Patents Examined by Leonid Shapiro
  • Patent number: 9123308
    Abstract: A display memory able to reduce power consumption, able to generate graphics at a high speed, and not needing memory mapping, a driver circuit, a display using the driver circuit, and a portable information apparatus, wherein a CPU read circuit is connected to one bit line of a display memory 7, a display read circuit is connected to the other bit line, a write circuit is connected to both bit lines, the CPU read circuit and write circuit are assigned to the access from the CPU, the display read circuit is assigned to the display screen display, and further the access from the CPU and the reading to the display screen are assigned to different two level periods of a clock signal of the memory and independently controlled. Further, a drive power supply of the display memory is divided and a drive power supply voltage is supplied to the display memory for every memory cell or for every plurality of memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Moriyama, Tomoya Ayabe, Taishi Mizuta
  • Patent number: 9075484
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a mutual capacitance touchscreen comprising a first set of electrically conductive traces arranged in rows or columns and a second set of electrically conductive traces arranged in rows or columns arranged at right angles with respect to the rows or columns of the first set, where the first and second sets of traces are electrically insulated from and interdigitated respecting one another, and gaps between the first and second sets of traces form boundaries between the first and second sets of traces that undulate and that are not straight or linear. Other embodiments of a mutual capacitance touchscreen are also disclosed, such as “mini-diamond” sensor array patterns and sensor array patterns that may be manufactured at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Ritter, Kenneth Brewer, Vitali Souchkov, Sarangan Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 9053655
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a driver of a display unit including a latch circuit holding gradation information, a D/A converter outputting analog signal based on the gradation information held by the latch circuit, a test circuit provided between the latch circuit and the D/A converter, the test circuit inputting or outputting test signal regarding the latch circuit, a switch connecting voltage output of the D/A converter and a driver output terminal in normal operation, and a test switch connecting the test circuit and the driver output terminal in test operation and disconnecting the test circuit and the driver output terminal in normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Hori
  • Patent number: 9047809
    Abstract: To reduce a pseudo contour which occurs when displaying by a time gray scale method. When gradation is expressed with an n bit, bits each of which is shown by a binary of the gray scales are divided into three bit groups, and one frame is divided into two subframe groups. Then, a (0<a<n) subframes corresponding to bits belonging to a first bit group are divided into three or more, each about half of which is arranged in each subframe group; b (0<b<n) subframes corresponding to bits belonging to a second bit group are divided into two, each one of which is arranged in each the subframe group; and c (0?c<n and a+b+c=n) subframes corresponding to bits belonging to a third bit group are arranged in at least one of the subframe groups. And then, an overlapped time gray scale method is applied in each subframe group to express gradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Hideaki Shishido
  • Patent number: 9035856
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display, and an image modification method may include an analog to digital image signal processor configured to output present digital image data, a frame data analysis unit electrically coupled to the image signal processor, the frame data analysis unit configured to receive the present digital image data and a present data summation value, and to output a new data summation value, a light emission time supply unit electrically coupled to the frame data analysis unit and configured to supply a light emission time in accordance with the new data summation value, and a light emission control driver electrically coupled to the light emission time supply unit and configured to output a light emission signal in accordance with the light emission time output from the light emission time supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LD.
