Patents Examined by Lun-Yi Lao
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Patent number: 10061397Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are directed toward input mechanisms, for input devices, configured to receive and removably couple to interchangeable elements. Handheld input devices applicable to some embodiments may include, without limitation, computer controllers, video game console controllers, and handheld video gaming devices. Input mechanisms applicable to various embodiments may include, for example, control sticks (e.g., joysticks or analog sticks operable by a user's finger, such as a thumbstick), buttons, switches, and directional pads. According to some embodiments, an input mechanism is provided comprising a base component. Depending on the embodiment, coupling different interchangeable elements to the base component may cause the input mechanism to vary in size, appearance, contour, material, or features provided by the input mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLCInventors: Bradley M. Strahle, Eric B. Fulghum
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Patent number: 10051168Abstract: A method of automatically activating a camera application implemented in a mobile device in locked mode starts with the processor receiving a first signal from an accelerometer. The device's processor activates the camera application when the processor determines that the mobile device has remained in a stationary portrait or landscape position for a period of time based on the first signal. Activating the camera application includes signaling by the processor to the display device to display a camera screen from a locked screen. The processor may also receive a second signal from a proximity sensor that detects presence of a nearby object to the mobile device. When the processor determines that there is presence of the nearby object to the mobile device based on the second signal, the mobile device remains in locked mode and the processor does not activate the camera application.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Conrad A. Shultz
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Patent number: 10042435Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are directed toward input mechanisms, for input devices, configured to receive and removably couple to interchangeable elements. Handheld input devices applicable to some embodiments may include, without limitation, computer controllers, video game console controllers, and handheld video gaming devices. Input mechanisms applicable to various embodiments may include, for example, control sticks (e.g., joysticks or analog sticks operable by a user's finger, such as a thumbstick), buttons, switches, and directional pads. According to some embodiments, an input mechanism is provided comprising a base component. Depending on the embodiment, coupling different interchangeable elements to the base component may cause the input mechanism to vary in size, appearance, contour, material, or features provided by the input mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLCInventors: Bradley M. Strahle, Eric B. Fulghum
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Patent number: 10042500Abstract: An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel including an input region having four sides, a peripheral region around the input region, terminals formed in the peripheral region along a first side of the input region, wirings formed in the peripheral region along second, third and fourth sides of the input region, and the input region having X and Y electrodes crossing. The wirings are connected between corresponding X or Y electrodes and wiring terminals plurality of terminals. A dummy wiring, which is not connected to any of the X electrodes or Y electrodes, is provided outside the wiring formed in a farthest position from the input region, and the dummy wiring extends through the peripheral region along the second, third and fourth sides of the input region, and electrically connects to at least one dummy wiring terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Esaka, Shouji Ikeda, Kouichi Anno
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Patent number: 10037734Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light unit, a display panel configured to transmit light from the light unit, a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of modes different in a scanning order of the display panel from each other, and a control unit configured to control the light unit to light each of a plurality of areas of the display panel. According to the mode set by the setting unit, the control unit determines timing when the light unit lights the plurality of areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shota Iguchi, Kazuhiro Inoko
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Patent number: 10013943Abstract: A gate driving circuit for providing a scan signal to a LCD panel is disclosed. The gate driving circuit includes a positive level shifter, a capacitive coupling level shifter, a P-type transistor and an N-type transistor. The positive level shifter shifts up a gate control signal to generate a first control signal. The capacitive coupling level shifter shifts up and down the first control signal to generate positive and negative control signals. The P-type transistor P-type transistor receives the negative control signal and a negative power voltage. The N-type transistor receives the negative control signal and a negative power voltage. An absolute value of a voltage difference between the positive power voltage and the positive control signal and an absolute value of a voltage difference between the negative power voltage and the negative control signal are less than a medium voltage device endurance limit.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.Inventors: Tsun-Sen Lin, Min-Nan Liao
