Patents Examined by Kirk Hermann
  • Patent number: 9817517
    Abstract: A touch device includes a first touch input receiving a touch and a second touch input acquiring a capacitance which occurs when the touch is inputted to the first touch input. A controller is configured to detect the touch inputted to the first touch input and to detect the acquired capacitance. The controller change touch sensitivity of the first touch input according to the detected capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Sung Un Kim
  • Patent number: 9804773
    Abstract: The disclosure is a method and device for drawing a figure in correspondence to an input made with a first input tool and a second input tool to the terminal including an input unit capable of detecting physical touch and electrical input according to the present invention includes detecting a touch input made with the first and second input tools to the input unit; displaying at least one line movable according to contact points of the detected input on a display unit of the terminal; receiving a selection command based on the electrical input made with at least one of the first and second input tools; and displaying one of the at least one line as the line of which at least one of length and direction is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaemyoung Lee, Saegee Oh, Jinyoung Jeon, Hyunmi Park
  • Patent number: 9804686
    Abstract: A Head Mount Display (HMD) and a method for controlling the HMD are disclosed. The method includes detecting an external device in an image captured by the HMD, recognizing at least one component from a first User Interface (UI) of the external device, the at least one component including a keypad or a window for outputting data corresponding to an input signal to the keypad, generating a second UI including the recognized at least one component, displaying the second UI in the HMD, wherein the at least one component of the first UI being displayed on the external device is overlaid with the displayed second UI using the image from which the external device is detected, and displaying data corresponding to an input signal currently received at the external device on the second UI in the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Hyorim Park
  • Patent number: 9804703
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a touch input device includes a cover layer; a touch sensor; a display panel which is located under the cover layer; a pressure electrode which is located under the display panel; and a first converter which converts a signal comprising information for electrical characteristics outputted from the pressure electrode to a digital signal; wherein a driving signal is applied to the touch sensor and a touch position is detected from a sensing signal which is outputted from the touch sensor; and wherein a magnitude of a touch pressure is detected from the digital signal converted by the first converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Bonkee Kim, Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9787975
    Abstract: A method of displaying a stereoscopic image includes outputting a left-eye image to a first and a second display block of a display panel during an N-th frame. Light is provided to the first display block during a first period of the N-th frame and light is provided to the second display block during a second period of the N-th frame. A right-eye image is output to the first and second display blocks of the display panel during an M-th frame. Light is provided to the first display block during a first period of the M-th frame and light is provided light to the second display block during a second period of the M-th frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam-Hee Goo, Byoung-Jun Lee, Yun-Jae Kim, Myoung-Chul Kim, Jae-Ho Choi, Bo-Ram Kim, Ji-Woong Kim, Jong-Yoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9772722
    Abstract: A method can include determining an initial position of an object with respect to a sensing region formed by a plurality of sensors and having a core region bounded by at least one edge; if the initial position is proximate to the edge and a size of the object was previously calculated, determining a final edge position of the object using the previously calculated object size; and if the initial position is proximate to the edge and the size of the object was not previously calculated, determining a size of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeffrey David Tucker, Benjamin James Avery
  • Patent number: 9772691
    Abstract: A mobile device has a user interface comprising a plurality of keys arranged in a plurality of groups. A processor is operatively coupled to the user input device to receive user input from the user input device and to identify which group of keys has received the user input. A display is operatively coupled to the processor for displaying characters corresponding to the keys of the group in response to the user input. The keys may have capacitive touch sensors with haptic feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Melecio Leano Mortel
  • Patent number: 9740330
    Abstract: In one aspect, a touch sensor includes a dielectric surface layer; drive electrodes disposed on the dielectric surface layer and arranged radially about a center, the drive electrodes defining a perimeter about the center, and a sense electrode disposed on the dielectric surface layer and arranged between two of the drive electrodes. Each drive electrode can include: an outer radial section extending radially along the perimeter; a central section extending from the outer radial section towards the center; and an inner radial section comprising a first section extending radially away from the central section in a first radial direction and a second section, shorter than the first section, extending radially away from the central section in a second radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Lowry D. Lewis
  • Patent number: 9733790
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an approach for populating a virtual environment with objects. In one embodiment, an editing application may track a handheld device using sensor data from a camera, by following an image displayed on the handheld device's screen. The editing application then updates the position of an object in the virtual environment according to the tracked position of the handheld device. Initially, the handheld device may be placed at a fixed location for calibration purposes, during which the editing application initializes a mapping between the virtual and physical environments. To add an object to the virtual environment, a user may select the object on the handheld device. The user may then place the object at a desired location and orientation in the virtual environment by moving the handheld device in the physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sumner, Gioacchino Noris
  • Patent number: 9710057
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for head mounted display (HMD) implementations. In one example implementation, a HMD includes a circuit for communicating with a computing system that processes multimedia content for display in the HMD. Further included is a front unit of the HMD that has a screen for displaying multimedia content, and the front unit has a set of LEDs. The HMD includes an accelerometer and gyroscope disposed in the front unit of the HMD. A rear section of the HMD is provided having a set of LEDs. A headband connecting the front unit to the rear section is included, such that adjustment of the headband changes a separation distance between at least one of the set of LEDs of the front unit and at least one of the set of LEDs of the rear section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Mikhailov, Eric Larsen, Jeffrey Roger Stafford
