Patents Examined by Jose Soto Lopez
  • Patent number: 9536483
    Abstract: A display includes a source driver, a demultiplexer, a first data line, a second data line, a first pixel and a second pixel. The demultiplexer includes a first pixel signal transmission unit and a second pixel signal transmission unit. The first pixel signal transmission unit includes a first sub-pixel signal transmission unit, a second sub-pixel signal transmission unit and a third sub-pixel signal transmission unit. The first sub-pixel signal transmission unit and the second sub-pixel signal transmission unit share a drain. A second pixel signal transmission unit next to the first pixel signal transmission unit includes a fourth sub-pixel signal transmission unit, a fifth sub-pixel signal transmission unit and a sixth sub-pixel signal transmission unit. The fourth sub-pixel signal transmission unit and the fifth sub-pixel signal transmission unit share another drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Ming Li, Cheng-Chiu Pai, Chun-Hung Kuo, Yu-Hsuan Li
  • Patent number: 9521228
    Abstract: Provided herein is a mobile electronic apparatus or a control method of the mobile electronic apparatus, the mobile electronic apparatus including an operating unit for performing a character input operation, an acquiring unit that acquires a photographed image of a subject, an analyzing unit that analyzes the photographed image acquired by the acquiring unit and extracts character information contained in the photographed image, and a control unit that detects an input operation as a character input operation when the input operation is performed with the operating unit while the photographed image is being analyzed by the analyzing unit. Accordingly, detecting an input operation in the operating unit as entering characters even during an analysis in the analyzing unit makes it possible to use time efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuo Hanazaki
  • Patent number: 9466252
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a pixel array, a timing controller to output a clock signal and a gate driver. The gate driver receives the clock signal to control rows of the pixel array to be turned on or turned off. The gate driver includes a first shift register coupled to a first row of the pixel array, and a second shift register coupled to a second row of the pixel array. When the first row is determined to be skipped, the first shift register outputs a first voltage level to the first row, and when the second row is to be scanned, the second shift register outputs a second voltage level, wherein the first voltage level is between the second voltage level and a third voltage level which maintains a previously written display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keitaro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9430981
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines, a pull-down control circuit, and a gate driving circuit. The pixels are disposed on a display area of the substrate. The scan lines are disposed on the substrate and respectively coupled to the corresponding pixels. The pull-down control circuit is disposed on a peripheral area of the substrate, receives a plurality of clock signals, and has a plurality of pull-down units to provide a plurality of pull-down signals. The gate driving circuit is disposed on the peripheral area and has a plurality of shift registers. The shift registers are coupled to the scan lines to provide a plurality of gate driving signals and pull down the gate driving signals in sequence according to the pull-down signals. The pull-down control circuit and the gate driving circuit are arranged along a side of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Lung Li, Chih-Wen Lai
  • Patent number: 9420215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus which facilitates minimized thickness by innovatively removing a case and some portions of a set cover, which have been regarded as indispensable structures for the display apparatus, and simultaneously facilitates good aesthetic exterior appearance of the display apparatus by a novel design. The display apparatus comprises a set cover exposed externally and formed to have a storage space; a guide frame received in the storage space; a screw coupled to the guide frame by penetrating through the set cover so as to fix the guide frame to the set cover; a display unit placed onto the guide frame; and an adhesive member for fixedly adhering the display unit to the guide frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Nam Jean, Nam Do Son, Kyeong Tak Baek, Dong Yong Kim, Min Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 9417695
    Abstract: A method includes displaying on a display at least one selection option comprising a first selection option and detecting a touch or cursor on the display. Tactile feedback having a first characteristic is provided when the touch or cursor is at a first location associated with the first selection option. Tactile feedback having a second characteristic is provided when the touch or cursor is detected at a second location not associated with the first selection option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Perry Allan Faubert
  • Patent number: 9418599
