Patents Examined by Lisa S Landis
  • Patent number: 11755155
    Abstract: A display device and a touch input system are provided, the display device comprising a display unit including a plurality of light emission areas; a plurality of touch electrodes disposed between the plurality of light emission areas to sense a touch input; at least one light shielding pattern formed by covering at least a portion of a front surface of at least one of the plurality of touch electrodes; and one of a first set of color filters comprising first to third colors or a second set of color filters comprising first to fourth colors, which are alternately disposed in the plurality of light emission areas, wherein the color filters of one of the first or second set of color filters are used as code patterns by including an infrared absorbing pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi Na Yoo, Ju Yeon Kim, Won Sang Park, Chang Woo Shim, Seong Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11747936
    Abstract: A transmission system includes a first touch device and a second touch device. The first touch device and the second touch device work together to operate in a touch mode or in an application mode. When the first touch device and the second touch device work together to operate in the application mode, the first touch device acquires an absolute motion trajectory or an absolute rotation angle of the second touch device, and performs an application according to the absolute motion trajectory or the absolute rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsien Wang, Yun-Hsiang Yeh
  • Patent number: 11733797
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus including a touch display screen and a processor circuit is provided. The touch display screen is configured to display an image frame and sense a touch operation. The processor circuit is coupled to the touch display screen. The processor circuit is configured to divide a display interface of the touch display screen into a plurality of blocks according to an interface dividing parameter. The image frame is displayed in the block where the touch operation is located according to a position of the touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ViewSonic International Corporation
    Inventor: Shu-Kai Wu
  • Patent number: 11733818
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive panel includes row electrodes, column electrodes, and drive-sense circuits coupled to the row electrodes and the column electrodes. The drive-sense circuits detect changes in impedances of the row and column electrodes. The touch-sensitive panel also includes analog-to-digital converters coupled to outputs of the drive-sense circuits, and a processing module coupled to the drive-sense circuits via the analog-to-digital converters. The processing module, the analog-to-digital converters, and the plurality of drive-sense circuits cooperate to sense an information signal capacitively coupled to the row and column electrodes, and to extract data from the information signal to identify a device that produced the information signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Patrick Troy Gray, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11726605
    Abstract: In an embodiment, various active pens may be searched for in every frame, so that various active pens may operate in a touch sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Moon Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 11727876
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel region including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of first gate control lines coupled to the first pixels, and a second pixel region spaced apart from the first pixel region. The second pixel region includes a plurality of second pixels and a plurality of second gate control lines coupled to the second pixels. The display device further includes a first non-pixel region disposed between the first pixel region and the second pixel region, and a first coupling line disposed in the first non-pixel region. The first coupling line commonly couples at least two first gate control lines and at least two second gate control lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi Hae Kim, Min Kyu Woo, Young Taeg Jung, Hyun Chol Bang, Sang Won Seok, Hwan Soo Jang, Ju Hee Hyeon
  • Patent number: 11726629
    Abstract: A display device includes a folding area and a non-folding area. The display device includes a display panel and a front stacked structure. The display panel has a front surface. The display panel is configured to display an image on the front surface. The front stacked structure disposed on the front surface of the display panel. The front stacked structure includes an adhesive layer disposed across the folding area and the non-folding area. The adhesive layer includes an ultraviolet curable adhesive. The ultraviolet curable adhesive includes vinylsilane and hydrosilane. The adhesive layer has a storage modulus of 0.05 MPa to 0.3 MPa within a temperature range of ?20° C. to 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Da Som Gu, Chul Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11721275
    Abstract: In one example, a head mounted display system includes at least one memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to: detect a first position and a first view direction of a head of a user based on sensor data generated by at least one of an accelerometer, at least one camera, or a gyroscope at a first point in time; determine a latency associated with a time to cause an image to be presented on the display; determine a predicted position and a predicted view direction of the head of the user at a second point in time based on the latency; render, prior to the second point in time, the image for presentation on the display based on the predicted position and the predicted view direction of the head of the user; and cause the display to present the rendered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuo Kuwahara, Deepak S. Vembar, Paul S. Diefenbaugh, Vallabhajosyula S. Somayazulu, Kofi C. Whitney
  • Patent number: 11714502
    Abstract: The present application provides a touch display panel and a display device. The touch display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel electrodes. The plurality of pixel electrodes are disposed on the substrate in an array, wherein each of the pixel electrodes includes a first trunk portion and a second trunk portion that are arranged intersecting with each other. The present application realizes touch display integration of the touch display panel by setting a first touch electrode corresponding to the first trunk portion and setting a second touch electrode corresponding to the second trunk portion on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaifeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11703986
    Abstract: Technologies for detecting touch events on, or hover events above, a surface of an electronic device using radar units instead of integrated capacitive touch sensing technologies, are described. An electronic device includes a display located along a first plane. The electronic further includes a first radar unit coupled to the display. The first radar unit is oriented and comprises a first field-of-view (FoV) along a portion of the first plane. The electronic device further includes a processor coupled to the first radar unit. From the first radar unit, the processor receives first data that indicates a first object detection corresponding to a first location. The processor further determines, using the first data, a touch event associated with the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Morris Yuanhsiang Hsu, Durgaprasad Kashinath Shamain
  • Patent number: 11693523