    Inventor: Eunjung Oh
  • Patent number: 9013450
    Abstract: A Photoelectric sensing array system with daughter boards daisy chained together so that varying size touch systems can be modularly constructed using the same electronics. The system also provides for increased touch resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Imaging Systems Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Afzal, Victoria Wedding Kurtz, Daniel Keith Wedding, Carol Ann M Wedding, Jeffrey W. Guy
  • Patent number: 8988360
    Abstract: A method for detecting a touch position includes integrating a readout current detected at a sensing part to generate an integrated readout voltage, converting the integrated readout voltage into a digital converted readout voltage data and compensating a variation of the digital converted readout voltage data to determine whether the sensing part is touched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiki Takahashi, Satoru Saito, Sang-Soo Kim, Bong-Hyun You, Byoung-Jun Lee, Jai-Hyun Koh
  • Patent number: 8982089
    Abstract: A touch panel and an electronic device including the same are provided. The touch panel includes a touch panel body including a first substrate and a second substrate that is spaced apart from the first substrate, driving electrodes that are arranged on the first substrate and the second substrate, and electro-rheological fluid that fills a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; a driver that applies a driving voltage to all or a portion of the driving electrodes; and a sensor that applies a sensing signal sequentially to the driving electrodes and senses a variation in capacitance between the driving electrodes due to a variation of the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate in response to the sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong-Taek Lim
  • Patent number: 8976115
    Abstract: A system associated with a text entry application, such as email or instant messaging, comprises an optional onscreen representation of a circular keyboard, a list of potential linguistic object matches, and a message area where the selected words are entered. The circular keyboard is manipulated via a hardware joystick or game-pad with analog joystick or omni-directional rocker switch built therein. The user points the joystick in the general direction of the desired letter, and then continues pointing roughly to each letter in the desired word. Once all letters have been roughly selected, buttons are used to select a specific word from the list of potential matches and send the selected word to the message area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Longe, Brian Palmer, Keith Charles Hullfish, Doug Brams
  • Patent number: 8976167
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes a power supply, a plurality of conductive paths and a plurality of driving controller. The power supply is configured for providing a predetermined voltage. The conductive paths are connected to the power supply to receive the predetermined voltage. The driving controllers are connected to the conductive paths correspondingly. A first driving controller of the driving controllers has a first internal circuit configured for employing an internal voltage to perform functions provided by the first driving controller, and a resistance adjustment unit. The resistance adjustment unit is connected between a special conductive path and the first internal circuit. The second driving controller has a second internal circuit configured for employing a second internal voltage to perform functions provided by the second driving controller. A resistance value of the resistance adjustment unit is adjustable to make the first internal voltage same to the second internal voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Hung Tu, Sheng-Kai Hsu
  • Patent number: 8963965
    Abstract: A method for generating data for driving a display panel is provided in which first compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to grayscale data of N bits, is generated, wherein values of N and k are natural numbers. A first gamma curve is applied to the first compensation data of (N+k) bits. Second compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to the grayscale data of N bits, is generated. A second gamma curve is applied to the second compensation data of (N+k) bits. The first compensation data or the second compensation data are selectively output and converted into analog data signals. The analog data signals are output to a data line. Accordingly, the first compensation data and second compensation data includes a multidomain structure which improves display quality. A data driving circuit and a display device including the data driving circuit for performing the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Ju Jun, Bong-Im Park, Hoi-Sik Moon, Jae-Won Jeong, Yong-Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 8952898
    Abstract: A method for displaying a quicktip that includes obtaining a pointer position, determining a field closest to the pointer position, determining the quicktip for the field, and displaying the quicktip, wherein the quicktip that includes a precept for data associated with the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Anthony Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8952886
    Abstract: Improved approaches for users to with graphical user interfaces of computing devices are disclosed. A rotational user action supplied by a user via a user input device can provide accelerated scrolling. The accelerated nature of the scrolling enables users to scroll or traverse a lengthy data set (e.g., list of items) faster and with greater ease. The amount of acceleration provided can be performed in successive stages, and/or performed based on the speed of the rotational user action. In one embodiment, the rotational user action is transformed into linear action with respect to a graphical user interface. The resulting acceleration effect causes the linear action to be enhanced such that a lengthy data set is able to be rapidly traversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Tsuk, Jeffrey L. Robbin
  • Patent number: 8952874