    Abstract: A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device and a method for driving the same, which are capable of reducing manufacturing cost of the liquid crystal display device and reducing a luminance deviation so as to improve image quality, are disclosed. The driving circuit of the liquid crystal display device includes an LED backlight which includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in a plurality of division areas and generates light, an internal photosensor which is mounted in any one of the plurality of division areas, for detecting a luminance value, a controller which generates and outputs a plurality of control signals for changing respective luminance values of the plurality of division areas according to the luminance value detected by the internal photosensor, and a plurality of LED drivers which drive the plurality of LED modules according to the plurality of control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Hyeok Yang
  • Patent number: 9412322
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a common voltage generator and a scanning voltage regenerator. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixel regions formed in a matrix form. Each pixel region includes a thin-film transistor and a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor includes a pixel electrode and a storage electrode facing the pixel electrode. The common voltage generator is configured for providing a common voltage to the storage electrode. The scanning voltage regenerator is configured for receiving a feedback common voltage from the storage electrode and generating a regenerated scanning voltage for driving the thin-film transistor according to the feedback common voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dengxia Zhao
  • Patent number: 9383838
    Abstract: A control device includes a roller configured to rotate and tilt; a roller support coupled to the roller, wherein the roller is configured to rotate relative to the roller support; the first hinge disposed adjacent to a first end of the roller support; and a second hinge disposed adjacent to a second end of the roller support, wherein the first end and the second end are substantially opposite ends of the roller support, the second hinge is above the first hinge, and the first hinge and the second hinge are configured to provide tilting support for the roller and roller support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventor: Christian M. Blandin
  • Patent number: 9335875
    Abstract: A common electrode for a display used both in driving the display and touch detection. An existing common drive signal both as a drive signal for the touch sensor. A capacitance is formed between the common electrode and a touch sensor electrode. Touch detection is performed by utilizing a change of this capacitance caused by a finger touch of a user. The display device with a touch sensor can be used in a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Daisuke Takama, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 9330603
    Abstract: Discussed is an OLED display device that can compensate for the deviation of a threshold voltage and also prevent deterioration of an OLED, and a method of driving the same, wherein the OLED display device includes first to fifth transistors, a driving transistor including gate, source and drain electrodes, a capacitor for sensing a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, and an OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Hyeon Kwak
  • Patent number: 9316861
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a display module comprising: a first substrate comprising a red filter, a green filter, a blue filter, and a white filter; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate and comprising a first switching device and a first transparent electrode being formed corresponding to a position where the red filter is disposed, a second switching device and a second transparent electrode being formed corresponding to a position where the green filter is disposed, a third switching device and a third transparent electrode being formed corresponding to a position where the blue filter is disposed, and a fourth switching device and a reflective part being formed corresponding to a position where the white filter is disposed; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Young Chun
  • Patent number: 9310950
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a display section that displays information; an electrostatic-capacitance touch panel layer that allows visible light corresponding to display contents of the display section to pass through the touch panel layer and that determines a pair of two-dimensional coordinates indicated by an indicator having conductivity; glass that protects the touch panel layer and that allows visible light corresponding to display contents of the display section to pass through the glass; a depression sensor that detects deformation of the glass; and a control section that validates a pair of two-dimensional coordinates when a plurality of pairs of two-dimensional coordinates are determined by the touch panel layer and when deformation is detected by the depression sensor, the pair of two-dimensional coordinates being determined last among the plurality of pairs of two-dimensional coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tomoki Takano, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Yuuichi Takizawa
  • Patent number: 9274650
    Abstract: A locating method applied to an optical touch device is disclosed. The optical touch device includes at least one image detecting component for detecting an imaging position of an object and generating a touch position of the object on a plane according to the imaging position. The at least one image detecting component includes a plurality of pixels. The locating method includes dividing the pixels into a first group and a second group along a first direction, analyzing dimension ratios of a darkness point respectively relative to the first group and the second group when the darkness point formed by the object is simultaneously detected by the first group and the second group, and calculating the imaging position of the darkness point inside the image detecting component according to the dimension ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Tzung-Min Su, Yi-Hsien Ko, Hsin-Chi Cheng, Ming-Tsan Kao
