Patents Examined by Jonathan King
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Patent number: 8207950Abstract: A user interface enhancement system that includes a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid contained within the fluid vessel that cooperates with the sheet to transmit an image through the sheet without substantial obstruction, a displacement device that influences the volume of fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, and an attachment component that couples the sheet to the device is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Tactus TechnologiesInventors: Craig Michael Ciesla, Micah B Yairi, Nathaniel Mark Saal
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Patent number: 8199124Abstract: A user interface system of one embodiment includes a layer defining a surface; a substrate supporting the layer and at least partially defining a cavity; a displacement coupled to the cavity that expands the cavity, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface; and a touch sensor coupled to the substrate and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the particular region of the surface. The layer and the substrate are connected at an attachment point, and the location of the attachment point relative to the layer, substrate, and cavity at least partially defines the shape of the deformed particular region of the surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Tactus TechnologyInventors: Craig Michael Ciesla, Micah B. Yairi
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Patent number: 8194010Abstract: An organic light emitting display which includes a display panel having a pixel cell formed in a region defined by gate lines and data lines perpendicularly crossing each other, a power supply which supplies current to the display panel, a scan driver which supplies a scan signal to a gate line, a data driver which supplies a data voltage to a data line, a timing controller which supplies a control signal to the scan driver and the data driver and an converted pixel data signal to the data driver, a gradation converter which converts a gradation of a pixel data signal inputted and supplies the converted pixel data signal to the timing controller, and a scale parameter generator which generates a scale parameter through the converted pixel data signal and supplies the scale parameter to the gradation converter, when the next pixel data signal is inputted to the gradation converter.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 8179377Abstract: The user interface system of one embodiment of the invention includes a sheet that defines a surface on one side and at least partially defines a first cavity and a second cavity on an opposite side; a fluid network coupled to the first and second cavities; a displacement device coupled to the fluid network that displaces fluid within the fluid network and expands both the first and second cavities concurrently, thereby deforming a first and a second particular region of the surface; and a touch sensor coupled to the sheet and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the first and second particular regions of the surface. The user interface system of another embodiment of the invention includes a displacement device coupled to the fluid network that displaces fluid within the fluid network and selectively expands one of the first and second cavities.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Tactus TechnologyInventors: Craig Michael Ciesla, Micah B. Yairi
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Patent number: 8179375Abstract: The user interface system of the preferred embodiments includes a sheet that defines a surface on one side and at least partially defines a cavity on an opposite side; a volume of a fluid contained within the cavity; a displacement device that modifies the volume of the fluid to expand the cavity, thereby outwardly deforming a particular region of the surface; and a sensor that detects a force applied by a user that inwardly deforms the particular region of the surface. The user interface system has been specifically designed to be used as the user interface for an electronic device, more preferably in an electronic device that benefits from an adaptive user interface, but may alternatively be used in any suitable application.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Tactus TechnologyInventors: Craig Michael Ciesla, Micah B. Yairi
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Patent number: 8154527Abstract: The user interface system of the preferred embodiment includes: a layer defining a surface, a substrate supporting the layer and at least partially defining a cavity, a displacement device coupled to the cavity and adapted to expand the cavity thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, a touch sensor coupled to the substrate and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the particular region of the surface, and a display coupled to the substrate and adapted to output images to the user. The user interface system of the preferred embodiments has been specifically designed to be incorporated into an electronic device, such as the display of a mobile phone, but may be incorporated in any suitable device that interfaces with a user in both a visual and tactile manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Tactus TechnologyInventors: Craig Michael Ciesla, Micah B. Yairi
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Patent number: 8130205Abstract: In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on the touch screen display. The displayed portion of the electronic document has a vertical position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document, a vertical bar is displayed on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion of the electronic document. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar is ceased. The vertical bar is displayed for a predetermined time period when the portion of the electronic document is initially displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott Forstall, Henri C. Lamiraux, Andrew Emilio Platzer, Michael Matas, Imran Chaudhri
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Patent number: 8125420Abstract: An organic light-emitting display for improving an aperture ratio and increasing lifespan includes an organic light-emitting display panel in which pixel cells are formed, a gray-scale converter configured to convert a gray-scale of a pixel data signal by multiplying the pixel data signal which drives the pixel cells by a scale parameter, and a scale parameter generator configured to generate the scale parameter, wherein the scale parameter generator generates a scale parameter of a present frame by increasing or decreasing a scale parameter of a previous frame in proportion to a current difference obtained by subtracting a reference current value from a total current value of the pixel data signal which is gray-scale converted from the previous frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Alexander Arkhipov, Kyong-Tae Park
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Patent number: 8125502Abstract: A method for generating an over-drive grey level for driving a pixel includes providing a corresponding over-drive function according to an original grey level for the pixel in the previous frame, and generating the over-drive grey level according to the corresponding over-drive function and the original grey level for the pixel in the current frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Etron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Wen-Min Lu, Ming-Sung Huang, Pei-Ting Tsai
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Patent number: 8115877Abstract: A method for adjusting a viewing angle of a display, includes determining a location of one or more viewers and determining lighting conditions. Additionally, the method includes calculating an optimal viewing position of the display based on the location of the one or more viewers and the lighting conditions and adjusting the display based on the optimal viewing position.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert D. Blatchley, Jurij M. Deputat, Donald P. Taylor, III, Stephen E. Zimmerman
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Patent number: 8107250Abstract: A display screen with a display area includes a frame and a sensor module. The frame surrounds the display area. The sensor module is mounted on the frame and includes a mount disposed on the frame and a slidable assembly slidably disposed on the mount and including an ambient light sensor and a screen light sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor and the screen light sensor are disposed on two opposite sides of the slidable assembly respectively. When a side of the slidable assembly on which the screen light sensor is disposed faces the display area, the screen light sensor detects brightness of the display area. When the side of the slidable assembly does not face the display area, the ambient light sensor detects brightness of an ambiance.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Tsung-Chi Tseng, Yung-Lung Liu
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Patent number: 8059142Abstract: A display system that achieves a gamma characteristic different than 1, such as a gamma characteristic of 2 for example. The gamma characteristic may be selectable and it may be selectable via timing characteristics rather than by varying the intensity of the light source. Defective memory registers are also compensated for by selecting them to store bits of relatively lower significance.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. Handschy, James M. Dallas, Per Harold Larson, David B. Hollenbeck