Patents Examined by Kumar Patel
  • Patent number: 9940898
    Abstract: A method for displaying video. The method includes executing an application at a processor. As instructed by the processor when executing the application, the method includes rendering a plurality of image frames at a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs). The method includes determining information related to relative timing between renderings of the plurality of image frames. The method includes encoding the plurality of image frames into a video file. The method includes encoding the information into the video file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Cook, Lu Liu
  • Patent number: 9939971
    Abstract: A display apparatus, including a display panel generating an image; a window member on the display panel and including a display region transmitting the image and a non-display region adjacent to the display region; and a touch panel between the display panel and the window member, the touch panel including a lower base member; an upper base member including a front portion overlapped with an upper surface of the lower base member, and a side portion bent from the front portion and covering a side of the lower base member; touch electrodes on at least one of the upper surface of the lower base member and a lower surface of the upper base member; and signal lines connected to the touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Namkung
  • Patent number: 9934721
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting display device including: a display unit having a first display region and a second display region, and comprising a plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to calculate an OPR (On Pixel Ratio) of the plurality of pixels from video data input from an outside, and to generate corrected video data for decreasing driving current of the plurality of pixels based on the OPR, the OPR including a first OPR that corresponds to the first display region and a second OPR that corresponds to the second display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Young An, Ho Suk Maeng
  • Patent number: 9933849
    Abstract: A method, a computing device and a computer program product are provided in order to automatically apply window leveling to an image, such as a medical image. In the context of a method, a gaze location within an image is determined based upon a determination that a user is staring at the gaze location. The method also determines a region of interest within the image based upon the gaze location and determines pixel values for pixels within the region of interest. The method also establishes window level values based upon the pixel values for pixels within the region of interest and applies window leveling based upon the window level values established based upon the pixel values for pixels within the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: CHANGE HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Ramze Rezaee, Clifford Edwards
  • Patent number: 9928019
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to shadowing objects displayed in head worn computing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Osterhout Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Lohse, Edward H. Nortrup
  • Patent number: 9922614
    Abstract: A source driver circuit includes a receiver, a plurality of amplifying buffers, and a control logic circuit. The receiver receives a data signal and a control signal through an input terminal. Each of the amplifying buffers outputs a driving signal generated based on the image data signal through an output terminal. The control logic circuit controls the receiver and the plurality of amplifying buffers based on the control signal. When a power-down signal is provided to the receiver, the control logic circuit is to turn off at least one of the receiver and the plurality of amplifying buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chulho Choi
  • Patent number: 9921737
    Abstract: A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes: a screen generator configured to generate a user interface (UI) screen; a plurality of sensors configured to sense deformation of the flexible apparatus and output a result of sensing; a storage configured to store a crumple determining condition with regard to crumpling of the flexible apparatus; and a controller configured to determine whether the result of the sensing by the plurality of sensors satisfies the crumple determining condition stored in the storage, and in response to determining that the crumple determining condition is satisfied, perform an operation corresponding to the crumple determining condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo, Kyung-a Kang, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Geun-ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9917610
    Abstract: A method includes detecting, by a contact sensing layer, a position of one or more fingers of a mobile device user, the contact sensing layer is located in a back area of a mobile device and the one or more fingers of the mobile device user are in direct contact with the contact sensing layer, receiving the detected position of the one or more fingers, identifying a plurality of advanced features contained in at least one software application running on the mobile device, selecting a feedback type based on the plurality of advanced features, and sending the selected feedback type to an interactive layer of the mobile device causing the interactive layer to generate a notification which is detectable by the one or more fingers, the notification communicates at least one of the advanced features to the mobile device user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chi, Yu Wei Sun, Li Yue, Kang Zhang, Liyi Zhou
  • Patent number: 9912364
    Abstract: A method includes detecting, by a contact sensing layer, a position of one or more fingers of a mobile device user, the contact sensing layer is located in a back area of a mobile device and the one or more fingers of the mobile device user are in direct contact with the contact sensing layer, receiving the detected position of the one or more fingers, identifying a plurality of advanced features contained in at least one software application running on the mobile device, selecting a feedback type based on the plurality of advanced features, and sending the selected feedback type to an interactive layer of the mobile device causing the interactive layer to generate a notification which is detectable by the one or more fingers, the notification communicates at least one of the advanced features to the mobile device user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chi, Yu Wei Sun, Li Yue, Kang Zhang, Liyi Zhou
  • Patent number: 9911236
    Abstract: An optical see-through head-mounted display device includes a see-through lens which combines an augmented reality image with light from a real-world scene, while an opacity filter is used to selectively block portions of the real-world scene so that the augmented reality image appears more distinctly. The opacity filter can be a see-through LCD panel, for instance, where each pixel of the LCD panel can be selectively controlled to be transmissive or opaque, based on a size, shape and position of the augmented reality image. Eye tracking can be used to adjust the position of the augmented reality image and the opaque pixels. Peripheral regions of the opacity filter, which are not behind the augmented reality image, can be activated to provide a peripheral cue or a representation of the augmented reality image. In another aspect, opaque pixels are provided at a time when an augmented reality image is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Bob Crocco, Alex Kipman, John Lewis
