Patents Examined by Kirk Hermann
  • Patent number: 9581822
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, a head-mounted display is provided. The head-mounted display includes a casing having an opening portion; and a movable member movable between a first position in which the movable member covers the opening portion, and a second position in which the movable member does not cover the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyasu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 9578148
    Abstract: A smartphone may be provided that includes: a cover layer; an LCD panel; a backlight unit which is located under the LCD panel; a pressure electrode which is located under the backlight unit; a shielding member which is located under the pressure electrode; and a converter which converts a signal comprising information for a capacitance change amount outputted from the pressure electrode to a digital signal. A magnitude of a touch pressure is detected from the digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: HiDeep Inc.
    Inventors: Bonkee Kim, Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9564074
    Abstract: A system and a method for luminance correction that can remove luminance spots of a display device. The system includes a display device, an image detection unit, and a luminance correction device. The display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels including first sub-pixels and corresponding second sub-pixels. The image detection unit is configured to measure respective luminance values of the first sub-pixels. The luminance correction device is configured to supply test data so that only the first sub-pixels emit light, and to calculate correction values corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels based on difference values between the respective luminance values measured by the image detection unit and one or more target luminance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Geun Jun, Min-Cheol Kim, In-Hwan Kim, An-Su Lee
  • Patent number: 9563290
    Abstract: An input device includes: an input detector that detects a portion of a detection surface pressed by a position specifying object via a sheet placed on the detection surface; a correction information acquisitor that acquires correction information to correct a difference between a shape of a contact portion of the position specifying object in contact with the sheet and a shape of a portion pressed by the contact portion detected by the input detector; and a corrector that corrects a value detected by the input detector on the basis of the correction information acquired by the correction information acquisitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takamasa Niwa, Keiichiro Hyodo, Tetsuhiro Shibata, Yasuhiko Yamaguchi, Masayuki Inoue, Kenta Hosaka
  • Patent number: 9564091
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed at a display area; a data driver; and a plurality of driver connection lines disposed at a peripheral area and connecting the plurality of data lines and the data driver, wherein the plurality of driver connection lines include a plurality of first connection portions connected to the plurality of data lines, a plurality of second connection portions connected to the data driver, and a plurality of oblique line portions disposed between the plurality of first connection portions and the plurality of second connection portions, and an imaginary line connecting a plurality of direction change portions disposed at a boundary portion between the plurality of second connection portions and the plurality of oblique line portions does not have a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: So-Woon Kim
  • Patent number: 9557913
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, and displaying the input character left of a cursor located within a ticker rendered on the display proximate to the virtual keyboard, wherein the cursor has a set position located towards a centre of the ticker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Alistair Robert Hamilton, Andrew Douglas Bocking, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Patent number: 9557863
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch panel, including: a cover lens, an optical compensation layer and a sensing electrode layer disposed between the cover lens and the optical compensation layer, wherein an etching region and a non-etching region are defined in the sensing electrode layer; an optical match is formed by the optical compensation layer with the sensing electrode layer, wherein the optical compensation layer receives incident light through the cover lens and the sensing electrode to reconcile the hue of the reflected light correspondingly formed from the etching region and the non-etching region. The present disclosure also provides a method for fabricating a touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: I-Chung Hsu, Chunyong Zhang, Lichun Yang, Kuo-Shu Hsu, Yuan-Jen Shih
  • Patent number: 9552079
    Abstract: A method, electronic device, and system for remote text input in the electronic device are provided. A display signal may be outputted in the electronic device, displaying a text field for inputting text (e.g., by the user of the electronic device). A request for text input may be sent from the electronic device to another device (e.g., a communication device) which may be addressed by an identifier of the other device (e.g., a SIM of the communication device). The electronic device may then receive the requested text input from the other device (e.g., once the user of the other device enters the requested text).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SWISSCOM AG
    Inventor: Guy Papstein
  • Patent number: 9536490
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel and driving method thereof, and display device. The display panel includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate, disposed oppositely; the array substrate comprising a plurality of scan lines, disposed at intervals; a plurality of data line, disposed at intervals, and crossing over and isolated from the scan lines; and a plurality of pixel units, arranged in a matrix form, and driven by the scan lines and data lines; each of the pixel units further divided into at least two active areas; the color filter substrate includes at least two common electrodes, disposed correspondingly to the active areas, the at least two common electrodes applying common voltages independently. The present invention can eliminate the non-uniform luminance problem in display images and improve the display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chengcai Dong
  • Patent number: 9535524
