Patents Examined by Kumar Patel
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Patent number: 10019154Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for operating items with multiple fingers, adapted to a portable apparatus having a touch screen, are provided. In the method, a first touch operation performed on at least one item displayed on the touch screen is detected. A time of the first touch operation staying on the at least one item is accumulated and determined whether to be over a threshold. When the staying time is over the threshold, an edit mode of the item is entered and a second touch operation performed on the touch screen is detected. Finally, the at least one item is operated according to the first touch operation and the second touch operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Ching-Tung Liu, Hsueh-Chun Chen, Chih-Wei Yang, Wei-Nien Shih
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Patent number: 10013058Abstract: One embodiment of a touch-based user interface may include a haptic feedback layer with one or more actuators configured to supply a haptic feedback. The one or more actuators may be embedded in a nonconductive material. The touch-based user interface may further include a printed circuit board layer underlying the haptic feedback layer. The printed circuit board layer may include one or more conductive traces configured to supply a voltage to the one or more actuators.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul G. Puskarich, Michael Pilliod
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Patent number: 10013085Abstract: The invention disclosure a full-in-cell touch screen panel and a mobile device including a plurality of the sensor pads arranged in a matrix, a plurality of data lines arranged along the row direction of the matrix, a data driving device connected to the data lines and a plurality of transistors formed on the data line, wherein each transistor of the plurality of the transistors is formed in each of the data line, the drain electrode of each transistor is connected to the corresponding data line, the gate electrodes of all of the plurality of the transistors are all connected to the specific enable terminal of the data driving device. According to the full-in-cell touch screen panel and its display apparatus, the electric charge coupled to the liquid crystal in the touch scanning period can be released.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feilin Ji, Taisheng An
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Patent number: 10007384Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a touch recognition area that recognizes a touch input and a non-recognition area that does not recognize the touch input. The touch recognition area includes first touch electrodes connected in a first direction and second touch electrodes connected in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The non-recognition area includes a driver that obtains coordinate information of the touch input by using the first and second touch electrodes and outer wires connecting the first and second touch electrodes and the driver.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jungmok Park
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Patent number: 9984646Abstract: The present invention provides a driving circuit for display panel, which comprises a power supply circuit and a driving unit. The power supply circuit outputs a driving power supply voltage. The driving unit produces a driving signal according to a data signal and the driving power supply voltage for driving the display panel. In addition, the voltage level of the driving power supply voltage increases to a predetermined level. Thereby, during the process of charging the display panel by the data driving circuit, the driving power supply voltage output by the power supply circuit increases from a low level to a predetermined level for reducing the power consumption of the driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: SITRONIX TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventor: Jia-Chi Zheng
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Patent number: 9977532Abstract: An input apparatus includes a sensor section configured to include a plurality of detection units, and to control positive and negative polarities of a detection signal at each detection position, a control unit configured to generate a group of combined detection signals in which polarity patterns are different from each other, and a signal reproduction unit configured to reproduce signal levels of a group of detection signals on the basis of a group of combined detection signals and a group of polarity patterns, in which at least some of the plurality of detection units differ in the number of detection positions, and the control unit selects the group of polarity patterns according to the number of detection positions so that the number of positive polarities and the number of negative polarities included in each of the polarity patterns are similar to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Takahashi, Shinichi Sagawai
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Patent number: 9972261Abstract: A GOA (Gate driver On Array) for an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) device is disclosed herein. The LCD device comprises a plurality of scanning lines. The GOA circuit comprises a plurality of GOA units, which are cascaded with each other as a plurality of level GOA units. The (n)th level GOA unit comprises a clock circuit, a pull-down circuit, a bootstrap capacitor circuit, a pull-up circuit, and a pull-down sustain circuit, to improve the color shift issue of a Tri-gate.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.Inventors: Xiaoxiao Wang, Peng Du
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Patent number: 9965062Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to selectively enhancing content displayed on a display device. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising tracking a gaze location at which a gaze of a user intersects the graphical user interface, and upon detecting a gaze pattern that meets a defined gaze pattern condition indicative of difficulty in perceiving an item at the gaze location, displaying the item in at the gaze location a visually enhanced form via a user interface object displayed separately from the item at the gaze location.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventor: Pablo Luis Sala
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Patent number: 9965037Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a touch panel to detect a touch input, a haptic panel to produce a tactile sensation, a haptic driver to control the haptic panel, and a curvature detector to detect a curvature of the display panel. The haptic driver controls a haptic signal corresponding to an output of the curvature detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wonki Hong, Seunglyong Bok, Jongseo Lee
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Patent number: 9959594Abstract: A method includes fusing at least three images together into a single fused image, wherein at least one of the three images includes a binary-pattern representation image. A system includes an image processing system (100) that combines an anatomical image, a functional image and a binary-pattern representation image into a single image. A computer readable storage medium encoded with computer executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the processor to combine an anatomical image, a functional image, and a binary-pattern representation of a different functional image into a single image such that the anatomical image and the functional image are visible in interspaces between binary points of the binary-pattern representation of the functional image.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Raz Carmi
