Patents Examined by Lisa S Landis
  • Patent number: 11625139
    Abstract: Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins is visually displayed using the one or more graphic display parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: 23andMe, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Macpherson, Brian Thomas Naughton, Joanna Louise Mountain
  • Patent number: 11625127
    Abstract: A processing system configured to receive a first display control signal corresponding to a non-display update period of a display frame and a second display control signal corresponding to a display update period of the display frame. The processing system is further configured to acquire, based on receipt of the first display control signal, first resulting signals from sensor electrodes electrically connected to the sensor driver by operating the sensor electrodes for a first type of input sensing during a first period overlapping with at least a portion of the non-display update period. Further, the processing system is configured to acquire, based on receipt of the second display control signal, second resulting signals with the sensor electrodes by operating the sensor electrodes for a second type of input sensing during a second period overlapping with at least a portion of the display update period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Losh, Dipankar Talukdar
  • Patent number: 11620025
    Abstract: An input detection system includes a plurality of electrodes arrayed in a detection region, and an input support device including an LC circuit, a first electrode coupled to the LC circuit and arranged so as to overlap with at least equal to or more than one of the electrodes, and a housing accommodating therein at least the LC circuit. The housing is a conductor, and one end side of the LC circuit is coupled to the housing through a coupling member or a capacitor and another end side of the LC circuit is coupled to the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuto Kakinoki, Makoto Hayashi, Takaaki Kono
  • Patent number: 11614820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to touch sensor detector systems and methods incorporating an interpolated variable impedance touch sensor array and specifically to such systems and methods for gesture recognition and associating a UI element with the recognized gesture. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a variable impedance array (VIA) system for receiving a gesture that includes: a plurality of physical VIA columns connected by interlinked impedance columns; a plurality of physical VIA rows connected by interlinked impedance rows; and a processor configured to interpolate a location and/or pressure of the gesture in the physical columns and rows from an electrical signal from a plurality of column drive sources (connected to the plurality of physical VIA columns through the interlinked impedance columns) sensed at a plurality of row sense sinks (connected to the plurality of physical VIA rows through the interlinked impedance rows).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sensel, Inc.
    Inventors: John Aaron Zarraga, Alexander Meagher Grau, Bethany Noel Haniger, Bradley James Bozarth, Brogan Carl Miller, Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, James Frank Thomas, Mark Joshua Rosenberg, Peter Hans Nyboer, Reuben Eric Martinez, Scott Gregory Isaacson, Stephanie Jeanne Oberg, Timothy James Miller, Tomer Moscovich, Yibo Yu
  • Patent number: 11614827
    Abstract: Discussed is a touch display device, including a display panel on which a touch screen panel including a plurality of touch electrodes is embedded, and a touch control unit configured to generate a pen detection signal corresponding to a pen driving signal of a stylus from a touch sensing signal transmitted from the display panel, and generate a touch driving signal synchronized with the pen driving signal of the stylus by using the pen detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HongJu Lee, Youngwoo Jo, HyunWoo Jang
  • Patent number: 11609654
    Abstract: An interface device includes an electronic device and an input device for communicating with the electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes a display layer, a sensor layer which is disposed on the display layer and senses a first input by the input device, a display driving unit for generating a vertical synchronization signal for driving the display layer, and a control unit for controlling the sensor layer, wherein the control unit outputs, in synchronization with a first vertical synchronization signal, a first uplink signal to the sensor layer and outputs, in synchronization with a second vertical synchronization signal, a second uplink signal having a phase different from a phase of the first uplink signal to the sensor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yerin Oh, Soowon Kim, Jaseung Ku, Jisu Yeom, Suhyun Jeong
  • Patent number: 11586319
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; an input sensor on the display panel; an approach sensing electrode arranged around the input sensor; and a sensor controller connected to the input sensor and the approach sensing electrode, wherein the sensor controller is configured to drive the input sensor in a first driving mode during a first input sensing frame and to drive the input sensor in a second driving mode during a second input sensing frame, and the sensor controller is further configured to provide an uplink signal to the approach sensing electrode in response to the input sensor operating in the first or second driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsub So, Yun A Ma, Mi-Hee Son
  • Patent number: 11579742
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a frame, a display device and a display apparatus. The frame includes at least two frame assemblies. The frame assemblies in different directions are spliced through an adapter, an infrared lamp strip is installed on the frame assembly, the adapter is provided with a bunching member, and a connection line for the infrared lamp strip is bunched around the bunching member when the frame assemblies in different directions are spliced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zifeng Wang, Yan Ren, Yunpeng Wu, Wenbin Wang, Junmin Sun, Lei Cao
  • Patent number: 11577165
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating image data for an application to be displayed on an output device; recording the image data generated by the image generating unit; and receiving operation information from an input device, where the recording includes storing the image data for an application for a predetermined period of time up to the point in time at which operation information is received during the receiving operation information from a specific input unit provided in the input device while displaying an application image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Takaichi, Kiyobumi Matsunaga, Toshimasa Aoki, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Takahiro Fujii
  • Patent number: 11579741
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display module divided into a first non-folding area, a folding area foldable along an imaginary folding axis extending in a second direction crossing a first direction, and a second non-folding area, which are sequentially arranged in the first direction, and a sensing sensor including a first base layer disposed under the display module, first sensing coils disposed on the first base layer, second sensing coils insulated from the first sensing coils, and a first cover layer disposed between the first sensing coils and the second sensing coils. The first cover layer has a modulus less than a modulus of the first base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Jaiku Shin, Yongchan Jeon, Sung-Ki Jung, Chul Ho Jeong, Seungkyun Hong, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Patent number: 11573659
