Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 10353438
    Abstract: A hinged multi-screen computing device is provided that includes a processor, at least one speaker, two display devices connected by a hinge containing a hinge sensor, and a housing with two parts, each including a display device. At least one of the displays is configured to display GUI controls, one which adjusts a volume balance between a first and second GUI element displayed on each of the first and second displays, and another which adjusts overall volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Adolfo Hernandez Santisteban, Donna Katherine Long, Andrew Austin Jackson, Christian Michael Sadak, Bryant Daniel Hawthorne
  • Patent number: 10346117
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of making a state-based determination of information to be displayed on a screen region of a hinge that is coupled to other screen regions. For instance, a state of a hinge that is coupled between a first screen region and a second screen region may be determined. Information that is to be displayed on a third screen region that is provided on the hinge may be determine based at least in part on the state of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Sebastian Sylvan, Aaron M. Burns, Kenneth L. Kiemele, Charlene Mary Jeune, Christian Sadak, John B. Hesketh, Jeffrey R. Sipko, Christian Klein, Gregg R. Wygonik, Sophors Khut, Michael R. Thomas, Ricardo Arturo Espinoza Reyes
  • Patent number: 10346004
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods relate to the creation and use of fixed-layout display component(s) embedded as part of the overall programmatic device(s) screen display(s). In preferred embodiments, these fixed-layout components may behave in a specific manner and can be utilized and managed independently of the remaining programmatically generated screen display functionality. A fixed-layout component may contain many elements and associated user interactivities. Each element may be related positionally, dimensionally and display sequence to the overall component and to other elements contained such that the mathematical calculation of relative position, size and dimension aspect ratio of all the component items and the item display sequence is maintained programmatically and visually relative to each other irrespective of the device screen size or orientation when the fixed-layout component is part of an overall display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventor: Michael E Murphy
  • Patent number: 10337712
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a light emitting device includes a base that includes at least a frame body; a light source that emits light; and a temperature sensor with which the base is provided and that detects changes in temperature of the light source. A space is provided between the temperature sensor and a portion of the base corresponding to a portion in which the temperature sensor is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi Takagi
  • Patent number: 10338746
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch screen controller operable with a touch screen having force lines and sense lines. The touch screen controller includes drive circuitry driving the force lines with a force signal in a touch data sensing mode and not driving the force lines in a noise sensing mode. Sense circuitry senses data at the sense lines in the touch data sensing mode and the noise sensing mode. Processing circuitry samples the data, multiplies the data by a sine multiplier to produce imaginary data, sums the imaginary data, multiplies the data by a cosine multiplier to produce real data, sums the real data, and determines magnitude values of the data as a function of the imaginary data and the real data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Kusuma Adi Ningrat, Ade Putra
  • Patent number: 10331242
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure enable a stylus to include a plurality of portions configured to transmit synchronized signals. In some examples, the stylus includes a first portion configured to transmit a first signal in a first pattern, and a second portion configured to transmit a second signal in a second pattern different from the first pattern such that the second signal is distinguishable from the first signal. On receiving the first signal, a user device is configured to provide a first functionality and, on receiving the second signal, the user device is configured to provide a second functionality. Examples of the disclosure enable the stylus to include a plurality of portions configured to interact with a user device in an efficient and/or cost-effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dale Jensen, Justin Allan Coppin
  • Patent number: 10331190
    Abstract: A mobile computing device is provided that includes a processor, an accelerometer, two or more display devices, and a housing including the processor, the accelerometer, and the two or more display devices, determine a current user focus indicating that a first display device of the pair of display devices is being viewed by the user, and that a second display device of the pair of display devices is not being viewed by the user, detect a signature gesture input based on accelerometer data received via the accelerometer detecting that the mobile computing device has been rotated more than a threshold degree, determine that the current user focus has changed from the first display device to the second display device based on at least detecting the signature gesture input, and perform a predetermined action based on the current user focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Alexandre da Veiga, Roger Sebastian Sylvan, Jeffrey Sipko
  • Patent number: 10324527
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method for changing information on a display in a vehicle based on a gaze direction of a driver is disclosed. The method may include displaying information on the display in the vehicle. The method may also include receiving gaze data indicative of the gaze direction of a user. The method may further include changing the display based at least in part on the gaze data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Erland George-Svahn, Rebecka Lannsjö, Mårten Skogö
  • Patent number: 10318032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a capacitive detection device, comprising a plurality of individual capacitive measuring electrodes (12) distributed according to a measuring surface, and connecting tracks (20) respectively connected to said measuring electrodes (12), wherein the measuring electrodes (12) and the connecting tracks (20) are arranged according to two distinct optically clear layers separated by an electrically insulating insulation material (53). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the device, and an apparatus comprising the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Quickstep Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Christophe Bernard, Christophe Blondin
  • Patent number: 10319281
    Abstract: A method including causing synchronization of a local time frame and refresh of a display; processing an output from a light sensor from a first time, in the local time frame, for a controlled first duration to control light output of the display at a second time, in the local time frame and after the first time, for a second duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Johan Bergquist
  • Patent number: 10311822
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improving displayed image quality of an electronic display with reduced power consumption. In some embodiments, a display pixel in the electronic display includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode. A pixel electrode driver electrically coupled to the first display pixel writes the display pixel by supplying a pixel voltage signal to the pixel electrode. A common electrode driver electrically coupled to the common electrode includes a power amplifier that supplies a common voltage signal to the common electrode to predictively offset net charge accumulation expected in the common electrode; a first power supply rail selectively connectable to the power amplifier based on a target voltage of the common voltage signal; and a second power supply rail selectively connectable to the power amplifier based on the target voltage, in which the first and second power supply rails supply different voltages when connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Howard H. Tang, Sandro H. Pintz
