Patents Examined by Laurence J Lee
  • Patent number: 10691256
    Abstract: Provided is a touch substrate and touch device including a touch region, wherein the touch region is provided with a plurality of first and second electrodes arranged in a perpendicular direction. The first electrodes are grouped and electrically coupled within the same group. The second electrodes are grouped, with individual elements interleaved and insulated, in order to minimize the overall number of signal lines, thus allowing for a reduced border width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongqiang Luo, Jianjun Wu, Yue Teng
  • Patent number: 10684700
    Abstract: A keyboard threshold change apparatus and a keyboard in which thresholds of the ON-sensing positions of the keys can be individually changed and the thresholds can be checked with illumination colors. The apparatus includes a keyboard having a light illuminating key tops of a plurality of keys and a threshold change unit capable of changing, for each key, a threshold used to determine an occurrence of a press of the key; and a computer connected to the keyboard including a mouse to input the threshold and a display unit outputting the threshold input with the mouse as an image, when the threshold for a key is changed with the mouse, the threshold change unit changes, based on the changed threshold for the key from the computer, a threshold for the key in the keyboard, and the light changes an illumination color of the key for which the threshold is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: TOPRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Toyosawa, Takatoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 10678372
    Abstract: A touch sensor system includes circuits operative to perform simultaneous signal transmission and detection of signal change. First circuits are configured to transmit first signals and second signals via first sensor electrodes implemented across a touch sensor in a first direction. One of these first circuits is configured simultaneously, via one of the first sensor electrodes, to transmit and to detect change of a first one of the first signals and to transmit a first one of the second signals. Second circuits configured to transmit third signals via second sensor electrodes implemented across the touch sensor in a second direction. One of these second circuits is configured simultaneously, via one of the second sensor electrodes, to transmit and to detect change of a first one of the third signals and to detect change of the first one of the second signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Patrick Troy Gray
  • Patent number: 10671473
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clock recovery system of a display apparatus including a clock recovery unit which uses changeable option information used for recovering a clock signal and defining a duty, generates delayed clock signals having the duty corresponding to the option information in a clock training section, and outputs one of the delayed clock signals as the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Moon, Yong Ik Jung, In Seok Kong, Jun Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10671206
    Abstract: A touch device and a touch method of a flexible OLED display apparatus are provided. The touch method includes: acquiring a variation value of a cathode voltage when the display mode is switched; comparing the variation value of the cathode voltage with a preset threshold value, and when the variation value of the cathode voltage exceeds the preset threshold value, increasing the emitter electrode voltage of the touch electrode layer in the Flexible OLED display apparatus. When the cathode voltage changes due to the display mode switching, if the variation value thereof exceeds the preset threshold value, the voltage output amplitude of the emitter electrode is increased, so as to keep the amount of variation of the electric quantity of the receiver electrode constant, thereby keeping the electric quantity of the node capacitance between the emitter and receiver electrodes constant and enhancing the consistency of touch performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dan Lin, Qibing Dai
  • Patent number: 10664098
    Abstract: A channel driver circuit includes a differential module and a driver module. In some examples, the channel driver circuit also includes a sigma-delta module. The differential module receives, via a single node of a load, a channel driving signal that is provided to the load at the single node (e.g., that is based on an electrical characteristic of the load) and generates an analog error signal that is based on the channel driving signal and a reference signal. The driver module is coupled to the differential module and generates the channel driving signal based on the analog error signal or a digital error signal corresponding to the analog error signal and transmits the channel driving signal via the single node to the load. The channel driver circuit simultaneously transmits the channel driving signal to the load at the single node and senses the channel driving signal at the single node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Phuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 10656675