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Patent number: 10001914Abstract: A method comprising determining a deformation attribute of an apparatus based, at least in part, on at least one operational parameter, receiving an indication of an acceleration input that corresponds to the deformation attribute, and causing a deformation representation of the apparatus, the deformation representation being indicative of the deformation attribute in relation to the acceleration input is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Kildal Johan
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Patent number: 9996202Abstract: An electronic device having an electrode pattern for a touch sensor is provided. The electronic device include a touch sensor; and a touch key that is formed at a position corresponding to the electrode pattern for the touch sensor and corresponds to a touch region. The electrode pattern is an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Ohhyuck Kwon
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Patent number: 9983783Abstract: There is presented a method for selective operator guidance for operator inputs, in particular for operator inputs in a home appliance, to a control panel component, in particular for an operating control panel for a home appliance, and to a method for producing a control panel component, in particular for an operating control panel of a home appliance. In one aspect, the control panel component includes a cover layer, a sensor layer which covers a rear side of the cover layer in a flat manner, at least sectionally, and an indicator layer comprising at least one discrete indicator element, wherein the sensor layer is arranged between the cover layer and the at least one discrete indicator element, wherein the sensor layer is configured to detect operator inputs, in particular operator gestures, wherein the sensor layer is arranged to be activated sectionally depending on a desired input mode, and wherein the at least one discrete indicator element is arranged to be actuated for selective operator guidance.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: PAS Deutschland GmbHInventor: Olaf Krause
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Patent number: 9983618Abstract: An optical touch apparatus including two touch panels, two optical sensing modules, and a rail device is provided. Each touch panel has two lateral sides separated from each other and a touch zone located between the two lateral sides. Each optical sensing module is disposed or near one lateral side of one of the touch panels. The rail device is coupled to the two touch panels, such that two touch panels can slide in parallel along a predetermined direction and can be selectively operated in one of a first touching mode and a second touching mode, and the optical touch apparatus can flexibly change its size of touch zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventors: Yu-Yen Chen, Po-Liang Huang, Yu-Kai Su
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Patent number: 9983423Abstract: An electronic device may include multiple display layers. The display layers may include a matching layer implemented using multiple graded index of refraction sublayers to help minimize reflections. The matching layer may include a first sublayer having a monotonically increasing index of refraction, a second (reverse matching) sublayer having a monotonically decreasing index of refraction, and a third sublayer having a monotonically increasing index of refraction. The second reverse matching sublayer may serve to induce an optical path difference that results in destructive inference at one or more specific wavelengths. The thickness of the reverse matching sublayer may be tuned to center the destructive interference at the desired wavelength(s). If desired, multiple matching layers each having their own reverse matching layers may be stacked on top of one another to provide reflectance suppression at multiple wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Wen-I Hsieh
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Patent number: 9971420Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are directed toward input mechanisms, for input devices, configured to receive and removably couple to interchangeable elements. Handheld input devices applicable to some embodiments may include, without limitation, computer controllers, video game console controllers, and handheld video gaming devices. Input mechanisms applicable to various embodiments may include, for example, control sticks (e.g., joysticks or analog sticks operable by a user's finger, such as a thumbstick), buttons, switches, and directional pads. According to some embodiments, an input mechanism is provided comprising a base component. Depending on the embodiment, coupling different interchangeable elements to the base component may cause the input mechanism to vary in size, appearance, contour, material, or features provided by the input mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLCInventors: Bradley M. Strahle, Eric B. Fulghum
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Patent number: 9959793Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display system which is related to the field of display technology. The display system enables a display device to be switched between a normal display mode and an anti-peeping display mode. This display system comprises a display device which comprises a display panel for displaying content.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanshun Chen, Youmei Dong, Wenbo Li, Qingjiang Wang
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Patent number: 9958957Abstract: A transparent display apparatus and method for displaying information thereon includes sensing a position of an object, sensing a position of a user, determining an area of the transparent display through which the object is viewable by the user, and displaying the information on the transparent display based on the area.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Il-kook Yun, Geun-ho Lee, Chang-soo Lee