  • Patent number: 9274389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat display device and method of fabricating the same which can make narrow bezel design easy and minimize resistance variation between adjacent link lines for improving of a picture quality. The flat display device includes a display region having a plurality of pixels, a driving integrated circuit for forwarding driving signals for driving the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of link lines for transmitting the driving signals to the display region, wherein each of the plurality of link lines includes a first metal line, a second metal line formed on a layer different from the first metal line, and a contact portion for connecting the first and second metal lines to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Gu Kang, Sung-Il Park
  • Patent number: 9269307
    Abstract: A data processing unit, which is operatively coupled within a data center network, is configured to output a first visual indicia, a second visual indicia and a third visual indicia. The first visual indicia includes a set of light outputs, each of which is associated with a port status of a network port of the data processing unit. The second visual indicia includes a set of graphical outputs produced by a display screen, each of which is associated with an operating status of the data processing unit. The third visual indicia includes a set of backlight outputs produced by the display screen, each of which is associated with the operating status of the data processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Gunes Aybay
  • Patent number: 9256319
    Abstract: Provided is an input device including a coordinate input unit having plural capacitance detection units, a capacitance measurement unit that measures capacitance for each of the plural capacitance detection units, and performs an AD conversion on the measured capacitance to output the converted capacitance as a measurement signal, and a control unit that controls the capacitance measurement unit, calculates a data signal by arithmetically operating the measurement signal, stores the data signal in association with coordinate information of the capacitance detection unit, and outputs a control signal. The control unit calculates a difference value between a predetermined reference value and the data signal at a constant time interval, performs a weighted average process on the data signal and the predetermined reference value to update and store a value on which the process is performed as a new reference value, and changes a weight given to the weighted average process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nakajima, Satoshi Hayasaka, Shinichi Endo
  • Patent number: 9256338
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an electromagnetic touch panel, and a backlight module overlapping one another. The backlight module has a light guide plate and a light source module consisting of a flexible circuit board strip. The flexible circuit board strip includes a light source section and a signal transmission section extending along a light entrance edge and a side edge adjacent to the light entrance edge of the light guide plate, respectively. Two ends of a connection section are connected to the light source section and the signal transmission section, respectively. The connection section includes at least one first fold making the light source disposing plane of the light source section and the wiring disposing plane of the signal transmission section be non-coplanar and also makes the wiring disposing plane be parallel to the plane of the side edge of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Po Yeh, Jeng-Bin Hsu, Chih-Liang Pan, Yu-Hsiu Chang
  • Patent number: 9229538
    Abstract: An information input unit includes a carrying module disposed on a base and movable between a first position and a second position, and an input module disposed on and moveable along with the carrying module. The input module includes a touch-pad mechanism including a touch pad configured to be pressed to a pressed position and to generate a touch signal upon being touched, a resilient supporting mechanism resiliently supporting the touch pad to enable the touch pad to return to its original position from the pressed position, and a pressing mechanism disposed below the touch pad and configured to generate a pressing signal upon being pressed by the touch pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: San-Pao Kao, Cheng-Hsiang Chuang, Shun-De Bai, Bao-Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 9159289
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels, data lines for transmitting data driving signals to the pixels, a scanning driver for generating scanning driving signals, a waveform shaping circuit for connecting with the scanning driver, a plurality of scanning lines for transmitting the shaped scanning driving signal to the pixels. The waveform shaping circuit shapes the waveforms of the scanning driving signal along a rising edge. In this way, the voltage difference between the pixel electrodes is eliminated. Thus, the color shift is reduced, and the display performance of the liquid crystal display is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bing Han, Jiang Zhu, Shih-Hsun Lo