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes an organic light emitting display panel, a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the organic light emitting display panel, a driving voltage determining unit for outputting voltage data by calculating the driving voltage of the organic light emitting display panel on the basis of the temperature data detected by the temperature detecting unit, and a DC/DC converter having a variable resistor determining unit for setting a variable resistor on the basis of the voltage data output from the driving voltage determining unit, the DC/DC converter supplying the driving voltage corresponding to the variable resistor to the organic light emitting display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dukjin Lee, Jeongno Lee
  • Patent number: 8928550
    Abstract: A driver chip for controlling a high-resolution display panel is presented. The driver chip is not much larger than a conventional driver chip that is currently used for lower resolution display panels. The driver chip applies data signals to the data lines of the display panel and gate control signals to a gate driver that is formed in the peripheral region of the display panel. The gate driver, which may be made of amorphous silicon TFTs, generates gate signals in response to the gate control signals from the driver chip and applies the gate signals to gate lines. Since the driver chip of the invention controls more gate lines and data lines than a conventional chip of about the same size, the driver chip may be easily adapted for display devices having multiple panels. Where multiple panels are used, the panels may be scanned simultaneously or sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Bae Jung, Won-Kyu Lee, Jin Jeon, Ji-Suk Lim, Min-Kyung Jung, Eung-Sang Lee, Won-Seok Ma
  • Patent number: 8913013
    Abstract: A keyboard comprises a key module and a backlight module in which the key module comprises a light-transmissive key part and an electric circuit substrate, and the backlight module comprises a light guide plate, a reflection unit and at least one light source. The backlight module is disposed between the key part and the electric circuit substrate. Thus, lights emitted by the light source are projected into the light guide plate from the lateral side of the light guide plate, and the lights are reflected by the reflection unit for directly passing through the light output surface of the light guide plate and the key part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Global Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Guo-Chen Lee, Jerry Wu, Yu-Jeng Lin, Tsung-Yung Hung, I-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 8907928
    Abstract: An image display unit and a method of detecting an object which are capable of reliably detecting an object with a simple structure irrespective of use conditions are provided. Invisible light is emitted from a screen of a display portion. The invisible light reflected from a target object which comes in contact with or close to the screen is received on the screen. On the basis of the received invisible light, the target object is detected. Thus, the target object can be reliably detected without influence of the display state of the display portion, and influence of use conditions such as surrounding circumstances (the case where it is bright or dark). Moreover, for example, it is not necessary to separately arrange a component such as a touch panel, so the image display unit can be achieved with a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamaguchi, Hirotoshi Fujisawa, Tsutomu Harada, Mitsuru Tateuchi
  • Patent number: 8907868
    Abstract: According to one feature of the invention, a display device comprises a pixel including a first sub-pixel having a first light-emitting element and a second sub-pixel having a second light-emitting element, a first source driver connected to a first source line included in the first sub-pixel, and a second source driver connected to a second source line included in the second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are provided over one surface of a light-transmitting substrate, and a first display region using the first sub-pixel over one surface of the substrate and a second display region using the second sub-pixel over the opposite surface the substrate are provided. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a display device that realizes sophistication and a high added value, which includes a display region in each of one and the opposite sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8902144
    Abstract: It is an object to decrease the number of transistors connected to a capacitor. In a structure, a capacitor and one transistor are included, one electrode of the capacitor is connected to a wiring, and the other electrode of the capacitor is connected to a gate of the transistor. Since a clock signal is input to the wiring, the clock signal is input to the gate of the transistor through the capacitor. Then, on/off of the transistor is controlled by a signal which synchronizes with the clock signal, so that a period when the transistor is on and a period when the transistor is off are repeated. In this manner, deterioration of the transistor can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 8896510
    Abstract: A display device includes an image signal modifier for modifying input image signals based on the difference between the input image signal for a pixel in a first row and the input image signal for the pixel in the adjacent row. The gate-on voltages includes a pre-charging voltage and a main charging voltage, the main charging voltage for the first row overlaps the pre-charging voltage for the second row and the pre-charging voltage for the first grow overlaps the main charging voltage for the second row for a predetermined time. The first data voltage is applied to the pixels of the first and second rows after application of the main charging gate-on voltage for the first row and the pre-charging gate-on voltage for the row, and the second data voltage is applied to the pixel of the second row after application of the main charging gate-on voltage for the second row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Baek-Woon Lee