  • Patent number: 10303281
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a contact sensitive device and a contact sensitive device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base film, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a thermochromic layer. A protruding pattern is disposed on the base film. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the base film and are spaced apart from each other with the protruding pattern therebetween. The third electrode is in contact with the protruding pattern. The thermochromic layer is disposed on the third electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: WooYoung Shim, HanSaem Kang, KiSeok Chang, WookSung Kim, SungPil Ryu, GwangMook Kim, SungJun Cho, JaeMin Myoung
  • Patent number: 10304404
    Abstract: A gate driver on array (GOA) and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The GOA circuit includes a plurality of cascaded GOA units and a plurality of pull-down maintaining circuits. The cascaded GOA units are configured for respectively outputting gate driving signals of first level signals to charge corresponding horizontal scanning lines within a display area when being controlled by a plurality of clock signals. Each of the pull-down maintaining circuits corresponds to at least two cascaded GOA units, and each of the pull-down maintaining circuits is configured for maintaining the corresponding at least two cascaded GOA units to output second level signals as the gate driving signals during a non-operation period. As described above, the disclosure can reduce the amount of the pull-down maintaining circuits, so as to decrease the width of the layout of the GOA circuit to meet the need to design a narrow-frame liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Peng Du
  • Patent number: 10304411
    Abstract: Display panels and methods for operating a display panel are described. In an embodiment, the display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, a plurality of rows of emission control lines extending through the plurality of rows of pixels, and a global emission line coupled to the plurality of rows of emission control lines. Modes of operation of the display panel include global flash mode and low persistence mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Koorosh Aflatooni, Sang Y. Youn, Mohammad Hajirostam, Yun Wang
  • Patent number: 10288887
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device including a display and a beam combiner is provided. The display is configured to emit an image bean, and the beam combiner includes a plurality of stacked light-splitting layers. The light-splitting layers include a first light-splitting layer and a second light-splitting layer. The image beam is adapted to enter and exit the beam combiner through the first light-splitting layer. The first light-splitting layer is located between the second light-splitting layer and the display. The beam combiner satisfies 0.7?R1/(T1×R2×T1)?1.3. Here, R1 is light reflectivity of the first light-splitting layer, T1 is light transmittance of the first light-splitting layer, and R2 is light reflectivity of the second light-splitting layer. The head-mounted display device provided herein has advantages of usage convenience and compactness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yi-Hsuang Weng, Chih-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 10283087
    Abstract: Disclosed is a digital signage device and a method for operating the same, the digital signage device enabling a terminal, which has approached a display panel, to acquire tagging information, which has been updated with regard to each display object inside contents displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SK PLANET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hoon Kim, Hyun Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10276099
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display that includes a display panel including a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a driving transistor, a switching transistor, an OLED and a storage capacitor; a timing controller that receives pixel data of an input image and timing signals and time-divides a period of one frame into at least a driving sub-frame and a compensation sub-frame based on one or more of the timing signals; and a display panel driver that converts the pixel data into data voltages and supplies the data voltages to the plurality of data lines during the driving sub-frame, and that adjusts compensation gray levels of the plurality of pixels or compensation duties of the plurality of pixels based on a luminance map, which contains information on a luminance deviation for each pixel with respect to a same gray level, during the compensation sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joonhee Lee, Heejung Hong, Dongwon Park, Jongmin Park, Yongchul Kwon
  • Patent number: 10275630
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification apparatus including a light-transmitting device, an image-capture device disposed opposite to the light-transmitting device, and a collimator disposed between the light-transmitting device and the image-capture device is provided. The collimator includes a plurality of light-shielding layers and a plurality of light-transmitting layers that are alternately stacked. Each of the light-shielding layers has a plurality of openings respectively corresponding to a plurality of pixel regions of the image-capture device. Openings of the plurality of light-shielding layers corresponding to one pixel region are arranged along an oblique direction. The oblique direction and a normal direction of a pressing surface of the light-transmitting device have an included angle ?, and 0°<?<90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Gingy Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chuck Chung, Jen-Chieh Wu
  • Patent number: 10268934
    Abstract: In order to enable appropriate selection of one operational mode from a plurality of operational modes by the user, on a home screen image allowing selection of an operational mode of an image forming apparatus, displayed are: an icon for selecting a copy mode related to image formation at the center; an icon for selecting a FAX mode with priority as a frequently selected mode related to image transmission; and icons allowing direct selection of other operational modes related to image transmission. On a condition setting screen image of a mode related to image transmission, a software button or buttons allowing transition to another mode related to image transmission are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fukumoto, Naohiro Ando
  • Patent number: 10268330
    Abstract: A conductive component including two or more conductive first and second large lattices composed of a thin metal wire, wherein the first and second large lattices each contain a combination of two or more small lattices, a first unconnected pattern composed of a thin metal wire separated from the first and second large lattices is formed around a side of the first large lattices, a second unconnected pattern composed of a thin metal wire separated from the first and second large lattices is formed around a side of the second large lattices, the first large lattices are arranged adjacent to the second large lattices as viewed from above, the first and second unconnected patterns overlap with each other to form a combined pattern between the first and second large lattices as viewed from above, and the combined pattern contains a combination of two or more of the small lattices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi Kuriki