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device which facilitates to prevent a remaining film for a process of forming a metal pattern, wherein the display device may include a substrate including a display area having pixels, and a non-display area having pads to surround the display area, a dam between the display area and the pads, an encapsulation film for covering the dam and the pixels in the display area, a first metal pattern disposed in the non-display area and patterned on the encapsulation film, an insulating layer provided on the first metal pattern, and a second metal pattern disposed in the non-display area and patterned on the insulating layer, wherein the first metal pattern is not provided in a dam area with the dam, and the second metal pattern is provided on the dam area while being in contact with the first metal pattern via a contact hole penetrating through the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonghoon Lee, JaeWon Lee, Sungjin Kim, Jaehyung Jang, Hyangmyoung Gwon
  • Patent number: 11693511
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises driver circuitry, an analog-digital (AD) converter, and processing circuitry. The driver circuitry is configured to supply a drive signal to a sensor array in a sensing frame comprising 2N bursts, N being an integer of two or more. The mixer circuitry is configured to modulate a plurality of carrier waves with a plurality of sensing signals corresponding to capacitances of a plurality of sensing electrodes of the sensor array, respectively, to output a plurality of mixer outputs. A number of the plurality of sensing electrodes is 2N?1 or 2N. The AD converter is configured to perform AD conversion on a sum signal of the plurality of mixer outputs. The processing circuitry is configured to detect an object based on the output of the AD converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Xueyong Yang, Tetsuo Tanemura, Nobukazu Tanaka, Takayuki Noto
  • Patent number: 11693557
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to enable users to interact with user terminals having a touch screen interface without requiring the user to physically contact a surface of the touch screen interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Aron Ezra, Slav Kulik
  • Patent number: 11681407
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a touch substrate, a touch substrate, and a touch displaying device. The touch substrate comprises a base plate and touch electrodes, wherein a first film layer, a second film layer and a third film layer are sequentially stacked on one side of the base plate, and the refractive index of the second film layer is smaller than that of the first film layer and the third film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN BOE OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xia Shi, Yuanhui Guo, Jie Han, Jian Zhao, Peipei Zhang, Yujie Gao
  • Patent number: 11662871
    Abstract: The disclosed coil-integrated housing component may include an injection-molded housing dimensioned to house a display module of a computing device. Additionally, the coil-integrated housing component may include a conductive coil integrated into the injection-molded housing to surround a periphery of the display module, wherein the conductive coil may be electronically coupled to the computing device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Young Bae Kim, Jong Uk Kim, Aaron Jacob Steyskal, Yang Chu
  • Patent number: 11662852
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area having first and second areas for displaying an image. The display panel is positioned in first and second states. A sensing panel is disposed on the display panel and includes sensing electrodes. A panel driver drives the display panel. A sensor driver drives the sensing panel. The panel driver drives the first and second areas at a first driving frequency when the display panel is in a first state and drives the first area at the first driving frequency and drives the second area at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency when the display panel is in the second state. The sensor driver drives the first and second areas in a sequence that includes the first and second sensing modes each for a predetermined time, when the display panel is in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Soo Kim, Dong Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11650693
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes, and a sensor controller configured to control the input sensor. The sensor controller receives a first signal from the input sensor and transmits a second signal to the input sensor. The first signal received from the input sensor includes down-link signals from first sensing electrodes corresponding to a first input position and a second input position among the plurality of first sensing electrodes and down-link signals from second sensing electrodes corresponding to the first input position and the second input position among the plurality of second sensing electrodes. The first input position corresponding to a first input source, and the second input position corresponding to a second input source, are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soongyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11644936
    Abstract: A position detection device includes a position detection sensor and signal processing circuitry. The position detection sensor has first loop electrodes arranged in a first direction and second loop electrodes arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The signal processing circuitry switches the position detection sensor between a first state in which the first loop electrodes and the second loop electrodes are coupled as coils to a first pointer through electromagnetic inductive coupling, and a second state in which the first and second loop electrodes are coupled to a second pointer through capacitive coupling with opposite ends of each of the first loop electrodes and the second loop electrodes connected together or with one end of each of the first loop electrodes and the second loop electrodes left open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Katsurahira, Hideyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 11635859
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an electrode substrate that has a transparent first electrode and a transparent second electrode that are provided on one surface of a transparent insulating substrate, and an insulating film that electrically insulates the first electrode from the second electrode, the electrode substrate being configured so as to cover a surface of a display medium where an image is displayed; and a driver circuit that is connected to the electrode substrate and generates an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode by applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsushi Sato, Hiroshi Haga, Daisuke Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11635858
    Abstract: A system and method for capacitive sensing comprises driving a first sensor electrode of a plurality of sensor electrodes with a first sensing signal to acquire a first resulting signal with the first sensor electrode during a period and driving a second sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes with the first sensing signal to acquire a second resulting signal with the second sensor electrode during the period. Further, a third sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes is driven with a reference signal during the period. Rotational information for an input object is determined at least partially based on the first resulting signal and the second resulting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: David Hoch, Guozhong Shen