Patents Examined by Kathy Wang-Hurst
  • Systems and methods for mobile device pairing
    Patent number: 9137627
    Abstract: Tools (systems, apparatuses, methodologies, computer program products, etc.) for pairing electronic devices including touchscreen-enabled electronic devices, and for facilitating communication between paired electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Bowei Gai, Matthew David Shoup, Yevgeniy Jim Brikman
  • Systems and methods for mobile device pairing
    Patent number: 9131333
    Abstract: Tools (systems, apparatuses, methodologies, computer program products, etc.) for pairing electronic devices including touchscreen-enabled electronic devices, and for facilitating communication between paired electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Bowei Gai, Matthew David Shoup, Yevgeniy Jim Brikman
  • Information processing device and program
    Patent number: 9128665
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device comprising a housing, a display screen, a touch panel arranged on the display screen, an icon, which is displayed on the display screen and manipulated through the touch panel, a state detection unit for detecting a state change of the housing, a state determination unit for determining the state change of the housing detected by the state detection unit, and a display control unit for displaying the icon in a desired position on the display screen in response to a determination result of the state determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoji Amemiya, Nobutaka Yagi, Osamu Ishioka, Kenji Waku, Yohei Kuroda
  • Capacitive touch panel having improved response characteristics
    Patent number: 9128571
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a second layer disposed over a first layer. Each of the first and second layers have a set of detection electrodes that are spaced apart and electrically isolated from one another and an associated set of interleavers. Each interleaver is located between adjacent detection electrodes from its associated the set of detection electrodes, and each set of interleavers also includes a pair of complementary interleaving electrodes coupled to those that are electrically coupled to the adjacent detection electrodes from its associated set of detection electrodes. The detection electrodes and interleaving electrodes are also substantially transparent to visible spectrum light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nathan Y. Moyal, Tao Peng, Jerry L. Doorenbos, Ronald F. Cormier
  • Semiconductor device
    Patent number: 9123672
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a reduction in size and thinness are realized is provided. The semiconductor device of the present invention can realize a reduction in size by forming light emitting elements as a light source, and photodiodes as photoelectric conversion elements on the same substrate. Further, it becomes possible to control two signal lines by using one driver circuit with using an output switching circuit. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the area occupied by the driver circuits of the semiconductor device, and the semiconductor device can be made smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Apparatus for detecting proximity of object near a touchscreen
    Patent number: 9122351
    Abstract: An exemplary apparatus comprises a housing attachable to a touchscreen-equipped computing device wherein one or more image sensors in the housing obtain images of an object in the vicinity of the touchscreen and a processor analyzes the images to compute the position of the object relative to the touchscreen and communicates to the computing device attribute data pertaining to the imaged object. Exemplary methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Frank A. Mckiel, Jr.
  • Virtual control device
    Patent number: 9116573
    Abstract: A virtual control device is provided for an electronic device. The virtual control device includes a first lens, a second lens, a first photosensitive unit, a second photosensitive unit and a processor unit. The first photosensitive unit is arranged behind the first lens by a focal length, and obtains a first image via the first lens. The second photosensitive unit is arranged behind the second lens by the focal length, and obtains a second image via the second lens. The processor unit determines the object-position coordinates of a virtual control plane according to a first position of the projection of the object on the first photosensitive unit and a second position of the projection of the object on the second photosensitive unit, and the processor unit provides the object-position coordinates to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Chi Cheng, Chee-Chun Leung, Wei-Min Chao
  • Compensation technique for color shift in displays
    Patent number: 9117400
    Abstract: A system for maintaining a substantially constant display white point over an extended period of operation of a color display formed by an array of multiple pixels in which each of the pixels includes multiple subpixels having different colors, and each of the subpixels includes a light emissive device. The display is generated by energizing the subpixels of successively selected pixels, and the color of each selected pixel is controlled by the relatives levels of energization of the subpixels in the selected pixel. The degradation behavior of the subpixels in each pixel is determined, and the relative levels of energization of the subpixels in each pixel are adjusted to adjust the brightness shares of the subpixels to compensate for the degradation behavior of the subpixels. The brightness shares are preferably adjusted to maintain a substantially constant display white point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: G. Reza Chaji, Joseph Marcel Dionne, Abbas Hormati, Tong Liu, Stefan Alexander, Arokia Nathan
  • User interface enhancement system
    Patent number: 9116617
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Tactus Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Michael Ciesla, Micah B Yairi, Nathaniel Mark Saal
  • Compensation technique for color shift in displays
    Patent number: 9111485
    Abstract: A system for maintaining a substantially constant display white point over an extended period of operation of a color display formed by an array of multiple pixels in which each of the pixels includes multiple subpixels having different colors, and each of the subpixels includes a light emissive device. The display is generated by energizing the subpixels of successively selected pixels, and the color of each selected pixel is controlled by the relatives levels of energization of the subpixels in the selected pixel. The degradation behavior of the subpixels in each pixel is determined, and the relative levels of energization of the subpixels in each pixel are adjusted to adjust the brightness shares of the subpixels to compensate for the degradation behavior of the subpixels. The brightness shares are preferably adjusted to maintain a substantially constant display white point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Gholamreza Chaji, Joseph Marcel Dionne, Abbas Hormati, Tong Liu, Stefan Alexander, Arokia Nathan
  • Display panel, display apparatus having the same and method of driving the display apparatus
    Patent number: 9110531