    Abstract: A touch display is disclosed including a display module, a polarizer disposed on the display module, and a plurality of touch electrodes at least partly coated on the polarizer, wherein the touch electrodes are formed by nano-silver. Since the touch electrodes formed by nano-silver is employed in the display, a multifunctional touch display is provided. A method for making the touch display is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Yu Liu, Li-Wei Kung, Hsi-Chien Lin, Hong-Siang Shao
  • Patent number: 9524419
    Abstract: An exhibition device includes a support stage, a display panel, a position sensor, a camera module, a memory, and a processor. The support stage includes a support surface defining a support area for supporting an exhibition object. The position sensor is aligned with the support area. The position sensor detects whether the exhibition object is picked up. The camera module is located on the display panel and orientates toward the support area to capture images in real time. The memory stores basic information and detail information of the exhibition object. The processor analyzes the images to determine whether a face feature exists in the images, and controls the display panel to display the basic information if the sizes of the face feature become bigger, and controls the display panel to display the detail information when the exhibition object is picked up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jen-Tsorng Chang
  • Patent number: 9519349
    Abstract: A mechanical interface device having a number of three-dimensional tactile actuators is mounted to the touchscreen of an electronic device having a monitor, wherein a controller coupled to the touchscreen and to the monitor is operative to cause the monitor to display graphic images and/or text in response to engagement with or movement along the surface of the touchscreen by the three-dimensional tactile actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Garvis, Joseph S. Barnicki, Lucas J. Krocker, Kevin W. Palmer
  • Patent number: 9514701
    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: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Hyun Pyun, Tong-Ill Kwak, Jong-Hyun Lee, Woon-Yong Lim, Eui-Myeong Cho
  • Patent number: 9507219
    Abstract: A vertical alignment liquid crystal display device (VA-LCD) includes a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel unit includes a first thin film transistor (TFT), a second TFT, and a liquid crystal capacitor having a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The common electrode is applied with a common voltage, a first gray voltage is applied to the pixel electrode through a first TFT, and a second gray voltage is applied to the pixel electrode through a second TFT different from the first gray voltage, such that liquid crystal capacitor maintains two different gray voltages in a display frame time of the VA-LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yueh-Ping Chang, Chao-Yi Hung
  • Patent number: 9501971
    Abstract: The described technology relates generally to an organic light emitting display and a method for driving the same. According to an exemplary embodiment, an image is displayed by dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-fields, and a gamma curve is realized with a combination of a plurality of sub-fields respectively corresponding to a plurality of grays of image data so that image data can be compensated without adding a memory. In addition, the embodiment can extract the one combination by setting a combination of sub-fields that exceeds one frame time among the plurality of sub-fields to be an exception condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji-Gong Lee
  • Patent number: 9489090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch technology and provides a capacitive touch panel which has low-visibility metal jumper. The touch panel comprises of a transparent substrate and at least one metal juniper. A mask layer, reflectance of which is lower than that of the metal jumper, is set between the metal jumper and the transparent substrate to block the light reflected by the metal jumper. The mask layer can reduce light reflection of the metal jumper so as to reduce visibility of the metal jumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Kwan-Sin Ho, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9483976
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a system for display compensation relate to the field of display technique. The method for display compensation includes: measuring luminance of each of pixels in a full-color test picture outputted from a display apparatus in a uncompensated status when the display apparatus outputs the full-color test picture; obtaining a reference luminance value according to the measured luminance values of the respective pixels; obtaining compensation coefficients for the respective pixels according to the reference luminance value and the luminance values of the respective pixels; performing a compensation and correction on signals inputted to the respective pixels respectively according to the compensation coefficients. By utilizing the method, the issue of the non-uniformity of the display effect in the display apparatus can be addressed effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyup Jeon, Bongyeol Ryu, Seong Jun An
  • Patent number: 9478189
    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 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Lowry D. Lewis
  • Patent number: 9477084
    Abstract: A light guide member includes four or more curved surfaces including three or more non-axisymmetric curved surfaces so that video light emitted from a video element and passing through the light guide member is displayed to an observer on a divergent optical path in an enlarged manner. Reflection of the video light is made four times by four surfaces different from one another in the inside of the light guide member, such that at least total reflection is performed on a third surface as a second reflection among the four times of reflections, total reflection is performed on a first surface as a third reflection, reflection is performed on a second surface as the fourth reflection, and the video light reaches the eyes of the observer by being transmitted through the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Komatsu, Takahiro Totani, Masayuki Takagi, Takashi Takeda, Toshiaki Miyao
  • Patent number: 9471216
    Abstract: A mobile terminal having a circle type display and a method for controlling the same is disclosed herein. A scroll bar is provided at an edge of the circle type display in response to a user input. The user may control the mobile terminal and the circle type display through touch inputs on the scroll bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seonmi Lee, Sijin Lim, Yeonkyung Kim, Eunjin Kim