    Abstract: A virtual reality helmet (300) and a virtual reality system (500) are disclosed. The virtual reality helmet comprises a helmet body (100) and an optical system (110), and the optical system is provided within the helmet body. The helmet body is provided with a detachable display screen (200). In operation, the display screen is snap-fitted to the helmet body, connects to an external video playing device (400) via a video transmission line, and displays the video data played by the video playing device. The optical system is configured to image a light emitted by the display screen. The video playing device is not attached to the helmet body, which reduces the weight worn on the head, and long-term usage does not easily cause neck fatigue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: GOERTEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kai Zhou
  • Patent number: 10649599
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device for using an amplifier to detect whether a user body is close to the electronic device and an operation method thereof. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: an antenna configured to be at least a part of an exterior of the electronic device; a variable element that has a capacitance in a designated range; and an amplifier connected to the variable element and configured to amplify a voltage of the variable element by a designated ratio and output an amplified voltage, wherein the capacitance of the variable element and the designated ratio may be configured so that a difference between a voltage of the antenna and the amplified voltage of the amplifier is smaller than a designated threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Jun Kim, Dongil Yang, Hyoseok Na
  • Patent number: 10635238
    Abstract: Included are a first cover base including an alkali glass layer, a first alkali-free glass layer provided on one face of the alkali glass layer, and a second alkali-free glass layer provided on another face of the alkali glass layer and a sensor that is provided on the first alkali-free glass layer of the first cover base and includes a plurality of first electrodes configured to detect the unevenness of a surface of an object to be detected that comes into contact with or close to the first cover base and a switching element. At least the first electrodes are formed above the first alkali-free glass layer and in a transmissive area that passes an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Shoji Hinata, Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yuji Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kanaya
  • Patent number: 10635135
    Abstract: A display panel includes a flexible substrate, a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region. The first display region has a quadrangle outline and includes a first side and a second side forming a first corner portion of the outline. The second display region is in contact with the first side and the width of the second display region in a direction parallel to the first side coincides with the length of the first side. The third display region is in contact with the second side and the width of the third display region in a direction parallel to the second side coincides with the length of the second side. The substrate includes a notch portion corresponding a region facing the first display region with the first corner portion provided therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10627954
    Abstract: A driving circuit for a touch panel is disclosed. The driving circuit switches between a mutual capacitance sensing mode and a self capacitance sensing mode using the same sensing circuit. As such, the driving circuit for a touch panel implements a hybrid touch panel that is capable of sensing a touch in either a mutual capacitance sensing mode or a self capacitance sensing mode without requiring a complex and large driving circuit for separate sensing circuits for each mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventor: Oh Kyong Kwon
  • Patent number: 10629101
    Abstract: An illuminated display with a display area having a plurality of numeric arrays formed of individual light emitting segments, and an alphanumeric array formed of individual light emitting segments and two light emitting serifs. The segments of the numeric arrays may be individually illuminated to collectively displays a single digit number in each array. The segments of the alphanumeric array may be individually illuminated to collectively displays a single digit number in the array or in combination with the serifs of the alphanumeric array to collectively displays a capital letter “B” in the alphanumeric array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: C-M GLO, LLC
    Inventors: Heather J. Smith, Andrew Weber
  • Patent number: 10606085
    Abstract: Disclosed is a reality glasses headset device for holding an electronic device without contacting the face of a user. The headset device includes a headband, first and second arms, and a holding unit to receive an electronic device. The headband is worn around the user's head. The headband includes a plurality of holes along a first side, and a second plurality of holes along a second, opposite side. The arms are configured to pivotably connect to holes on opposite sides of the headband. The holding unit includes a frame, a lens frame unit, a plurality of aspherical lenses, and an electronic device mounting unit. The frame has a left wall attached to the first arm, a right wall attached to the second arm, a top wall and a bottom wall. The arms are configured to maintain a position of the holding unit away from the user's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventor: Tetsuo Toyama
  • Patent number: 10599238
