Patents Examined by Linh N Hoffner
  • Patent number: 9165515
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and method of driving an LCD device are provided. The LCD device includes: a panel, including: a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines, an image-sticking removal apparatus configured to, when an interlaced input video is received from an external system: generate an FRC pattern to be added into the input video and a polarity pattern used to output the input video to form one group, and generate at least two or more the groups formed in parallel to the gate lines during one frame, and a data driver configured to: convert image data inputted from the image-sticking removal apparatus into data voltages, invert a polarity of each of the data voltages on the basis of the polarity pattern, and output the polarity-inverted data voltages to the respective data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Woo Kim, Su Hyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 9158113
    Abstract: An apparatus for simultaneously imaging a subject and displaying computer generated image (“CGI”) light to the subject includes a display array and a photodetector array. The display array and the photodetector array are disposed on a same semiconductor die. The display array includes display pixels configured to selectively generate the CGI light to be sent along a forward optical path. The photodetector array is positioned to receive non-visible image light that is reflected by the subject and directed along a reverse optical path. The CGI light to be sent along the forward optical path travels in a substantially opposite direction as the non-visible image light directed along the reverse optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Babak Amirparviz, Chia-Jean Wang
  • Patent number: 9158415
    Abstract: A touch panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements; and a plurality of light receiving elements, wherein the number of light receiving elements may be greater than the number of light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: LG Electronics Inc., LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byungsoo Song, Seonghak Moon, Victor Pushchin, Sungchul Kim, Munbong Song, Youngjoon Lee, Byungchun Yu, Byeongkil Ahn, Svetlana Volodkina
  • Patent number: 9158409
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention disclose an object determining method, a portable device, an object displaying method, an object switching method and an electronic device. Said method is applied to a touch sensitive portable device. Identifications of multiple objects are displayed within a display area of said portable device. Each of the identifications of said multiple objects has a first status of being selected and a second status of being unselected. Said display area has a first area, the identification of a first object is displayed in the first area, and the first object is in the first status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD, LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Lv, Ming Cai, Yuan Yao
  • Patent number: 9129572
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel being associated with a positive pixel voltage relative to a data voltage and being associated with a first leakage current, the second pixel being associated with a negative pixel voltage relative to the data voltage and being associated with a second leakage current. The display device further includes a gate driver for providing a first gate-off voltage having a first value to at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel, the first value being in a range determined based on an equality-enabling value, wherein a value of the first leakage current is equal to a value of the second leakage current if the first gate-off voltage having the equality-enabling value is provided to the at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Choi, Jae-Suk Choi, Seung Hwan Moon, Po-Yun Park, Min Joo Lee, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9129558
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and method of driving the display are disclosed. The display is driven with an ith frame and an (i+1)th frame, wherein the (i+1)th frame has a shorter duration than the ith frame. The driving signals for the display are adjusted so that the apparent brightness of the frames is substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: June-Young Song
  • Patent number: 9116569
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises at least one force sensor configured to generate a force signal based at least in part on a force applied to a touch-sensitive display and a processor configured to receive the force signal and to provide a feedback signal when the force exceeds a force threshold. The at least one force sensor may be integrated into the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: William Stacy, Robert J. Lowles
  • Patent number: 9117537
    Abstract: In a pulse output circuit in a shift register, a power source line which is connected to a transistor in an output portion connected to a pulse output circuit at the next stage is set to a low-potential drive voltage, and a power source line which is connected to a transistor in an output portion connected to a scan signal line is set to a variable potential drive voltage. The variable potential drive voltage is the low-potential drive voltage in a normal mode, and can be either a high-potential drive voltage or the low-potential drive voltage in a bath mode. In the batch mode, display scan signals can be output to a plurality of scan signal lines at the same timing in a batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiko Amano, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 9104367
    Abstract: A multimedia interaction system is disclosed, including: a plurality of member electronic devices; a plurality of displays respectively arranged on the member electronic devices; and a location detection circuit configured to operably detect respective member electronic device's spatial location and orientation dynamically and to transmit detection results to at least one of the member electronic devices. When an user instructs a source electronic device of the member electronic devices to transmit a target image object toward a target direct, the source electronic device transmits a target command corresponding to the target image object to a candidate electronic device of the member electronic devices to perform corresponding multimedia interaction operations only if a relative position between the candidate electronic and the target direct satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Siu-Leong Yu, Shih-Chun Wei, Chen Ma
  • Patent number: 9105221
    Abstract: A multimedia interaction system is disclosed, including: a plurality of member electronic devices; a plurality of displays respectively arranged on the member electronic devices; a forwarding electronic device configured as a command transmission intermedium between the member electronic devices; and a location detection circuit configured to operably detect respective member electronic device's spatial position and orientation dynamically and to transmit detection results to at least one of the member electronic devices. When an user instructs a source electronic device of the member electronic devices to transmit a target image object toward a target direct, the forwarding electronic device transmits a target command corresponding to the target image object to a candidate electronic device of the member electronic devices to perform corresponding multimedia interaction operations only if a relative position between the candidate electronic and the target direct satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Siu-Leong Yu, Shih-Chun Wei, Chen Ma
  • Patent number: 9076390
