transmits a first potential to the connection node when the first transistor is turned on, and the second transistor transmits a second potential different from the first potential to a readout line when the second transistor is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Tzu-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 8749536
    Abstract: A source driver includes an output buffer, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The output buffer includes a first terminal for outputting a plurality of drive voltage to drive a display panel, a second terminal for outputting a first control signal, and a third terminal for outputting a second control signal. The first switch is connected between the first terminal and a display panel. The first transistor includes a first electrode connected to the second terminal via the second switch, a second electrode connected to a first power supply, and a third electrode connected between the first switch and the display panel. The second transistor includes a fourth electrode connected to the third terminal via the third switch, a fifth electrode connected to a second power supply, and a sixth electrode connected to the third electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fitipower Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Lin Shiu, Kuan-Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 8723838
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a proximity sensing apparatus and a method thereof. A sensor apparatus comprises a panel, an emitting device, and a proximity sensor module. The panel includes a first transparent area and a second transparent area; an emitting device is located under the panel and the emitting device emitting a light passing through the first transparent area. The proximity sensor module is located under the panel and the proximity sensor module includes at least one proximity sensor with high sensitivity which is a second proximity sensor and at least one proximity sensor with low sensitivity which is a first proximity sensor, and the proximity sensor module receives the light passing through the second transparent area. The light passing through the first transparent area and then reflecting from an object to passing through the second transparent area, and the panel is able to provide a touch function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Capella Microsystems (Taiwan), Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Huang, Jinn-Ann Kuo, Chi-Huang Chang, Yu-Hao Kao
  • Patent number: 8502838
    Abstract: A spoke synchronization technique allowing for lamp-pulsing synchronizes a spoke based on sub-arrays of a spatial light modulator. The lamp pulsing occurs during the spoke synchronization; and the lamp pulse for pulsing the lamp spans substantially across the entire spoke synchronization time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory James Hewlett, Philip Scott King