Patents Examined by Julie Anne Watko
  • Patent number: 11353987
    Abstract: A voltage compensation method includes: within a touch time period, multiplexing common electrode blocks as touch electrodes, and scanning the common electrode blocks in at least one column sequentially to detect a capacitance of each scanned common electrode block; within a time period between detecting the capacitance of each scanned common electrode block and starting an Nth display time period after the touch time period, calculating power consumption for each scanned common electrode block in accordance with the capacitance thereof, acquiring a corresponding common electrode voltage compensation value based on the power consumption, and adding the common electrode voltage compensation value to a reference common electrode voltage to acquire a compensated common electrode voltage applied to each scanned common electrode block; and within the Nth display time period, adjusting a common electrode voltage applied to each scanned common electrode block into the compensated common electrode voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Liu, Gaowei Chen, Junjie Xu, Yanming Wang, Jiaqiang Wang, Chao Yu, Dong Liu
  • Patent number: 11355044
    Abstract: A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit and a display panel are provided. A pull-down maintaining module of the GOA circuit includes an eleventh transistor and a twelfth transistor to remove a residual charge of a second node and a third node to enhance a stability of the GOA circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Suping Xi, Tianhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11355447
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first sensing insulation layer having a first opening defined thereon, a first sensing electrode including a first sensing pattern and a first connection pattern connected to each other, a second sensing electrode including a second sensing pattern spaced apart from the first sensing pattern and a second connection pattern connected to the second sensing pattern and on a different layer from the first connection pattern with the first sensing insulation layer interposed therebetween, sensing lines connected to the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, respectively, a pad unit including sensing pads connected to a corresponding sensing line selected from among the sensing lines, and an input sensing unit including an align key, wherein the align key is exposed through the first sensing insulation layer by the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Yang, Taeik Kim, Hyunsik Park, Chungi You
  • Patent number: 11302257
    Abstract: A shift register is provided, which includes a blanking input circuit, a blanking control circuit, a blanking pull-down circuit, and a shift register circuit. The blanking input circuit may provide a blanking input signal to a first control node according to a second clock signal. The blanking control circuit may provide a first clock signal to a second control node and maintain a voltage difference between the first control node and the second control node, according to a voltage of the first control node. The blanking pull-down circuit may provide a voltage of the second control node to a pull-down node according to the first clock signal. The shift register circuit may provide a shift signal via a shift signal output terminal and a first drive signal via a first drive signal output terminal according to a voltage of the pull-down node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li
  • Patent number: 11294469
    Abstract: A reconfigurable haptic interface assembly of an information handling system may comprise a coversheet display layer displaying a key location of a haptic keyboard based on a modified configuration, a contact foil placed between the coversheet layer and a support layer, and a piezoelectric element placed between the contact foil and the support layer receiving an applied mechanical stress near the displayed key location, and transmitting a generated piezo actuation signal via the contact foil. A processor may receive the piezo actuation signal, identify x- and y-coordinate location data describing the displayed key location based, in part, on the piezo actuation signal, identify a keyboard scan code associated with the x- and y-coordinate location data, and send a haptic feedback response signal to the piezoelectric element to generate a haptic feedback at the key location and a digital display may display a key register event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Priyank Gajiwala, Michiel Knoppert, Thomas M. Hinskens
  • Patent number: 11294499
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a capacitance measurer configured to measure mutual capacitances between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. Each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of loop patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongkyun Kim, Seogwoo Hong, Byungkyu Lee, Seokwhan Chung
  • Patent number: 11287918
    Abstract: A pressure sensing device, a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. The pressure sensing device includes a columnar electrode assembly having at least one columnar electrode and at least one columnar insulating layer that are alternately stacked in an axial direction of a columnar electrode, and an annular electrode assembly that is disposed around the columnar electrode assembly. The annular electrode assembly includes at least one annular electrode and at least one annular insulating layer that are alternately stacked in the axial direction of the columnar electrode. The annular electrode assembly and the columnar electrode assembly are insulated from each other, and are configured to form a capacitor. At least one of the at least one annular insulating layer and the at least one columnar insulating layer is an elastic insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xiaochuan Chen, Hui Wang, Kuanta Huang, Pengcheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11250761
    Abstract: Methods for driving electro-optic displays, especially bistable displays, include (a) using two-part waveforms, the first part of which is dependent only upon the initial state of the relevant pixel; (b) measuring the response of each individual pixel and storing for each pixel data indicating which of a set of standard drive schemes are to be used for that pixel; (c) for at least one transition in a drive scheme, applying multiple different waveforms to pixels on a random basis; and (d) when updating a limited area of the display, driving “extra” pixels in an edge elimination region to avoid edge effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventor: Demetrious Mark Harrington
  • Patent number: 11237437
    Abstract: A display panel and a manufacture method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which arranged opposite to each other. The first substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region, a conduction section is in the peripheral region of the first substrate, and the conduction section is electrically connected with a grounded section. The second substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region, a black matrix is at least in the peripheral region of the second substrate, and the black matrix is electrically connected with the conduction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Sun, Wei Zhang, Wulijibaier Tang, Zhengwen Pan, Tianlei Shi, Xiaojie Wang
  • Patent number: 11194383
    Abstract: A display device and a method for controlling same are provided which are capable of suppressing power consumption of an electronic apparatus while supplying a user with various types of information in various display formats. The display device has a first display block including a processor with relatively high processing power and a display section with high display performance and a second display block including a processor with relatively low processing power and a display section with low display performance. The processors mutually collaborate and are controlled to properly use the first display block and the second display block in accordance with an operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kimiyasu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11194464
