Patents Examined by Joseph G Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 9607541
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of reliably reducing power consumption during pause drive by controlling the timing of performing refresh. When there is an image change in externally inputted RGB data, or when the number of consecutive pause frames reaches a predetermined value, if the number of immediately preceding pause frames is less than a threshold BCTH, image signal refresh is performed once, or if the number of pause frames is greater than or equal to the threshold BCTH, boost charge refresh is performed first, and then, the image signal refresh is performed. As a result, it is rendered possible to reduce flicker due to luminance reduction, and it is also rendered possible to eliminate the need to perform refresh consecutively even if the frequency of RGB data is high (e.g., 30 Hz) during pause drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Suyama, Takuya Sone, Norio Ohmura, Kentaroh Uemura, Kouji Kumada
  • Patent number: 9570007
    Abstract: A pixel circuit able to prevent a spread of the terminal voltages of drive transistors inside a panel and in turn able to reliably prevent deterioration of uniformity, wherein a source of a TFT serving as a drive transistor is connected to an anode of a light emitting element, a drain is connected to a power source potential, a capacitor is connected between a gate and source of the TFT, and a source potential of the TFT is connected to a fixed potential through a TFT serving as a switch transistor and wherein pixel circuit lines are connected by an upper line and bottom line and are arranged in parallel with pixel circuit power source voltage lines so as not to have intersecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhide Uchino, Junichi Yamashita, Tetsuro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9563058
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes an imaging unit, an information acquisition unit, a display unit, and a first transmittance control unit. The imaging unit images a first image and generates imaging data. The information acquisition unit acquires first information derived from the imaging data and relating to a second image. The display unit includes an image light emission unit and a semi-transmissive reflection plate. The image light emission unit emits image light. The semi-transmissive reflection plate causes the image light to be incident on one eye and causes background light of the first image to be incident on the one eye. The semi-transmissive reflection plate is disposed between the first transmittance control unit having first and second regions and the one eye. The first transmittance control unit causes a transmittance of the first region to be lower than a transmittance of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Aira Hotta, Haruhiko Okumura, Akihisa Moriya, Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Takashi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9564244
    Abstract: A shift register unit, a shift register, a display panel and a display. The shift register unit comprises a holding module for holding a high level at a pulling up (PU) node when the PU node is at a high level. With the present invention, the level at the PU node may be pulled up rapidly in a charging stage, and a PD node may also be ensured to be at a higher potential in a noise eliminating stage, which may eliminate noises at the PU node and a signal output terminal OUTPUT effectively, so that a picture quality may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Yang, Xi Chen
  • Patent number: 9558707
    Abstract: A VCOM generator circuit generates a VCOM signal for an electronic display. The VCOM circuit includes an operational amplifier having reduced supply rails. In an implementation, the VCOM circuit has at least three supply rails, AVDD, ground or GND, and VP or VN, or both. VP is less than AVDD and greater than VN. VN is higher than ground and below VP. The VCOM circuit with reduced voltage supply rails for VP and VN reduces power consumption of the VCOM op amps. By reducing power consumption, this also reduces the surface temperature of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: IML International
    Inventors: Alberto Giovanni Viviani, Dimitry Goder, JunGi Lee, ChinFa Kao, Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 9542011
    Abstract: An immersive virtual reality system for larger, theater-sized audiences is disclosed. The system enables multiple users to collaborate or work together as a group, or enable groups to compete. Users interact with the virtual reality system through the manipulation of handheld interactive devices. Each device has multiple lights forming a pattern. Tracking sensors monitor the handheld devices, and the system interprets the motions of the users and dynamically changes the virtual reality environment based on the motions of the users. The system may assign unique roles for users within a group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: EON REALITY, INC.
    Inventors: Yazhou Huang, Jan Kjallstrom, Erbo Li, Mats Johansson
  • Patent number: 9530370
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a field of display technology. Provided are a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register unit includes an input module, a pull-up module, a pull-down control module and a pull-down module. The turn-on duty ratio of transistors in the shift register unit may be reduced, and the power consumption of the display device product may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Yang, Xue Dong, Xi Chen, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9519389
    Abstract: A display device with a touch panel includes: a plurality of scanning signal lines, which are aligned in a rectangular display region and in parallel with a side of the rectangular display region, to which an active potential as a potential for making a pixel transistor conductive is applied; drive pulse output circuits which sequentially apply the active potential to the scanning signal lines in the display region; a clock signal output circuit which applies a first clock signal as a clock signal for the drive pulse output circuits to a first clock signal line and stops the application of the first clock signal to the first clock signal line for a stop period during which the sequential application of the active potential is stopped in the middle thereof; and a touch panel control unit which detects contact with a display surface during the stop period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Motoharu Miyamoto, Takahiro Ochiai, Yoshinori Aoki, Hideo Sato
  • Patent number: 9519369
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to touch screen selection. A device displays a plurality of touch elements on a touch-enabled display. The device receives a touch input via the touch-enabled display. Further, the device determines an ambiguity based on the touch selection input. The device magnifies an area associated with the touch selection input based on the ambiguity determination. Moreover, the area includes a set of the touch elements associated with the ambiguity termination. The device receives another touch input at the area via the touch-enabled display. Then, the device determines one of the touch elements based on the other touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Jerome Huck
  • Patent number: 9423880
    Abstract: A head mountable display (HMD) comprises an infrared light source operable to illuminate foreground objects but not background objects greater than a threshold distance from the HMD; one or more cameras operable to capture infrared illuminated images and visible light illuminated images; and an image processor operable to detect, from the infrared illuminated images, foreground objects in the visible light illuminated images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited
    Inventors: Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal, Ian Henry Bickerstaff, Simon Mark Benson
  • Patent number: 9395856
    Abstract: A touch panel controller (3) capable of accurately detecting a change in capacitance includes: a driving section (4) which drives capacitors (C1 through CM) in parallel in accordance with N M-dimensional vectors; and an estimating section (5) which obtains linear sums of the capacitors (C1 through CM) in accordance with the driving in parallel and estimates values of the capacitors (C1 through CM) based on an inner product operation carried out with respect to (i) the linear sums of the capacitors (C1 through CM) and (ii) the N M-dimensional vectors, the driving section (4) driving the capacitors (C1 through CM) in parallel in a first order of the N M-dimensional vectors, the estimating section (5) estimating a first estimated value of the capacitors (C1 through CM) in accordance with the driving in parallel in the first order, the driving section (4) driving the capacitors (C1 through CM) in parallel in a second order of the N M-dimensional vectors, the estimating section (5) estimating a second estimated va
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaishi
    Inventor: Kunihiko Iizuka
  • Patent number: 9396691
    Abstract: A method for compensating resistance of signal lines of gate driving circuits and the liquid crystal panel applying the method are provided. The method includes: (1) providing a TFT substrate having a GOA area arranged thereon, the GOA area comprises a plurality of GOA units, each of the GOA units comprises a plurality of GOA modules electrically connects to one pull-line; (2) providing a control system board electrically connecting to the GOA modules via the pull-lines; and (3) adjusting the resistance between the control system board and the GOA modules such that the clock signals provided from the control system board to the GOA modules within the same GOA unit is the same. As such, the delays of the gate driving signals are the same, and the charging rate of the two adjacent pixel rows are the same. In this way, the gray scales of the two adjacent pixel rows are the same, not only the stripes are avoided but also the display performance is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Limei Zeng
  • Patent number: 9383855
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Westerman, John G. Elias
  • Patent number: 9378674
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a scan driver for supplying first scan signals to first scan lines and supplying second scan signals to second scan lines and a data driver for supplying voltage data signals to first data lines in synchronization with the second scan signals. The OLED display also includes a current sink unit for supplying current data signals to second data lines in synchronization with the first scan signals, and pixels coupled to the first scan lines, the second scan lines, the first data lines, and the second data lines, having amounts of currents controlled to correspond to the current data signals, and having emission times controlled to correspond to the voltage data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyung-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9367151
    Abstract: A multifunctional handheld device capable of operating in different modes includes a single input arrangement that provides inputs for each mode of the multifunctional handheld device. The single input arrangement includes at least an input pad that provides signals when touched or pressed. The input pad may for example be a touch pad. The input pad is divided into one or more input areas that change in accordance with the current mode of the multifunctional handheld device. The multifunctional handheld device also includes a display device that presents graphical elements to indicate the configuration of the input areas at the input pad. Each mode of the multifunctional handheld device provides a different configuration of input areas and graphical elements associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chris McKillop, Andrew Grignon, Bas Ording
  • Patent number: 9361854
    Abstract: A method for stabilization for use in a display system is provided. The method is performed in a first electronic device comprising a first display and a gaze tracking unit configured to track a gaze of a user of the first device. The first device is arranged to send an image signal to the second device. The second device comprises a second display. The method comprises sending the image signal from the first device to the second device, controlling the image signal by the first device, depending on the tracked gaze of the user, displaying the controlled image signal on the second display such that, when the user focuses on an object of a view of the first display, the object of the view on the second display is cropped and stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Kristensson, Magnus Persson
  • Patent number: 9342183
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of drive lines and a plurality of sense lines, a sampling switch connected to the sense lines, and an integral circuit connected to the sense lines through the sampling switch. The sampling switch is arranged to keep an on- or off-state for a certain time from a moment at which a voltage of a source bus line is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Shinji Yamagishi, Kazutoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 9343017
    Abstract: A driving method of an electrophoretic display device, where a first display state and a second display state are respectively selected as a display state of one pixel by applying a voltage with a positive polarity or a negative polarity, and a halftone between the first display state and the second display state is selected according to a total duration of the negative polarity voltage applied to a pixel in the first display state, including setting a display state of the one pixel to the first display state; applying a compensating voltage pulse with the positive polarity to the one pixel; and applying a first driving voltage pulse with the negative polarity to the one pixel; wherein, the applying of the compensating voltage pulse is executed between the setting of the display state and the applying of the first driving voltage pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 9329673
    Abstract: An inputter inputs a captured image of a hand captured by a camera. An acquirer acquires information indicating the distance between the camera and the hand. A storer stores reference data for specifying a hand gesture and a command corresponding to the gesture, for each distance between the camera and the hand. A selector selects, from among the reference data stored in the storer, reference data corresponding to the distance indicated by the information acquired by the acquirer. A specifier refers to the reference data selected by the selector, specifies a hand gesture in the captured image input by the inputter, and specifies a command corresponding to the specified gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 9323339
    Abstract: An obtainer obtains information indicating a distance between a display and a user picked up by a camera. A display controller displays, in the display screen of the display, an operation screen having the size set in accordance with the information obtained by the obtainer. A determiner determines an operation instruction from the user based on at least one of the motion of the user and the shape picked up by the camera. An executor executes a process in accordance with the operation instruction determined by the determiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Tamai