Patents Examined by Lisa Landis
  • Patent number: 10001858
    Abstract: A substrate can include a thin film transistor for a touch display, which is capable of preventing oxidation of a touch connection electrode. In the substrate including a thin film transistor, an inorganic insulation film for covering a side surface of a planarization film, which exposes a touch sensing line, is formed of a material different from that of the planarization film, and a touch connection electrode is located on a side surface of the inorganic insulation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Joo Kim, Seung-Hee Nam
  • Patent number: 10001887
    Abstract: A multi-touch touch screen and its junction area touch sensing method are disclosed. The multi-touch touch screen consists of multiple touch screens each including a touch-sensing device having a touch-sensing layer for sensing the present of one or multiple points and generating a respective sensing information and a controller for computing the center or centroid of each sensing information and the distance between the centers or centroids of each two sensing information and then comparing each computed distance with a predetermined reference distance and then determining the contact to be a multi-point of contact if the computed distance is larger than the predetermined reference value, or a single-point of contact if the computed distance is smaller than the predetermined reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chin-Fu Chang
  • Patent number: 9996162
    Abstract: A wearable sensor system is disclosed that provides a measurable magnetic field that changes horizontally within the range of motion of human limbs. The wearable sensor system includes a magnetic sensing device, and one or more magnet devices that provide the measurable magnetic field with a strength exceeding the Earth's magnetic field. To this end, the magnetic sensing system provides a “personal” magnetic field about a user, with that magnetic field traveling with the user and overpowering adjacent interfering fields. The wearable sensor system may include a sensor arrangement that measures a strength of the personal magnetic field and field direction to perform horizontal localization, and may send a representation of a same to a remote computing device to cause an action to occur. Some such actions include output of pre-recorded or synthesized musical notes, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Swarnendu Kar, Jeremy Parra, Saurin Shah, Brian K. Vogel
  • Patent number: 9984619
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel, a driver, a power supply unit, and a power control unit. The power control unit may control the power supply unit in synchronization with a driving period of a device driving the display panel, and control one or more of synchronization signals of a scan driver, a data driver, and a timing controller and a switching frequency of a power generation transistor of the power supply unit to be synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungjae Kim, Jaewon Han
  • Patent number: 9977536
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display; a touch sensor configured to detect a touch input on the display; and a controller configured to activate the display and periodically drive the touch sensor with a first period; deactivate the display in response to a predetermined condition and periodically drive the touch sensor with a second period greater than the first period; wherein when the display is deactivated, the touch sensor is divided into a first region and a second region; in response to a first tap input applied on the touch sensor in a state of the deactivated display, determine a region of the touch sensor that corresponds to the first tap input; if the region of the touch sensor that corresponds to the first tap input is the first region of the touch sensor, activate the display and periodically drive the touch sensor with the first period; and if the region of the touch sensor that corresponds to the first tap input is the second region of the touch sensor, maintain the deactivation of the displ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunmo Yang, Hangshin Cho, Joonwon Byun, Jeunguk Ha, Mansoo Sin
  • Patent number: 9965113
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch window. The touch window includes a cover substrate; a substrate on the cover substrate; and an electrode on the substrate, wherein the substrate includes one surface facing the cover substrate and an opposite surface opposite to the one surface, the electrode is disposed on the opposite surface, and the cover substrate and the substrate have flexible curved surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Chang Ryu, Gyu Rin Lee, Soung Kyu Park, Mun Suk Kang, Do Youb Kwon, Seok Pyo Yun, Jin Seok Lee, Chung Wan Lee, Gwang Hei Choi, Jae Hak Her
  • Patent number: 9965055
    Abstract: In embodiments of a passive stylus with RFID-enabled sensing, a computing device includes a touchscreen that senses touch contact, and includes an RFID interrogator to interrogate passive RFID tags. The stylus includes a conductive tip designed for interaction with the touchscreen of the computing device. The stylus integrates a pressure sensor that senses pressure when the conductive tip of the stylus contacts the touchscreen. The stylus also includes at least one RFID antenna that is positioned in a body of the stylus to prevent detuning the RFID antenna when the stylus is held for use. The passive RFID tag can receive pressure sensor data from the pressure sensor in the stylus, and the passive RID tag can be read by the RFID interrogator to determine the pressure applied to the conductive tip of the stylus in order determine whether the stylus is contacting the touchscreen or only hovering above it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
    Inventors: Mark F Valentine, Jiri Slaby, Hong Zhao
  • Patent number: 9947252
    Abstract: The present invention provides an array substrate and a detecting method therefor, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate comprises a plurality of data lines, a plurality of short circuit rings respectively provided at ends of the plurality of data lines, and a common wire connecting the plurality of short circuit rings in series, wherein, a switch unit is provided between the end of each data line and the corresponding short circuit ring, and the switch unit is configured to disconnect the data line with the corresponding short circuit ring in a testing stage. The present invention can improve the detection rate and accuracy rate in an array test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chong Liu, Tielin Zhang, Haisheng Zhao, Zhilong Peng, Huanping Liu
  • Patent number: 9947267
    Abstract: A LED pixel unit circuit and a display panel. The LED pixel unit circuit comprises a driving module (31), the driving module (31) includes a driving TFT (DTFT), a first-switching element (T1), a first capacitor (C1), a second capacitor (C2) and a driving control unit (311), wherein the driving control unit (311) comprises a matching TFT (T3) whose threshold voltage (Vth3) is matched with the threshold voltage (Vth) of the driving TFT (DTFT), is located between the positive voltage (VDD) output terminal of the power source and the first node (P1), and is configured to control charging and discharging of the second capacitor (C2) so as to hold the threshold voltage (Vth3) of the matching TFT (T3) and thereby compensate for the threshold voltage (Vth) of the driving TFT (DTFT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haigang Qing, Xiaojing Qi