  • Patent number: 9711085
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel circuit, an organic light emitting display panel and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit comprises a light emitting device (01), a charging module (02), a driving module (03), and a testing module (04) having a control terminal connected to a test signal terminal (TEST) for providing a test signal switching between a displaying period of time and a testing period of time, a second input terminal (a2) connected to an output terminal of the light emitting device (01), and a third output terminal (b3) connected to a second reference signal terminal (Ref2). Through the pixel circuit, a current signal for driving the light emitting device (01) to emit light can reach the uniformity standard so that display luminance of pixels is uniform and quality of a display picture is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9690419
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit and a driving method thereof, a display device, which relates to the field of display technology. The gate driving circuit may comprise a plurality of mutually cascaded shift register units and a pre-charging unit, the gate row drive scanning and touch control scanning of the plurality of mutually cascaded shift register units are performed alternately. By additionally arranging a pre-charging unit connected with the corresponding first stage of shift register unit when the gate row drive scanning is performed again after the touch control scanning is accomplished, the first stage of shift register unit can be pre-charged during the touch control scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanbo Zhang, Jiayang Zhao, Seungwoo Han, Xiangxiang Zou
  • Patent number: 9679533
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes: an illumination light setter which sets illumination light for illuminating an illumination area which includes at least one of a space or an object; an image light setter which sets image light for projecting a projection image which includes at least one of a graphic or a character; and a light projector which emits the illumination light set by the illumination light setter, and projects the image light set by the image light setter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Kawamura, Kentaro Yamauchi, Atsushi Motoya
  • Patent number: 9679512
    Abstract: A shift register and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit, and display apparatus are provided. The shift register comprises: first input module configured to pull up potential of first node under the effect of signal received by input terminal; output module configured to pull up potential of output terminal under the effect of the potential of the first node; reset module configured to pull down the potential of the first node under the effect of signal received by reset terminal; and output pulling-down module configured to pull down the potential of the output terminal under the effect of first clock signal, wherein the above identified modules are connected to the first node; and second input module configured to connect the input terminal to the first node within operation time of the first input module and the output pulling-down module under the effect of the first clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanbo Zhang, Seung Woo Han, Yun Sik Im
  • Patent number: 9679528
    Abstract: A shift register unit provides a gate voltage to a nth pixel of a liquid crystal display and includes first to third N-type transistors. Gates of the first and second N-type transistors respectively receive gate voltages of n-2th and n-2th pixels. First ends of the first and second N-type transistors respectively receive first and second input signals. Second ends of the first and second N-type transistors are coupled to a gate of the third N-type transistor The gate voltages of the n-2th and n-2th pixels respectively control conduction of the first and second N-type transistors so as to allow the first and second input signals to selectively conduct on the third N-type transistor. A first end of the third N-type transistor is coupled to a first or second clock signal, and a second end is a voltage output end coupled to the nth pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Xiaojiang Yu
  • Patent number: 9672786
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes: selectively providing a resistance using resistor parts in response to address signals, where the resistor parts have resistances, respectively; and outputting common voltages to the display panel based on the selectively provided resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Pyun, Tong-Ill Kwak, Jong-Hyun Lee, Woon-Yong Lim, Eui-Myeong Cho
  • Patent number: 9639225
    Abstract: A method and circuitry for detecting a touch on a device is provided herein. Touch-sensing circuitry comprises two antennas coupled to two voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs). A phase locked loop (PLL) is provided coupled to the VCOs. The PLL compares a VCO output with a frequency source (temperature controlled crystal oscillator (TCXO)), and outputs a tuning voltage (steering voltage) for the VCO that is based on the difference between the VCO frequency and the TCXO frequency. The steering voltages for each VCO are compared, and a decision is made as to whether or not a touch has been made to the antennas. If the antennas have been touched, a location of the touch is determined based on a difference in the steering voltages of the two VCOs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bing Qin Lim, Murali Kuyimbil, Wai Mun Lee, Lee Sun Ooi, Wooi Ping Teoh
  • Patent number: 9639154
    Abstract: A computer detects a person in an environment. The computer determines a view direction of the person. The computer displays content relevant to the determined view direction of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Craig M. Trim
  • Patent number: 9632318
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a main body and an input operation unit. The main body includes a display unit configured to be capable of presenting an image to a user, and is configured to be mountable on a head of the user. The input operation unit includes an operating element having a longitudinal direction in a direction of a first axis, is configured to be capable of electrostatically detecting a first operation on the operating element along the direction of the first axis and detecting a second operation on the operating element along a direction of a second axis orthogonal to the direction of the first axis, and is provided to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Kenichi Kabasawa, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Shinobu Kuriya, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hisako Sugano, Hirotaka Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9594442
    Abstract: A handwriting input device includes: a touch panel which can detect a touch given through a sheet of paper; and a control section. The control section obtains position information of a touch point on the touch panel at first time intervals, and determines a location of a sheet on the touch panel to obtain sheet location information, at second time intervals. The control section outputs the position information of the touch points and the corresponding sheet location information. The control section optionally calculates displacement amounts of the sheet on the basis of a change of the sheet location information, and outputs the position information of the touch points and the corresponding displacement amounts of the sheet. The control section optionally corrects the position information of the touch points on the basis of the displacement amounts of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Shibata, Keiichiro Hyodo, Masayuki Inoue