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Patent number: 9959801Abstract: A picture-frame size of a display device including self light-emitting type display elements which are driven by a current is reduced over conventional devices. Transistors for controlling supply of a light-emission enable signal outputted from an emission driver to emission lines are provided between the emission driver and the emission lines. In such a configuration, based on selection signals provided to the transistors, one of the transistors is brought into an on state in each subframe, and each of the transistors is brought into an on state once during one frame period.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori Ohara, Noboru Noguchi, Noritaka Kishi
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Patent number: 9958965Abstract: There is provided a mode switching method of a dual mode optical navigation device. The dual mode optical navigation device is configured to be operated on a working surface and has a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface having an included angle with the first bottom surface. The mode switching method includes: determining whether the first bottom surface or the second bottom surface contacts with the working surface; switching the dual mode optical navigation device to a first mode when identifying that the first bottom surface contacts with the working surface; and switching the dual mode optical navigation device to a second mode when identifying that the second bottom surface contacts with the working surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventor: Sai-Mun Lee
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Patent number: 9958695Abstract: In some embodiments, a system and/or method may operate a liquid crystal device. The method may include increasing a voltage provided to a driven level to a liquid crystal addressable element of the liquid crystal device. Said increasing may be performed over a time period greater than 1 ms. The liquid crystal addressable element may be in a driven state at the driven level. The method may include reducing the provided voltage to a relaxed level. The liquid crystal addressable element may be in a relaxed state at the relaxed level. Said increasing the voltage over the time period to the driven level may result in a reduced acoustical noise associated with the provided voltage. In some embodiments, the liquid crystal device may include a three-dimensional (3D) display.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: zSpace, Inc.Inventors: Dmytro Yu Reznikov, Mark F. Flynn, Chun Wun Yeung
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Patent number: 9953575Abstract: Disclosed is a method of driving a display device that includes, for example, generating a gate control signal, a data control signal and an image data using an image signal; generating a data voltage using the data control signal and the image data; generating a gate voltage using the gate control signal; and sequentially applying the gate voltage of a high level to q groups of the plurality of gate lines during q frames, respectively, where q is an integer greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dae-Seok Oh, Moon-Soo Chung
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Patent number: 9952723Abstract: A touch window includes a first electrode disposed on an electrode substrate, an intermediate layer on the electrode substrate, and a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer. A material of the electrode substrate is different from a material of the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTDInventors: Soung Kyu Park, Mun Suk Kang, Do Youb Kwon, Ji Chang Ryu, Seok Pyo Yun, Gyu Rin Lee, Jin Seok Lee, Chung Wan Lee, Jae Hak Her
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Patent number: 9954943Abstract: A method for configuring multi-vision by an electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining, by the electronic device, a user input, generating first user input information from the obtained user input, determining whether the electronic device is one of a master device and a slave device, when the electronic device is determined to be the master device, obtaining second user input information from one or more other electronic devices, and determining an arrangement structure of one of the master device and the slave device based on one of the first user input information and the second user input information.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gyu-Cheol Choi, Hyung-Jin Kim, Jung-Il Cho
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Patent number: 9946076Abstract: A system projects a user-viewable, computer-generated or -fed image, wherein a head-mounted projector is used to project an image onto a retro-reflective surface, so only the viewer can see the image. The projector is connected to a computer that contains software to create virtual 2-D and or 3-D images for viewing by the user. Further, one projector each is mounted on either side of the user's head, and, by choosing for example a retro angle of less than about 10 degrees, each eye can only see the image of one of the projectors at a give distance up to 3 meters, in this example, from the retro-reflective screen. The retro angle used may be reduced with larger viewing distance desired. These projectors use lasers to avoid the need for focusing, and in some cases there projectors use instead of lasers highly collimated LED light sources to avoid the need for focusing.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Inventors: Gerard Dirk Smits, Dan Kikinis
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Patent number: 9946411Abstract: Disclosed is a touch panel including a cover substrate including an active area and an unactive area, first and second sensing electrodes extending in mutually different directions on the active area, a first printed circuit board connected with one end of the first sensing electrode, and a second printed circuit board connected with an opposite end of the first sensing electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin Bok Kim
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Patent number: 9946841Abstract: A medical image display apparatus including a touch screen configured to display a medical image and receive input from a user; and a controller configured to acquire first information about a first region of the touch screen, the first region corresponding to a touch range of a finger of the user, to select, based on the first information, a first user interface from among a plurality of user interfaces related to the medical image, the first user interface corresponding to a size of the first region, and to control the touch screen to display the selected first user interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoon-woo Jun, Ji-woo Kim, Jin-gyu Seo, Min-Ju Lee, Seung-ju Lee, Jin-ho Yim
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Patent number: 9946389Abstract: The disclosed variable pressure touch system includes an information handling system (IHS) that may take many forms. In one embodiment, the IHS may be a tablet with a touch sensor in the form of a touch sensitive display. A user may apply pressure to the touch sensor with a finger, stylus, or other pointing device. The touch sensor may then generate a current pressure indication of the current pressure exhibited by the touch on the touch sensor. In one embodiment, a touch tool of the IHS may receive the current pressure indication and generate a display image on the display of the IHS that changes as the current pressure indication changes. In other embodiments, the touch tool of the IHS may receive the current pressure indication and generate a visual indicator on the display of the IHS that changes as the current pressure indication changes.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jennifer L. Milam, Pamela A. Nesbitt