Patents Examined by Mark Edwards
  • Patent number: 10839753
    Abstract: A display may have rows and columns of pixels. Gate lines may be used to supply gate signals to rows of the pixels. Data lines may be used to supply data signals to columns of the pixels. The data lines may include alternating even and odd data lines. Data lines may be organized in pairs each of which includes one of the odd data lines and an adjacent one of the even data lines. Demultiplexer circuitry may be configured dynamically during data loading and pixel sensing operations. During data loading, data from display driver circuitry may be supplied, alternately to odd pairs of the data lines and even pairs of the data lines. During sensing, the demultiplexer circuitry may couple a pair of the even data lines to sensing circuitry in the display driver circuitry and then may couple a pair of the odd data lines to the sensing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Majid Gharghi, Mohammad Reza Esmaeili Rad, Yun Wang, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Shingo Hatanaka, Shinya Ono, Ting-Kuo Chang
  • Patent number: 10831307
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with automatically reconfigurable palm rejection are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include: a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: identify a posture of a second display relative to a first display; select a palm rejection setting corresponding to the posture; and apply the palm rejection setting to at least one of: the first display or the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Yagiz Can Yildiz, Rex W. Bryan, Philip M. Seibert
  • Patent number: 10825372
    Abstract: A display device includes a panel. The panel includes a display array and a first scan line group. The display array displays a first image and a second image following the first image, and has a first regulation array. The first scan line group is arranged corresponding to the first regulation array. There is a blanking period existed between a first update period corresponding to the first image and a second update period corresponding to the second image. The blanking period has a first sub-period. The first scan line group sends a first scan signal to the first regulation array in the first sub-period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chien-Hsueh Chiang
  • Patent number: 10817116
    Abstract: A device (42) is provided for processing signals (10) from a projected capacitance touch panel (43), the touch panel (43) including a layer of piezoelectric material (9) disposed between a plurality of first electrodes (7, 27) and at least one second electrode (8). The device is configured, in response to receiving input signals (10) from a given first electrode (7, 27), to generate a pressure signal (15a, 15b) indicative of a pressure applied to the touch panel (43) proximate to the given first electrode (7, 27) and a capacitance signal (54a, 54b) indicative of a capacitance of the given first electrode (7, 27). The device (42) includes an amplifier (52) configured to generate an amplified signal (14a, 14b) based on the input signals (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Mojtaba Bagheri, Babak Bastani
  • Patent number: 10817077
    Abstract: Context aware input masking by a touchscreen touch controller filters touch inputs by a totem at a touchscreen to those detected touches relevant to a user interface presented on a touchscreen display. For example, a rotational user interface that accepts values based upon the rotational orientation of a totem has rotational orientation inputs sent from the touch controller while linear inputs are withheld. As another example, a linear user interface that accepts values based upon a position along a length of the totem has linear inputs sent from the touch controller while rotational inputs are withheld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Yagiz Can Yildiz, Jace Files
  • Patent number: 10809785
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a Wheatstone bridge circuit, a power module, and a controller. The Wheatstone bridge circuit includes a first pressure sensing electrode disposed on the substrate. A resistance of the first pressure sensing electrode varies with pressure applied to the first pressure sensing electrode. The first pressure sensing electrode is coil-shaped. The power module is electrically connected to the Wheatstone bridge circuit. The controller is configured to control the power module to provide direct current (DC) to the Wheatstone bridge circuit within a first period of time, and to control the power module to provide alternating current (AC) to the Wheatstone bridge circuit within a second period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TPK Glass Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-Sung Li, Lien-Hsin Lee, Jui-Hsing Li
  • Patent number: 10803794
    Abstract: A high-brightness display device includes a plurality of pixel circuits and a driving line. The driving line is configured to provide a first data signal and a second data signal to a column of pixel circuits of the plurality of pixel circuits. When the high-brightness display device is operated in a normal mode, the first data signal is a DC signal and the second data signal is an AC signal, and a driving current of a pixel circuit of the column of pixel circuits has a first maximum current value. When the high-brightness display device is operated in a high-brightness mode, the first data signal and the second data signal are both the AC signals, and the driving current of the pixel circuit have a second maximum current value. The second maximum current value is larger than the first maximum current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mao-Hsun Cheng
  • Patent number: 10802786
    Abstract: Content sharing methods and apparatuses are provided that relate to the field of communications. A method comprises: determining a projection region of a second display region of a second display device on a first display region of a first display device; acquiring related information of the second display region; and displaying corresponding content in the projection region according to the related information of the second display region. The methods and apparatuses can simplify content sharing steps, improve content sharing efficiency and/or enhance user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING ZHIGU RUI TUO TECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jia Liu, Wei Shi
  • Patent number: 10806040
    Abstract: A large-sized display device having a partially curved part, includes: a partially curved transparent panel fixing plate comprising a curved part, formed so as to have a predetermined curved surface, and a flat part, formed so as to be continuous with the curved part; a curved display panel formed so as to have a curved surface corresponding to the curved surface of the curved part for displaying an image through the panel fixing plate; and a flat display panel installed at the flat part for displaying an image through the panel fixing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TOVIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Beom Kim
  • Patent number: 10802606
