Patents Examined by Kathy Wang-Hurst
  • Patent number: 9269326
    Abstract: A voltage compensation circuit and an operation method thereof are provided. The voltage compensation circuit is suitable for a display device. The display device includes a direct-current voltage converter, a voltage level shifter, a panel, and a gate driving circuit. The voltage compensation circuit includes a voltage divider providing a divided voltage form a gate pulse signal, a comparing unit, a time counting unit and a processing unit. The comparing unit receives the divided voltage to provide at least one comparison result. The time counting unit provides a plurality of timing control signals at different time points according to the divided voltage. The processing unit provides a voltage reference signal to the direct-current voltage converter according to the plurality of timing control signals and the comparing result, and accordingly, the direct-current voltage converter adjusts an output voltage relating to the gate driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: uPI Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventor: Sheng-Chiun Lin
  • Patent number: 9262040
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a pressure detecting unit for detecting a magnitude of a contacting pressure of a contacted object with respect to an input device operated when physically contacted by the contacted object; and a changing unit for changing a display region displayed on a display device of predetermined information to be displayed on the display device according to an output signal output from the input device at a speed corresponding to the magnitude of the contacting pressure detected by the pressure detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Rekimoto
  • 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: 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: 9250801
    Abstract: An unlocking method for a portable electronic device, and a portable electronic device and a touch-sensitive device employing the unlocking method are provided. The portable electronic device has a touch-sensitive display, and a user interface is displayed on the touch-sensitive display. The unlocking method includes respectively displaying at least one unlocking image on at least one unfixed point of the touch-sensitive display when the user interface is in a user interface locking state and sensing a touch signal of the touch-sensitive display. The unlocking method further includes switching the user interface to a user interface unlocking state when at least one click corresponding to the at least one unfixed point is detected on the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Ho
  • Patent number: 9244563
    Abstract: A method of providing a user defined user key pad and a mobile terminal supporting the same are provided. The method includes displaying guide information when entering a user key pad setting mode, determining a designation range for the user key pad according to a user interaction inputted based on the guide information, computing a key arrangement of the user key pad in response to the determined range, and configuring the user key pad according to the computed key arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Ram Nam Goong, Hwang Joon Lee
  • Patent number: 9240148
    Abstract: An image processing device is capable of inhibiting the moire and the false color from occurring in the case of performing color display using four colors of sub-pixels. The image processing device has filter processing sections. The filter processing sections limit frequency bands of signals R, G, B, and W in an X direction and a Y direction in accordance with a positional relationship between the sub-pixels corresponding to each of the colors and the other sub-pixels. Further, the filter processing sections control a frequency response of image signals of the respective colors in accordance with an amplitude of a high frequency component of the image signal corresponding to each of the other colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Manabu Saigo
  • Patent number: 9240142
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for driving an organic light emitting display device which facilitates to control current consumption of a display panel according to a temperature of the display panel including a light emitting device or a surrounding temperature of the display panel, the apparatus comprising the display panel including the plurality of pixels provided with the plurality of light emitting devices which emit light according to a current, a temperature sensing unit for generating temperature data by sensing a temperature of the display panel or surrounding temperature; and a panel driver for controlling a data signal to be supplied to each pixel so as to make current consumption of the display panel be lower than a preset current limit value on the basis of input data and temperature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Oh, JaeHyeong Jeong, HyunKi Lee
  • 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: 9229554
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a touch screen panel for a display device. The touch screen panel includes a base layer, a plurality of first electrode strings, a plurality of second electrode strings, a plurality of first routing wires, a plurality of second routing wires; a third wire formed between the first routing wires and the second routing wires, an insulation layer that covers the first and second routing wires and the third wires and has contact holes exposing a part of the third wire, and a shield pattern that is formed on the insulation layer contacts the third wires through the contact holes, and overlaps either the first routing wires or the second routing wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungyong Cho
  • Patent number: 9229241
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device and a driving method thereof, which correct the viewing position of a viewer in initial driving of a 3D display mode, are discussed. The stereoscopic image display device includes a display module, a barrier module, a position detector, and a position detector. The display module separates a left-eye image and a right-eye image to display a stereoscopic image. The barrier module is disposed in correspondence with the display module, and forms a light transmitting area for transmitting the left-eye image and right-eye image and a light blocking area for blocking the left-eye image and right-eye image. The position detector detects position information on a viewer which views the stereoscopic image displayed on the display module. The position detector corrects positions of the light transmitting area and light blocking area on the basis of viewing position information on the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HeeSung Woo, YoungSik Kim, SangHun Park
  • Patent number: 9230494
    Abstract: A multi-primary-color liquid crystal panel driver (100) according to the present invention includes: a multi-primary-color converter (110) which performs a multi-primary-color conversion to convert the grayscale levels of an input video signal in each of a plurality of vertical scanning periods into grayscale levels of four or more primary colors; and an overdrive circuit (120) which sets, based on the grayscale levels that have been subjected to the multi-primary-color conversion in one vertical scanning period and on the grayscale levels that have been subjected to the multi-primary-color conversion in another vertical scanning period that is earlier than the one vertical scanning period by at least one period, the grayscale levels of the four or more primary colors in that one vertical scanning period. The present invention provides a multi-primary-color liquid crystal panel that can improve the display quality even when the input video signal has varying grayscale levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Kazunari Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 9218760
