Patents Examined by Joseph Haley
  • Patent number: 9182855
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a touch sensitivity of a touch sensor in a portable terminal and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes measuring a permittivity of an object located within a preset distance by a grip sensor disposed at a rear portion of the portable terminal when the touch sensor turned-on, and setting and adjusting a touch sensitivity corresponding to the measured permittivity of the object corresponding to the touch sensor of the portable terminal. The method adjusts the touch sensitivity of a touch sensor in a portable terminal according to a peripheral environment to improve the touch sensitivity of the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Geun Koh, Yi Kyu Min, Kyung Goo Lee, Byoung Il Son
  • Patent number: 9183809
    Abstract: A display panel apparatus includes a display panel and a timing controller, and a data driver. The display panel includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel. The timing controller is configured to receive a first subpixel data for the first subpixel and a second subpixel data for the second subpixel. When the second subpixel is determined to be defective, the timing controller generates a compensated grayscale of the second subpixel data. The data driver is configured to apply a precharge voltage to the second subpixel and a charging voltage to second subpixel through a data line, wherein the precharge voltage is based on a grayscale of the first subpixel data and the charging voltage is based on the compensated grayscale of the second subpixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Won Jeong, Woo-Jin Jung, Kang-Hyun Kim, Po-Yun Park, Kwan-Young Oh, Jee-Hoon Jeon, Youn-Jin Jung, Young-Suk Ha
  • Patent number: 9177405
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a selecting unit that selects a plurality of strokes from among strokes drawn in a plurality of display images displayed in a switching manner, in accordance with attributes added to the strokes, and a generating unit that generates an image in which the selected strokes are arranged according to an arrangement rule set in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Kodama, Kenji Namie, Yuuji Kasuya
  • Patent number: 9176341
    Abstract: A transmissive-type display device having a display area which is sequentially scanned; and a lighting device arranged on a rear face of the display device, including lighting units arranged so as to be aligned in a direction from one toward the other end portion side along a direction in which the display area is sequentially scanned. The lighting units are in a light emitting state over a light emitting period after sequential scanning of display units including portions of the display area corresponding to the lighting units is completed, and the lighting units are sequentially scanned from one toward the other end portion side in accordance with the sequential scanning of the display area. A length of waiting time from the completion of sequential scanning of the display unit until the corresponding lighting unit emits light is nonlinearly decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kuwayama, Satoshi Tomioka, Ryo Miyao, Yutaka Imai
  • Patent number: 9177515
    Abstract: Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), 3D imaging apparatus and operating methods thereof are disclosed. The operating method for the disclosed LCD includes the steps of: driving a pixel array of the LCD to display a frame of data by a first frame scan and a second frame scan; and, controlling a backlight module of the LCD in accordance with the first frame scan and the second frame scan. In the first frame scan, the scan lines of pixel array are driven in groups, wherein, in each group, all rows corresponding thereto are driven by identical data. The rows which have not been driven by correct data in the first frame scan are driven again and corrected in the second frame scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Yi Chen, Li-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 9170696
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detecting function includes: a display area in which pixels each composed of a plurality of color areas are arranged in a matrix; a touch detection electrode including a first conductive thin wire extending in a first direction; and a dummy electrode including a plurality of second conductive thin wires; a drive electrode having capacitance for the touch detection electrode. Each of the second conductive thin wires includes a plurality of thin wire pieces extending in a direction different from the first direction and is divided by a slit between the thin wire pieces. A color area in the display area with which the slit overlaps has a different color from a color area in the display area with which a slit closest to the slit in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction overlaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 9171516
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gate driver on array circuit. The gate driver on array circuit comprises: multiple gate driver on array units connected in cascade. The n-th gate driver on array unit of the gate driver on array circuit comprises a (n?2)-th signal input terminal 21, a (n+2)-th signal input terminal 22, a clock signal first input terminal 23, a clock signal second input terminal 24, a first low-level input terminal 25, a second low-level input terminal 26, a first output terminal 27 and a second output terminal 28. The n-th gate driver on array unit further comprises: a pulling-up driving unit 32, a pulling-up unit 34, a first to a third pulling-down unit 36, 37, 38. The present invention adds a second low-level signal, which uses the second low-level to decrease the voltage difference (Vgs) between the gate and the source of the thin film transistor of the first output terminal, so that the leakage current of the thin film transistor is less and can be controlled precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Limei Zeng, Shihchyn Lin
  • Patent number: 9171503
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display, a method for driving the same, and a method for manufacturing the same are discussed. The organic light emitting display according to an embodiment includes a panel including subpixels each having a compensation circuit including a reference voltage supply transistor, which receives a reference voltage and initializes a node of a gate electrode of a driving transistor using the reference voltage, a scan driver supplying a scan signal to scan lines of the panel, a data driver supplying a data signal to data lines of the panel, a timing controller controlling the scan driver and the data driver, and a reference voltage compensation unit which varies the reference voltage on each scan line and supplies the reference voltage to the subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihun Kim, Sangho Yu, Woojin Nam, Joongsun Yoon, Minkyu Chang
  • Patent number: 9171496
    Abstract: An image control technology that enables low power consumption with less compromise in the overall quality of the image is disclosed, in which color information of an image is saved while minimizing degradation of picture quality, and improving text readability. In one aspect, an image control display device includes an image controller configured to measure at least one of luminance values and chroma values of pixels of an input image. In addition, the image controller is configured to detect an edge using the at least one of luminance and chroma values and is configured to invert color information of the input image into inverted image data. The image controller is further configured to generate output image data comprising an inverted region and an exception region, where the inverted region displays the inverted image data and the exception region displays uninverted input image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Woong Park, Byung-Ki Chun, Yong-Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 9165495