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for aligning a coordinate of a controller or a headset with a coordinate of a binocular system. The method includes: obtaining pose data of the controller; acquiring real-time coordinate data in a binocular coordinate system during a repeating movement of the controller based on a light spot emitted from the controller; generating a motion track of the controller during the movement based on the real-time coordinate data and the pose data; obtaining a pose of the controller in controller coordinate system based on the motion track; obtaining a first angle between the positive direction of the controller coordinate system and a positive direction of the binocular coordinate system; and correcting the binocular coordinate system based on the first angle until the angle reaches zero. The method and device for aligning coordinates is easy to be implemented with low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sibin Huang, Jingwen Dai, Jie He
  • Patent number: 10795507
    Abstract: The touch panel may be used in any medium, device or system and even an application with a rough surface that has touch properties that detects a touch position and pattern of any desired object that is resistant to environmental effects with a high number of points that may be detected at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SENSOBRIGHT INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Utku Buyuksahin
  • Patent number: 10795494
    Abstract: An encoder may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The encoder may include a first user input area. A configurator may be configured to communicate with the encoder and the encoder may be configured to communicate with a CPU. The encoder may receive the first input from the user at the first user input area based on an encoder configuration defined by the configurator. The encoder may communicate the first input to the CPU based on the encoder configuration defined by the configurator. A panel may be configured to receive a first input from a user. The panel may include a plurality of input areas. A portable computing device may comprise a configurator. The portable computing device may be configured to communicate with a CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Grayhill, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Huner, Kevin Dooley, Torsten Chase, Robert Kerner, Kenneth G. Mages, Robert Piotr Obrochta, Andrew Wood Polk, IV, Patrick Charles Leighton, Cheng-Yu Hsu
  • Patent number: 10795502
    Abstract: A totem provides inputs with touches on a touchscreen display by reference to a totem user interface that defines a presentation on the touchscreen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri, Jace W. Files, John T. Morrison
  • Patent number: 10789886
    Abstract: A display device includes a first voltage primary wiring line that supplies a first voltage to respective pixel circuits of a display unit and a second voltage primary wiring line that supplies a second voltage to respective pixel circuits. An end portion of an unrolled area of the display unit, positioned on an opposite side with respect to a rolling mechanism, is provided as an edge portion. At least one of the first voltage primary wiring line and the second voltage primary wiring line is electrically connected to pixel circuits arranged at the edge portion first, out of the plurality of pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kuniharu Wakata, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Patent number: 10768807
    Abstract: A display control device includes an identification information reception unit that receives identification information from an input device, an input unit that can receive a handwriting input through the input device, an object generation unit that generates an object from the handwriting input, and a display control unit that performs control of displaying the object on a display area, in which the object generation unit generates a tag object or a drawing object from the handwriting input based on the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Akitomo
  • Patent number: 10754475
    Abstract: Mobile device and method of operating such device with which a near ultrasonic acoustic signal may be produced for emission by an existing transducer, such as an ear piece, to cause a corresponding echo from a proximate object. The echo may be received by another existing transducer, such as a microphone, and processed to produce a corresponding status signal indicative of the proximity of such object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Tigi Thomas
  • Patent number: 10747382
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch screen controller including a driver circuit applying a drive signal to a drive line of a capacitive touch sensing panel. The driver circuit is powered by an accurate supply voltage. A driver supply circuit receives an input supply voltage and outputs the accurate supply voltage. The driver supply circuit includes a clocked comparator comparing a divided version of the accurate supply voltage to a reference voltage and outputting a comparison signal based thereupon. A voltage control circuit (e.g. a charge pump circuit) generates the accurate supply voltage in response to the comparison signal. The clocked comparator and voltage control circuit are both clocked by a driver supply circuit clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Hugo Gicquel, Abhishek Singh
  • Patent number: 10732831
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a user input for an input device having a plurality of switch elements, wherein a control action with a marking gesture and a selection gesture is detected. In doing so, at least one first and one additional switch element are marked sequentially in a specific sequence using the marking gesture, wherein initially the first switch element and then the at least one additional switch element is marked. Using the selection gesture, the marked switch elements are selected sequentially in reverse sequence. Depending on the selected switch elements, control signals are generated and output. The invention furthermore relates to an input device having a plurality of switch elements, a control unit and a detection unit by means of which a control action with a marking gesture and a selection gesture is detectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Marcel Rosilius, Dominik Ulrich, Wojciech Huwer
  • Patent number: 10732412
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle displays an image at the time of seeing a three-dimensional object for distortion correction formed in a virtual space, from a reference eye point of a driver, on a display, as a display image. A controller performs texture mapping by pasting an original display image to the three-dimensional object for distortion correction, in the virtual space, and adjusts the three-dimensional object for distortion correction, according to a positional change between the reference eye point and an actual eye point. An adjustment unit changes a position of the three-dimensional object for distortion correction from a reference position, according to the positional change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 10726791
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a display unit provided with a first pixel circuit connected to a first data line, a second pixel circuit connected to a second data line, a third pixel circuit connected to a third data line, and a fourth pixel circuit connected to a fourth data line, a first data line driving circuit configured to supply a gradation signal to the first data line and the second data line, and a second data line driving circuit configured to supply a gradation signal to the third data line and the fourth data line. The first data line driving circuit and the second data line driving circuit are arranged to sandwich the display unit in a wiring direction of the first data line. A layout of the first data line driving circuit and a layout of the second data line driving circuit are in line symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Tamura