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; an input sensor on the display panel; and a sensor controller configured to detect a first input by at least one of a plurality of input devices through the input sensor, and wherein the sensor controller is configured to detect the first input during an input detection frame, wherein the input detection frame includes a search section in which a plurality of search signals are provided to the input sensor, and wherein the plurality of search signals include two or more search signals capable of communicating through two or more different protocols, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soongyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11574977
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device that is capable of being driven with low power consumption. A first thin-film transistor including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer and a second thin-film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are disposed in an active area, thereby reducing power consumption. At least one opening formed in a bending area is formed to have the same depth as any one of contact holes formed in the active area, thereby making it possible to form the opening and the contact holes through the same process and consequently simplifying the process of manufacturing the device. A second source electrode of the second thin-film transistor and a second gate electrode of the second thin-film transistor overlap each other with an upper interlayer insulation film interposed therebetween so as to form a first storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Young Kim, Kyoung-Nam Lim, Yu-Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 11568802
    Abstract: A backplane suitable to pulse width modulate an array of emissive pixels with a current that is substantially constant over a wide range of temperatures. A current control circuit provides means to provide a constant current to an array of current mirror pixel drive elements. The current control circuit comprises a thermally stable bias resistor and a thermally stable band-gap voltage source to provide thermally stable controls and a large L p-channel reference current FET with an associated large L n-channel bias FET configured to provide a reference current at a required voltage to the gate of a large L p-channel current source FET. The current control circuit and the current mirror pixel drive elements are similar circuits with one current control circuit able to control a substantial number of pixel drive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Bo Li, Kaushik Sheth
  • Patent number: 11567605
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel and an input sensor disposed on the display panel and operable in a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode, wherein the input sensor may include a plurality of sensing electrodes, a plurality of sensing wirings electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes, respectively, and a blocking part covering the plurality of sensing wirings. The blocking part is configured to be floated in the first mode and to receive a substantially constant voltage in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Wook Cho, Min-Hong Kim, Taejoon Kim, Jungmok Park
  • Patent number: 11561642
    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 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Moon Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 11556218
    Abstract: A sensor includes a first substrate on a back side of a display panel, a first coil extending in a first direction at a predetermined angle between 0 and 90 degrees with respect to a long-side direction of the first substrate and including a first long-side portion provided with first and second end portions, a second coil including a second long-side portion extending in a second direction, a first leader line including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to the first end portion, and the second end is connected to wiring on a second substrate arranged to extend at a right angle toward the outside of the sensor from one side of the first substrate, and a second leader line including first end connected to the end portion and a second end connected to the wiring on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanhao Chen, Yoshihisa Sugiyama, Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 11556188
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a signal generator, a power supply, and a resonance circuit. The signal generator is configured to generate a signal. The power supply is configured to supply power to the signal generator. The resonance circuit is configured to generate a current based on the signal and emit a magnetic field based on the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Yun-Ho Kim, Jaeuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11550438
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch display device, a method of driving the touch display device, a touch driving circuit, and a touch controller, for sensing a touch using a touch driving signal whose frequency is changed in sync with a touch driving timing. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to have a high signal-to-noise ratio as well as improved immunity to the EMI, and acquire improved touch sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Kim, Jaehun Jun, Sojung Jung
  • Patent number: 11543926
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display module in which a folding area is defined, a plate disposed below the display module to support the display module, a digitizer disposed between the plate and the display module, a first adhesive layer disposed between the display module and the digitizer, and a second adhesive layer disposed between the digitizer and the plate. At least one of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer includes first and second sub-adhesive layers spaced apart with respect to the folding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Yongchan Jeon, Hyun-Been Hwang
  • Patent number: 11537235
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display layer; a sensor layer on the display layer; a sensor driving part to provide a transmission signal to the sensor layer; and a display driving part to drive the display layer. The display layer includes: a plurality of pixels; first scan lines electrically connected to a first group of pixels; second scan lines electrically connected to a second group of pixels; and data lines electrically connected to the plurality of pixels. The display driving part is to drive the first scan lines, the second scan lines, and the data lines, and to alternately provide a pixel data signal and a compensation signal to data lines corresponding to the first group of pixels and data lines corresponding to the second group of pixels, the compensation signal being a signal that is complementary to at least one of the pixel data signal or the transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Lim, Hyun-Wook Cho