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including pixels, each of which emits light according to data voltages, respectively; and a timing controller which divides an area of the display unit into an upper, center and bottom portions, divides one frame time into light emission sub-frames of a light emission period and a blank sub-frame of a blank period in which is supplied a black data signal, divides the upper, center and the bottom portions into groups, differentiates a scan start time of a light emission sub-frame and a scan start time of the blank sub-frame of each group, and increases the light emission period and decreases the blank period in proportional to an increase ratio of the light emission period as a group is closer to a middle of the center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Leonid Kaplan, Heung-Yeol Na, Baek-Woon Lee, Won-Sik Hyun, Jae-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9076394
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate of the present invention includes: data signal lines; scanning signal lines (GLi); transistors connected with the data signal lines and the scanning signal lines (GLi); and retention capacitor lines (CSLi). One pixel region includes a plurality of pixel electrodes. A CS driver (46) for outputting a retention capacitor line signal to drive the retention capacitor lines is formed monolithically. In one pixel region, a pixel electrode and a retention capacitor line corresponding to the pixel electrode forms a retention capacitor therebetween. This allows the liquid crystal display device based on a pixel-division system to have a liquid crystal panel with a narrower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuhichi Saitoh
  • Patent number: 9075244
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stereoscopic image display device which has a thin thickness and an enhanced aesthetic appearance. The stereoscopic image display device includes an image display panel, a 3D optical panel, and a panel support member. The image display panel temporally or spatially divides and displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The 3D optical panel is coupled to the image display panel, and divides the left-eye image and the right-eye image. The panel support member is coupled to the image display panel with an adhesive member to surround the image display panel. The 3D optical panel is supported by the panel support member such that the upper surface and the side surface of the 3D optical panel are exposed to the outside of the stereoscopic image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moohyoung Song, JooHong Lee, SeoungJin Park, SungJin Hong
  • Patent number: 9063619
    Abstract: A touch sensing method suitable for a voltage-based capacitive touch device is disclosed. The voltage-based capacitive touch device includes a conductive sensing plane and a plurality of electrodes. The touch sensing method includes steps of: providing pre-determined driving signals to the electrodes, so as to form various types of voltage fields on the conductive sensing plane; measuring, at different time points, the charge quantity stored on the conductive sensing plane for each of the voltage fields, so as to provide a plurality of charge-storage measurement results; estimating whether or not a touch event occurs according to the charge-storage measurement results; and, calculating coordinates of touch inputs according to the charge-storage measurement results if the touch event occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Senmatrix Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Shih-Tsung Yang
  • Patent number: 9047826
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for performing column inversion using reordered image data are provided. In one example, an electronic display may include a display panel with columns of pixels and driver circuitry to drive the pixels using column inversion. The driver circuitry may drive pixels of a first superpixel in a first color order and drive pixels of an adjacent second superpixel in a second color order, such that more pixels are driven sequentially at a common polarity than would have been driven sequentially at the common polarity were the pixels of the first superpixel driven at the same color order as the pixels of the second superpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Zhibing Ge, Shih Chang Chang, Cheng Chen, Hopil Bae, Shawn Robert Gettemy, Wei H. Yao
  • Patent number: 9046969
    Abstract: An input device includes an electrode part, a switching circuit, a driving circuit, a detecting circuit, and a controller. The electrode part includes a plurality of electrode pieces. The switching circuit is formed of a plurality of switches connected to the electrode pieces respectively. The driving circuit and the detecting circuit are connected to the electrode part via the switching circuit. The controller is connected to the driving circuit, the switching circuit, and the detecting circuit. The controller controls the respective switches such that the electrode pieces are individually opened or connected to one of the driving circuit and the detecting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Kamaeguchi, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Hiroyasu Okada, Takaya Nakamura, Naoyuki Takagi
  • Patent number: 9047832
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for performing column inversion using 2-column demultiplexers are provided. In one example, an electronic display may include a display panel with columns of pixels configured to be programmed with frames of image data and display driver circuitry. The display driver circuitry may include three demultiplexers, each respectively coupled to one pixel column of a first superpixel and one pixel column of a second superpixel. Each of the three demultiplexers may receive amplified image data of a single polarity per frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hopil Bae, Zhibing Ge, Shih Chang Chang, Cheng Chen, Ming Xu, Shawn Robert Gettemy, Wei H. Yao
  • Patent number: 9048044
    Abstract: A cursor control device having a low profile characteristic is disclosed to include a module holder defining an accommodation space and a slot, an operation module having a carrier frame mounted in the accommodation space and inserted through the slot, a rolling roll rotatably and axially movably set in a rotation groove on the carrier frame outside the module holder, and a circuit module having a microprocessor and a sensor module mounted in carrier frame outside the rotation groove and electrically connected with the microprocessor for detecting the direction and amount of movement of the rolling roll. The rolling roll can be directly removed from the carrier frame by the user for cleaning or for a replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Jung-Chang Hsu
    Inventor: Hsiao-Long Chiang
  • Patent number: 9047838
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for column inversion are provided. In one example, an electronic display may include a display panel having columns of pixels and display driver circuitry. The display driver circuitry may include source amplifiers and demultiplexers. Each demultiplexer may channel data output by at least one source amplifier to one of three columns of pixels. The display driver circuitry may drive the display panel according to a 3-column inversion scheme using one source amplifier per demultiplexer per frame of image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hopil Bae, Zhibing Ge, Shih Chang Chang, Cheng Chen, Ming Xu, Shawn Robert Gettemy, Wei H. Yao
  • Patent number: 9046978
    Abstract: A position detecting device is provided, which is capable of stably detecting an indicator with less susceptibility to the influence of noise by using a differential amplifier circuit and multi-touch. The device includes a sensor having an electrode pattern formed of plural first electrodes arranged in a first direction and plural second electrodes arranged in a second direction. The device selects two sets of the first electrodes separate from each other by a distance equivalent to a predetermined number of electrodes and supplies two drive signals having phases inverted from each other. The device selects two sets of the second electrodes separate from each other by a distance equivalent to a predetermined number of electrodes and connects the selected second electrodes to two differential inputs of a differential amplifier circuit. The device controls selection of two sets of the first electrodes and two sets of the second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Katsurahira