  • Patent number: 9904363
    Abstract: An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit and for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that the click sensation is provided to the object, after the input to the input unit is received, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard lower than the predetermined standard for receiving the input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the input unit of a pressure type, which enables a continuous input operation without a feeling of strangeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomotake Aono, Yuta Shiokawa, Kaoru Tashiro
  • Patent number: 9904053
    Abstract: A head-mounted type display device includes an image display unit that is mounted on the head of a user to display an image, and is capable of transmitting an external landscape, a nine-axis sensor and a head side sensor which detect a relative position of the image display unit to the head of the user. An AR display control unit of the head-mounted type display device adjusts a display position of an object that is displayed on the image display unit on the basis of a detection result of the nine-axis sensor and the head side sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya Sato
  • Patent number: 9905198
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a shading module, a second substrate, optical sensors, and a parallel-to-serial converter. The shading module is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed corresponding to the first substrate. The optical sensors are disposed on the second substrate, and are disposed corresponding to the shading module. The optical sensors are configured to output sensing signals according to an offset amount between the optical sensors and the shading module. One of the optical sensors includes a first switch and a second switch, in which the first switch and the second switch are coupled in cascade. The parallel-to-serial converter is configured to generate the serial signal according to the sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Jung Huang, Wen-Chang Liao, Ting-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 9892707
    Abstract: A display control device is connected to and controls a display device. The display control device comprises a frame buffer store, and a control component. The display control device is arranged to receive (S1) compressed display data, store (S2) the received compressed display data in the frame buffer store, and for each frame refresh of the display device access (S3) stored compressed display data, decompress (S4) the accessed display data, and output S5 the decompressed display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: DisplayLink (UK) Limited
    Inventor: William Stoye
  • Patent number: 9891663
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELCTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Hyun-jin Kim, Yun-kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 9891744
    Abstract: The touch detecting circuit is a capacitive detecting circuit correctable with a sensor capacitance, and includes an integration capacitance. In the touch detecting circuit, a sensor capacitance connected with the touch detecting circuit is charged and discharged; electric charges to input and output for charging and discharging the sensor capacitance are cumulatively added to the integration capacitance. The electric charges to he added to the integration capacitance are inverted in polarity according to directions of charge transfer accompanying the charge and discharge. Not only when charging the sensor capacitance, but also when discharging the sensor capacitance, the absolute values of electric charges to be moved are integrated and therefore, the amount of signals is doubled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Japan GK
    Inventor: Takayuki Noto
  • Patent number: 9891731
    Abstract: A touch panel of the present invention includes: a cover substrate; a connector being provided on an area of the cover substrate other than a display area, and including a color layer and a shield layer, the shield layer being formed from a multilayer structure, the multilayer structure being configured so that a metal layer and a dielectric layer which is thicker than the metal layer are alternately laminated; and a touch panel substrate being arranged to face the cover substrate with the connector interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ULVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Harada, Atsuhito Ihori, Toshihiro Suzuki, Hidenori Yanagitsubo, Masahiro Matsumoto, Masashi Kubo, Makoto Arai
  • Patent number: 9891736
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a surface of a smartphone 10 is covered with a transparent protective panel 22 supported by rims 16 of a housing 12, and a display device 18 and touch panel 20 are placed in a storage part 14 of the housing 12. The protective panel 22 is constituted by joining a glass plate 22A and resin plate 22B together, and concave parts 30A, 30B are provided on the joining surface side of the resin plate 22B, with piezoelectric vibrating elements 40 placed therein and joined to the glass plate 22A, wherein vibration is transmitted to the surface of the protective panel 22 as surface acoustic waves, demonstrating a haptic function, and also, audible vibration is generated because the modulus of elasticity of the resin plate 22B is lower than that of the glass plate 22A, achieving an operation as a speaker (or receiver).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Shigeo Ishii
  • Patent number: 9886121
    Abstract: A touch control display panel is disclosed. The touch control display panel includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The panel also includes a preliminary touch system having a plurality of preliminary touch electrodes located in at least either of a part of the display area and the non-display area, the preliminary touch system is configured to detect whether there is a touch in at least either of the part of the display area and the non-display area of the touch control display panel. The panel also includes a master touch system having a plurality of master touch electrodes located in the display area. In addition, the master touch electrodes are configured to detect whether there is a touch in the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI AVIC OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangchun Wang, Xupeng Wang, Zhengyuan Huang, Li Li
  • Patent number: 9881549
    Abstract: An OLED pixel unit, a method of driving the same and an OLED display device are provided. The OLED pixel unit comprises M driving modules, a light emitting module comprising N light emitting units and a selecting module for performing gating so that the light emitting unit about to emit light in each frame of picture is connected with the corresponding driving module, wherein M<N. The N light emitting units emit N colors of light. Each driving module generates at most one driving current in a frame of picture to drive one light emitting unit to emit light, and at least one driving module generates the driving current in each of frames of pictures to drive different light emitting units to emit light in the frames of pictures, so that the M driving modules drive the N light emitting units to emit light in n frames of pictures, wherein 2?n?N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongqian Li, Quanhu Li