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Patent number: 9953591Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for driving a split display with multiple display pipelines. Frames for driving a display are logically divided into portions, a first display pipeline drives a first portion of the display, and a second display pipeline drives a second portion of the display. Each display pipeline generates dither noise for each frame in its entirety but only utilizes dither noise for the portion of the frame which is being driven to its respective portion of the display. This approach prevents visual artifacts from appearing at the dividing line between the first and second portions of the display.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Peter F. Holland, Brijesh Tripathi, Hari Ganesh R. Thirunageswaram
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Patent number: 9934716Abstract: A display including a display panel and a control module is disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of same sub-pixel matrixes. Each sub-pixel matrix is formed by arranging a plurality of sub-pixels. The plurality of sub-pixels includes first sub-pixels corresponding to a first color, second sub-pixels corresponding to a second color, and third sub-pixels corresponding to a third color. The first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels, and the third sub-pixels are all arranged on the display panel to form a shape of fold line having different folding lengths. The control module is coupled to the display panel and used to output a control signal to the display panel according to a display data to drive the plurality of sub-pixels on the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Hung Li, Chung-Cheng Chou, Ming-Nan Yu
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Patent number: 9911389Abstract: Dual modulator displays are disclosed incorporating a phosphorescent plate interposed in the optical path between a light source modulation layer and a display modulation layer. Spatially modulated light output from the light source modulation layer impinges on the phosphorescent plate and excites corresponding regions of the phosphorescent plate which in turn emit light having different spectral characteristics than the light output from the light source modulation layer. Light emitted from the phosphorescent plate is received and further modulated by the display modulation layer to provide the ultimate display output.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Lorne A. Whitehead, Gregory John Ward, Louis D. Silverstein, Helge Seetzen
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Patent number: 9905180Abstract: A gate driving circuit for providing a scan signal to a LCD panel is disclosed. The gate driving circuit includes at least one positive level shifter, at least one negative level shifter, a pair of P-type transistor and an N-type transistor. The positive level shifter is utilized for shifting up agate control signal to generate a positive control signal. The negative level shifter is utilized for shifting down the gate control signal to generate a negative control signal. The pair of transistors is utilized for outputting a positive power voltage or a negative power voltage as the scan signal according to the positive control signal and the negative control signal. The positive power voltage minus the positive control signal is less than six volts. The negative control signal minus the negative power voltage is less than six volts.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.Inventors: Tsun-Sen Lin, Min-Nan Liao
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Patent number: 9905174Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel which includes gate lines, data lines crossing the gate lines, and pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines; a timing controller for receiving a control signal and image data and for generating a gate control signal and a data control signal; a gate driver for generating a gate signal based on the gate control signal and outputting the gate signal to the gate lines; and a data driver for performing data conversion on the image data based on the data control signal and outputting a conversion result to the data lines, wherein the timing controller analyzes the image data frame by frame data and applies two or more inversion driving techniques to frame data.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Won Jeong, Kwan-Young Oh, Younjin Jung, Kyung-Uk Choi, Po-Yun Park, Sangyoung Lee
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Patent number: 9905146Abstract: A TFT array substrate for a TFT LCD includes a plurality of pixels each consisting of a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel arranged in a 2×2 matrix. Two data lines are located between each two neighboring columns of the sub-pixels. A scan line is located between two neighboring rows of the sub-pixels. The sub-pixels are driven by column inversion. The scan lines in electrical connections with different rows of the pixels are turned on successively along a vertical direction. Two neighboring same colored sub-pixels in a same row of the sub-pixels have opposite polarities and two neighboring same colored sub-pixel in a same column of the sub-pixels respectively have the same polarity when the TFT LCD is operated to output a screen having a color the same as the color of the two neighboring same colored sub-pixels.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Century Technology (Shenzhen) Corporation LimitedInventors: Ming-Tsung Wang, Chih-Chung Liu, Jian-Xin Liu, Li-Fang Wang