  • Patent number: 9927641
    Abstract: A flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate including a first region including a display region and having a curved display surface, and a plurality of non-display regions that is located outside the display region and including a second region located outside the first region and folded in a direction different from a display direction of the first region, and an encapsulation member for encapsulating the display region along the curved display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Un Jin, Woo-Jong Lee, Yang-Wan Kim, Young-Sik Kim, Jun-Sang Lyu, Sang-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 9927925
    Abstract: A capacitive type touch sensor appropriately detecting an object, and a display and an electronic device including such a touch sensor are provided. The display including a drive electrode receiving a drive signal, a detection electrode located adjacent to the drive electrode, and a dielectric material located between the drive electrode and the detection electrode defining a capacitive area. The detection electrode generates an output signal driven by the drive signal, a detection circuit electrically connected to the detection electrode sensing the output signal. A switch element is electrically connected between the detection electrode and a voltage source providing a predefined voltage level and having a first state and a second state. A display control circuit controls a voltage applied between a display common voltage electrode and a pixel electrode to display an image based on an image signal, and the display common voltage electrode serves as the drive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Takeya Takeuchi, Takayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9927937
    Abstract: A display apparatus with a substrate having a long side and a short side, a plurality of driving electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the long side of the substrate, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the short side of the substrate, a control unit electrically coupled to each of the plurality of driving electrodes and which sequentially drives the plurality of driving electrodes, and a detection unit electrically coupled to each of the touch detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 9921701
    Abstract: A touchscreen panel includes first and second electrode lines that cross each other with one of the first and second electrode lines being separated from the intersection of the first and second electrode lines, and the separated electrode line being connected to a bridge pattern via lower contact holes penetrating a first insulating film. The touchscreen panel includes a second insulating film covering the first insulating film; and a conductor rod pattern that is electrically connected to the separated electrode line via an upper contact hole penetrating the second insulating film and that overlaps the bridge pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Namseok Lee, Junghwan Lee, Sunggon Hong, Dongjoong Cha
  • Patent number: 9921695
    Abstract: A touch device is provided. The touch device includes a first insulating layer, a first sensing electrode layer, a second insulating layer, and a second sensing electrode layer. The first sensing electrode layer is located on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is located on the first sensing electrode layer. The second sensing electrode layer is located on the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sin-An Chen, Chih-Chia Chang
  • Patent number: 9916801
    Abstract: A pixel structure, array substrate, display panel, display device, and driving method of the display device are provided. The pixel structure includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of pixel units formed by intersecting the data lines with the scan lines. Each of the pixel units corresponds to one of the data lines and one of the scan lines; and the pixel unit includes a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor therein. In one of two adjacent columns of pixel units, a pixel electrode of each pixel unit is electrically connected with a thin film transistor of the pixel unit; and in the other one of the two adjacent columns of pixel units, a pixel electrode of each pixel unit in a row is electrically connected with a thin film transistor of a pixel unit in an adjacent row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI AVIC OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Lin, Zhaokeng Cao, Dandan Qin, Shoufu Jian, Tinghai Wang, Yinghua Mo
  • Patent number: 9890027
    Abstract: An object is to allow the users to easily recognize where to put the beverage container for a corresponding nozzle even when multiple nozzles for dispensing beverages are present. Upon reception of a selection operation to select one beverage from options for multiple kinds of beverages displayed on a touch panel, a control section identifies the beverage supply port for dispensing the beverage selected by the selection operation among multiple beverage supply ports and controls the touch panel to indicate a container holder corresponding to the beverage supply port for dispensing the beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Fukushima, Taiki Terada, Atsushi Makino
  • Patent number: 9891750
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for determining a valid touch event on a touch sensitive device. At least two touch events are received from a touch interface. The at least two touch events are combined if a time difference between each of the at least two touch events is less than a time threshold and a proximity between each of the at least two touch events is less than a proximity threshold. A valid touch event is determined if a combined pressure indicator of a combined touch event is greater than a pressure threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
    Inventors: Farid Khafizov, Margarita Khafizova
  • Patent number: 9891442
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel displaying an image and having a first radius of curvature, a distance measuring unit measuring a user distance, the user distance being a distance between the display panel and a user, and a curvature radius changing unit receiving the measured user distance from the distance measuring unit, to change the first radius of curvature of the display panel to a second radius of curvature different from the first radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bon-Seog Gu, Nam-Gon Choi
  • Patent number: 9886865
    Abstract: Providing enhanced experience is described. Information obtained based on a location of an controller device on a controller surface is used to provide enhancing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROVIO ENTERTAINMENT LTD.
    Inventors: Mika Pesonen, Johannes Rajala
  • Patent number: 9881574
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a display device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for controlling the same, relating to the field of display, realizing a switch between dual-view display and normal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Guo