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling display of content using objects are disclosed. Objects may be placed on a surface and one or more computing devices may be configured to identify the objects, determine the shape of the objects, and/or determine the locations of the objects with respect to the surface. Content displayed on the surface may be updated based at least in part on interaction of the object with the surface, such as changing locations of the objects, object proximities, object flipping, and/or object stacking, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Charles Flick, Jiayi Liang, Martin Peter Aalund, James Merton Tidman
  • Patent number: 11182018
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch display driving device and a driving method in the same. The touch display driving device is used for driving a touch display panel, the touch display panel comprising a plurality of common electrode blocks and a plurality of display regions. The touch display driving device comprising a multiplexing circuit which is configured to: during a display period, couple one or more common electrode blocks corresponding to one of the display regions which is to be displayed during the display period to a first voltage; and during the display period, couple one or more of the common electrode blocks corresponding to the display regions which are not to be displayed during the display period to a second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Po-Ying Chen, Wen-Yi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11182020
    Abstract: A position detection device includes a sensor driving unit driving a touch sensor by providing a drive signal of a sine-wave to the touch sensor and a position detecting unit detecting a position of a touch on the touch sensor. The position detecting unit includes a first detection processing unit performing a touch detection process using an amplitude modulation scheme during a first detection processing period and a second detection processing unit performing the touch detection process using a frequency modulation scheme during a second detection processing period. A position detection method includes a sensor driving step of driving the touch sensor and a position detecting step of detecting the position. The position detecting step includes a first detection processing step of performing the touch detection process using the amplitude modulation scheme and a second detection processing step of performing the touch detection process using the frequency modulation scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masashi Mayumi, Teruhisa Masui, Atsushi Aoki, Yousuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11182022
    Abstract: A coordinate detection system includes a camera configured to capture an image of a face opposite to a display face of a transmissive display panel including a plurality of luminous parts and to thereby produce video information, and a video processor configured to detect coordinates instructed on the display face of the transmissive display panel based on the luminance or chromaticity of reflected light, which occurs when reflecting light emitted from each luminous part of the transmissive display panel, according to the captured video information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Terao
  • Patent number: 11175821
    Abstract: A pressure touch method and a terminal, where the method includes detecting a pressure sensing operation generated by a finger on a target touch component, identifying a pressure level corresponding to the pressure sensing operation, determining a function corresponding to the pressure level, and performing the function corresponding to the pressure level. Therefore, different functions triggered to be performed by pressure sensing operations may be determined using combinations of pressure levels and swipe directions, thereby improving convenience of one-hand operations of a user, and also enhancing coherence of user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Xu, Gang Wu
  • Patent number: 11150862
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus which includes a flexible display panel, a glass panel, a lateral side outer shell, characterized in that two ends of the lateral side outer shell are detachably connected to the end faces of the two edges of the glass panel, the lateral side outer shell having an outer surface that extends from one of the two ends of the lateral side outer shell to another one of the two ends of the lateral side outer shell, the outer surface of the lateral side outer shell being in alignment with the outer surface of the glass panel at each of the two connections, such that the outer surface of the lateral side outer shell and the outer surface of the glass panel jointly form a continuous smooth outer surface of the tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Cui
  • Patent number: 11150734
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are structures, devices, methods and systems for providing haptic output on an electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a display portion, a housing pivotally coupled with the display portion and comprising a glass sheet that defines an input surface of the electronic device. The input surface can define a keyboard having a set of key regions arranged along the glass sheet. The electronic device may also include a haptic mechanism positioned beneath a key region of the set of key regions that includes a substrate defining a beam structure having first and second fixed ends, a spacer positioned along a first side of the beam structure and a piezoelectric element positioned along a second side of the beam structure. The piezoelectric element can be configured to deflect the beam structure to provide haptic output along the input surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alex J. Lehmann, Juan Pu, Paul X. Wang, Qiliang Xu, Zheng Gao
  • Patent number: 11150794
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a fingerprint sensor and one or more processors operable with the fingerprint sensor. One or more motion detectors are also operable with the one or more processors. The one or more processors determine with the fingerprint sensor, a direction of rotation of an object rotating, and in contact with, the fingerprint sensor. The one or more motion detectors detect whether the electronic device is rotating in three-dimensional space. The one or more processors then select and perform a first control operation when the object is rotating in a first axial direction and the electronic device is substantially stationary. Alternatively, the one or more processors select and perform a second control operation when the electronic device is rotating and the object is rotating in the first axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: John Gorsica, Thomas Merrell
  • Patent number: 11150770
    Abstract: Disclosed is an input device. The input device includes a communicator configured to communicate with an electronic device, a pen tip provided at one end of the input device, a first electrode portion including a plurality of first sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance from the pen tip, a second electrode portion including a plurality of second sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other to correspond to each of the plurality of first sub-electrodes at a position spaced apart from the first electrode portion by a predetermined distance, a processor to provide a driving signal to the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, generate tilt information of the input device on the basis of a plurality of capacitances formed between the plurality of first sub-electrodes and the plurality of second sub-electrodes, and transmit the tilt information to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyung-sun Lee, Kang-yoon Lee, Sung-hun Cho, Gwan-hyung Kim, Sang-yun Kim, Ho-chul Ryu, Sang-ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11132082
    Abstract: A multifunctional display including a display panel and a sensing and emitting base, the display panel comprising a body between a viewing surface, and a base surface, and a plurality of optical paths within the body for the passage of light between base orifice and the viewing orifice, the sensing and emitting base comprising at least one multi-color light source below or in the base orifice and at least one optical sensor below or in the base orifice. The multifunctional display may scan a surface of an object by emitting light from the multi-color light source and simultaneously detecting with the optical sensor the reflected light from said surface placed on the viewing surface; and computing with a microprocessor, an image of said surface based on the detected reflected light of a plurality of optical paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: PA.COTTE FAMILY HOLDING GMBH
    Inventor: Pierre-Alain Cotte