    Abstract: A scroll mouse includes a casing and a scroll wheel module. The casing includes an opening. The scroll wheel module is disposed within the casing, penetrated through the opening, and partially exposed outside the casing. The scroll wheel includes a wheel body and plural weighing elements. The wheel body is disposed within the casing and rotatable relative to the casing. The wheel body includes plural receiving recesses. The plural receiving recesses are formed in the wheel body. The plural weighing elements correspond to the plural receiving recesses. The plural weighing elements are received within the corresponding receiving recesses to increase a weight of the wheel body. A material density of each weighing element is larger than a material density of the wheel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Che Wu
  • Patent number: 10599279
    Abstract: An object of an aspect of the present invention is to provide a touch panel which does not need a region for thermocompression bonding with FPC. The touch panel includes: a sensor having a base material, a plurality of first electrodes provided on the base material and configured to detect electrostatic capacitance, and a plurality of connection pads connected to the plurality of the first electrodes and provided along a first outer peripheral portion of the base material all through the first outer peripheral portion; a substrate on which a plurality of second electrodes is provided along a second outer peripheral portion all through the second outer peripheral portion; and an anisotropic conductor interposed between the first outer peripheral portion of the sensor and the second outer peripheral portion of the substrate all through the first and second outer peripheral portions and contacting the plurality of the first electrodes and the plurality of the second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventor: Naomi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10599252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the terminal field, and particularly, to a terminal control method. The method includes: displaying an object management window; detecting a user input performed in the object management window, where the user input includes a screen touch position and a pressure value; determining, according to the screen touch position, the object selected by the user; and performing an operation, when the pressure value is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, the object selected by the user. By using the method and apparatus provided in the present disclosure, an operation can be quickly performed on an object in the object management window, which improves user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maosheng Huang, Xueyan Huang, Li Qian
  • Patent number: 10591800
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display and a driving method thereof are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel and a driving circuit. The display panel includes an electrophoretic unit and a driving substrate. The driving method includes: providing a resetting signal to the driving substrate to reset at least one of a first electrophoretic particle and a second electrophoretic particle in the electrophoretic unit; and providing a driving signal to the driving substrate to drive a third electrophoretic particle in the electrophoretic unit, wherein the driving signal includes a first driving period and a second driving period, and the first driving period occurs before the second driving period. In the first driving period, the driving signal includes a plurality of first driving pulses and a plurality of second driving pulses. In the second driving period, the driving signal includes a plurality of third driving pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Kai Chiu, Feng-Shou Lin, Chih-Yu Cheng
  • Patent number: 10586509
    Abstract: Described are examples for adjusting display level properties across multiple displays. One or more ranges of display brightness capability values that are supported by a given display device can be received for multiple display devices. For each of the multiple display devices, at least a portion of display brightness capability values in the one or more ranges of display brightness capability values can be mapped to selectable brightness levels available in an operating system. One of the selectable brightness levels can be determined as selected via the operating system. For each of the multiple display devices, a corresponding display brightness capability value mapped to the one of the selectable brightness levels can be determined and indicated to each of the multiple display devices, such that the multiple display devices may set different display brightness capability value brightness, but the brightness may be perceptually similar across the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Katie Anderson, Marcus John Andrews, Jocelyn Berrendonner, Steven E. Lees, Kiran Muthabatulla, Lukasz Konrad Brodzinski, Katherine Blair Huffman, Hideyuki Nagase
  • Patent number: 10579319
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using at least one sensor, a predetermined motion of an information handling device. An embodiment additionally receives, substantially during the predetermined motion and at an input location of the information handling device, activation input. An embodiment additionally activates, responsive to the receiving, a system associated with the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam Jerome Cavenaugh, Kenneth Scott Seethaler, David W. Douglas, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Patent number: 10577235
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system including a control unit and a touch screen. Inputs are made to the touch screen to dispense beverages and apply system adjustments. The control unit controls a plurality of beverage dispensing valves according to inputs made to the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Hecht, Jun Feng, Boris Brodsky, Richard A. Martindale