    Abstract: A driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel comprising a plurality of pixel areas to display an image; a data driver configured to drive data lines of the liquid crystal panel; a gate driver configured to drive gate lines of the liquid crystal panel; and a timing controller configured to generate an internal enable signal in an initial driving where an external power is applied, to control the gate and data drivers, and configured to control the gate and data drivers based on synchronization signals, after controlling the driving of the gate driver to be stopped for one frame period when at least one synchronization signals are input from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song-Jae Lee, Young-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9218072
    Abstract: A multi-tip stylus has a penholder and multiple tips longitudinally mounted on the penholder and mutually spaced apart. Any adjacent two of the tips form a tip-combined stroke set. When the multi-tip stylus is operated, the penholder is held horizontally for adjacent two of the tips on the penholder to contact the touch panel. A continuous stroke can be formed by using the two adjacent tips to contact a touch panel and collaborating corresponding charcoal sketching software. Accordingly, the multi-tip stylus can be operated in a similar way of holding a charcoal crayon and drawing with the charcoal crayon as in a traditional charcoal sketch so as to do the traditional charcoal sketching techniques, such as shading, blending, toning, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: DOTTED DESIGN COMPANY
    Inventor: Hsuan-Fu Cho
  • Patent number: 9213484
    Abstract: A method for detecting a single-finger rotation gesture and a gesture detecting circuit thereof are provided. The gesture detecting circuit comprises a quadrant dividing unit, a register, a control unit, a comparing unit, and an outputting unit. The quadrant dividing unit, according to the center point, divides a touch panel into at least three quadrants and sets a plurality of data codes respectively corresponding to the quadrants. Within a predetermined time, the control unit controls the register to sequentially record the data codes respectively corresponding to the touched quadrants. When the predetermined time is reached, the comparing unit compares to judge whether the temporary data buffered in the register is the same with the default data. If the temporary data is the same with the default data, then the outputting unit outputs a rotation gesture signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hui-Hung Chang, Chun-Chieh Chang, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 9207502
    Abstract: A liquid crystal optical device includes a liquid crystal optical unit and a drive unit. The liquid crystal optical unit includes a first and second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, a plurality of first electrodes, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate, a plurality of first opposing electrodes, a second opposing electrode, and a third opposing electrode. The drive unit is configured to implement a first operation including subjecting the first electrodes to a first potential, subjecting the second electrode to a second potential, subjecting the third electrode to a third potential, subjecting the first opposing electrodes to a first opposing potential, subjecting the second opposing electrode to a second opposing potential, and subjecting the third opposing electrode to a third opposing potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ayako Takagi, Shinichi Uehara, Masako Kashiwagi, Masahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 9207785
    Abstract: A voltage generator includes a DC/DC converter configured to output a first voltage during a first period of a frame period, the DC/DC converter being connected to a first power voltage and to a second power voltage lower than the first power voltage, a first transistor coupled between the DC/DC converter and an output terminal, the first transistor being configured to be turned on during the first period, a second transistor coupled between the output terminal and a third voltage source, the third voltage source being configured to supply a third voltage lower than the first voltage, and the second transistor being configured to be turned on during a third period of the frame period, and a voltage controller coupled to the output terminal, the voltage controller being configured to limit a voltage of the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Weon Kim, Hak-Ki Choi
  • Patent number: 9208745
    Abstract: Disclosed are a shift register, and a gate driving circuit including a plurality of shift registers connected in sequence to respectively supply scan signals to a plurality of gate lines of a display device. Each shift register includes: an input unit which outputs a directional input signal having a gate high or low voltage based on an output signal from a previous or subsequent shift register to a first node; an inverter unit which is connected to the first node, generates an inverting signal to a signal at the first node, and outputs the inverting signal to a second node; and an output unit which includes a pull-up unit connected to the first node and activating an output clock signal based on the signal at the first node, and a pull-down unit activating and outputting a pull-down output signal based on a signal at the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Hydis Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Min Son, Joon Sung An, Won Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 9207815
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a transparent panel, a transparent electrode which is formed in a transparent input region on a first surface of the transparent panel, a decorative layer which is formed in a decorative region on the first surface, a wiring layer which is formed on a surface of the decorative layer, and a transparent conductive connection layer which electrically connects the wiring layer and the transparent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9200970
    Abstract: A transparent piezoelectric sheet-with-a-frame includes a transparent piezoelectric sheet and a frame covering a peripheral edge portion of the transparent piezoelectric sheet. The transparent piezoelectric sheet includes one transparent piezoelectric film including an organic polymer, one first transparent plate electrode placed on a first main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a first transparent plate electrode portion, and one second transparent plate electrode placed on a second main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a second transparent plate electrode portion. An outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion is positioned inside an outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion as seen in a plan view. The outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion completely coincides with the frame, and the outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion does not at all coincide with the frame as seen in the plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., IDEAL STAR INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Kodani, Yuuki Kuwajima, Eri Mukai, Meiten Koh, Takashi Kanemura, Kenji Omote, Hiroji Ohigashi