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a crosstalk compensation method and a display apparatus using the same. The method includes: configuring a compensation range with the compensation range set between the maximum gray level and the minimum gray level; establishing a look-up table to record compensation values for each gray level in the compensation range; determining whether the gray level of a first color sub-pixel on the display panel is set within the compensating range. When it is determined that the gray level of the first color sub-pixel is set within the compensation range selects a compensating value for configuring an initial gray level of an adjacent second color sub-pixel to a correction gray level. When it is determined that the gray level of the first color sub-pixel is set outside the compensation range, maintains the gray level of the second color sub-pixel at the initial gray level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bo-Chin Tsuei, Yao-Lien Hsieh, Chih-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 9164589
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are described including starting a gesture recognition engine in response to detecting an initiation gesture and using the gesture recognition engine to determine a hand posture and a hand trajectory in various depth images. The gesture recognition engine may then use the hand posture and the hand trajectory to recognize a dynamic hand gesture and provide corresponding user interface command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Tong, Dayong Ding, Wenlong Li
  • Patent number: 9164598
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus has one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch-sensor of the device. The stylus also has an electronic circuit operable to provide an input that changes a property of one or more materials located on the body of the stylus or on the stylus tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Trond Jarle Pedersen, Esat Yilmaz, Kishore Sundara-Rajan
  • Patent number: 9165500
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes an OLED having a cathode coupled to a power source voltage, a first transistor having a second electrode coupled to an anode of the OLED, and a gate electrode coupled to a gate control-line, a second transistor having a second electrode coupled to a first electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor having a first electrode coupled to another power source voltage, a second electrode coupled to a first electrode of the second transistor, and a gate electrode coupled to a gate control-line, a fourth transistor having a first electrode coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor, a second electrode coupled to the anode of the OLED, and a gate electrode coupled to a scan-line, and a capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the second transistor and the second electrode of the third transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park, Yong-Sung Park
  • Patent number: 9164603
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus has one or more sensors that detect the movement of the stylus, such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer. The stylus wirelessly transmits signals to a device based on the movement of the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Trond Jarle Pedersen, John Logan, Esat Yilmaz, Vemund Kval Bakken
  • Patent number: 9158416
    Abstract: A light-based touch sensitive device, including a housing, a surface encased in the housing, a layer of elastic material above the surface, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing, that transmit light pulses through the layer, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing, that receive the light pulses transmitted through the layer, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, that determines a location of a pointer that touches the layer and creates an impression in the layer, based on outputs of the receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Neonode Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Eriksson, Michael Lawrence Elyan
  • Patent number: 9158421
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display layer; plural first electrodes formed to be arranged above the display layer; a shield electrode formed apart from the plural first electrodes so as to surround the whole plural first electrodes along an arrangement surface; an insulating layer; and a semiconductive layer formed opposite to the first electrodes and the shield electrode so as to sandwich the insulating layer, wherein the difference between an average potential of the first electrodes and an average potential of the shield electrode is equal to or less than 0.5V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 9159297
    Abstract: An image-displaying device includes an image data generation section, a progress information acquisition section and a display control section. The image data generation section is configured to perform processing for generating image data indicative of an image of a subject based on output data from an image-capturing section that captures the image of the subject, the image data being composed of a plurality of predetermined data units. The progress information acquisition section is configured to acquire progress information indicative of a status of progress of the processing for generating the image data with respect to each of the predetermined data units of the image data. The display control section is configured to control the display section to display at least one of the predetermined data units of the image data for which the processing for generating the image data is ended based on the progress information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Ryuichi Shiohara
  • Patent number: 9152267
    Abstract: A display device with a touch screen includes a panel including a first area and a second area, wherein first electrode strings and second electrode strings crossing the first electrode strings are formed in the first area and the second area; a driving controller applying touch driving signals to the first electrode strings in order; and a sensing controller receiving touch sensing signals according to the touch driving signals through the second electrode strings, wherein a distance between adjacent first electrode strings in the first area is different from a distance between adjacent first electrode strings in the second area, or a distance between adjacent second electrode strings in the first area is different from a distance between adjacent second electrode strings in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Woo Seo, Jung-Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 9152185
    Abstract: A back touch sensor positioned on a back surface of a device accepts user input in the form of touches. The touches on the back touch sensor map keys on a virtual keyboard, a pointer input, and so forth. Touches on a touch sensor positioned on a front surface provide additional input while also allowing the user to grasp and hold the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Karakotsios, Bradley J. Bozarth, Hannah Rebecca Lewbel
  • Patent number: 9152247
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, an indication of a detected force applied to the computing device. The method further comprises determining, by the computing device, that the detected force matches a corresponding input that the computing device associates with a corresponding function that is executable by the computing device. The method further comprises generating, by the computing device and in response to determining that the detected force matches the corresponding input and, a non-visual output based on the corresponding function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ullas Gargi, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III