    Abstract: In a display panel, a display apparatus having the display panel, and a method of driving the display apparatus, a conductive spacer is interposed between an array substrate and an opposite substrate, and the conductive spacer electrically connects a pixel electrode and a common electrode when a touch event occurs for one or more embodiments. When a common voltage is applied to the pixel electrode by the touch event, an electric potential of a data line is lowered by the common voltage through a turned-on switching device. A signal reader periodically reads out the voltage of the data line and senses the touch event using the read-out voltage to detect a touch position at which the touch event occurs. Thus, the display panel having a touch screen function may be manufactured, and an aperture ratio in the display panel may be prevented from being deteriorated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoungju Shin, Chongchul Chai, Soo-Wan Yoon
  • Mobile device pairing
    Patent number: 9098133
    Abstract: Tools (systems, apparatuses, methodologies, computer program products, etc.) for pairing electronic devices including touchscreen-enabled electronic devices, and for facilitating communication between paired electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Bowei Gai, Matthew David Shoup
  • Touch input method and apparatus for recognizing and distinguishing finger contact on a touch sensing surface
    Patent number: 9081489
    Abstract: A touch input method includes receiving a touch input signal corresponding to a finger from a touch-sensing device, detecting a contact area between the touch-sensing area and the finger corresponding to the touch input signal received, and if a curvature threshold value below which the contact area is recognizable as a circle, recognizing the finger corresponding to the touch input signal received as a thumb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hyung-jin Seo
  • Display device having partial panels and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 9075472
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device comprising panel portions and a driving method thereof, which are capable of dividing the display panel into two or more panel portions and adding a touch mode between the display modes of each panel portion, thereby improving the frequency of the touch sensing or the touch report rate. The display device comprising panel portions and the driving method thereof can reduce the pulse width of the signals from 4H 8 phase to 2H 4 phase by using an oxide TFT and maintain or reduce the number of the signal lines applied to the gate driver of the partial display panel, thereby having the advantages in terms of the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YongChan Park, SangSoo Hwang
  • Operational display device and method of controlling the same, and recording medium
    Patent number: 9069392
    Abstract: An operational display device includes a display portion for displaying an image based on image data including a specific portion, a detection portion for detecting an orientation in which the display portion is held, and a display control unit for controlling a manner of display on the display portion. The display control unit causes an image of the specific portion to be displayed as being zoomed-in and rotated in accordance with an orientation of holding of the display portion when the orientation in which the display portion is held is changed from a first orientation to a second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoji Tanaka
  • Display device
    Patent number: 9070315
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed which includes: a control substrate configured to include a timing controller; a data connector configured to transfer signal from the control substrate to a display panel; a data driver mounted to the data connector; at least one outer connector disposed by at least one of both sides of the data connector and loaded with a driver chip, wherein the driver chip and the data driver are loaded on the outer connector and the data connector using the same bonding system, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moo Kyoung Hong, Kyoung Don Woo, Eun Jeong Jin
  • Liquid crystal display and method thereof
    Patent number: 9064472
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) has first, second, and third pixels adjacent to one another in a column direction. The LCD includes a first gate line connected to each of the second and third pixels in common, a capacitance electrode line connected to each of the first and second pixels in common, a first data line connected to the second pixel, and a second data line connected to the first and third pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jang Kim, Seong-Young Lee, Yeong-Keun Kwon, Kee-Bum Park, Kyung-Ho Park
  • Display device and control method of the same
    Patent number: 9063602
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a sensing electrode generating a sensing signal in response to an external stimulus, a sensing line connected to the sensing electrode, a sensing driver connected to the sensing line, receiving the sensing signal from the sensing line and storing the sensing signal as a specific register value, and outputting a position pulse according to the specific register value, and a signal controller determining a position of the external stimulus based on the position pulse and a predetermined clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-hwan Moon
  • Digital bookclip
    Patent number: 9058067
    Abstract: The described embodiments present a system and method for obtaining a portion of a digital document from a printed version of the document. Locations where a smart pen device interacts with a digital bookclip aligned relative the printed document are identified via coordinate sets. A digital document associated with the printed document and the coordinate sets from the smart pen device and digital bookclip are used to identify locations in the digital documents corresponding to locations in the printed document. Data from the identified locations in the digital documents is retrieved and presented to a user and can then be copied, saved, mailed electronically, and/or printed to a new paper document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Livescribe
    Inventors: Andy Van Schaack, Jim Marggraff
  • Method of processing data and a display apparatus performing the method
    Patent number: 9054939
    Abstract: A method of processing data including dividing, at a transmitter, data into 3-bit units, generating, at the transmitter, first and second clock embedded data signals and a third data signal, wherein a clock signal and first bits of the units are included in the first clock embedded data signal, the clock signal and second bits of the units are included in the second clock embedded data signal and third bits of the units are included in the third data signal, transmitting, from the transmitter to a receiver, the first and second clock embedded data signals and the third data signal, and restoring, at the receiver, the first and second bits and the clock signal from the first and second clock embedded data signals and the third bits from the third data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Keun Lee, Seung-Seok Nam, Sung-Gon Jung, Sang-Su Han