Patents Examined by Nan-Ying Yang
  • Patent number: 10572209
    Abstract: A multi-display system includes a plurality of display apparatuses which include a control section that controls operation of the display section and the communication section in response to an input to the operation input section. The control section sends picture position information including a first picture position corresponding to a currently displayed partial picture to at least the display apparatus displaying the partial picture corresponding to a second picture position via the communication section when the control section is instructed to change the picture position and is notified about the second picture position via the operation input section, and causes the display section to display the partial picture corresponding to the second picture position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasunobu Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10572022
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device with sensory feedback (1) comprising: a detector (11) of gestures of the hand (9) of a user (3), a sensory feedback unit (15) connected to the gesture detector (11) and providing sensory feedback to the user (3) in accordance with the gestures of the user's hand (9), characterised in that the sensory feedback unit (15) includes a unit (17) for blowing a stream of air towards an area (19) for detecting gestures of the hand (9) of the user (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DAV
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Tissot
  • Patent number: 10565940
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixels connected with the plurality of gate lines and an optical sensor connected with a k-th gate line among the plurality of gate lines. A gate pulse applied to the k-th gate line includes a sensing gate pulse applied during a (k?i)-th horizontal period and a pixel driving gate pulse applied during a k-th horizontal period. The optical sensor connected with the k-th gate line outputs a sensing voltage in response to the sensing gate pulse. The pixel connected with the k-th gate line is applied with a data voltage in response to the pixel driving gate pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joohee Lee, Moonsoo Chung
  • Patent number: 10565924
    Abstract: A method for determining a scene currently displayed on a terminal and a terminal are provided. The method includes obtaining parameters for determining a scene currently displayed on the terminal, and determining the scene currently displayed on the terminal based on the parameters. The parameters include one or more process identifiers of a currently running application and sensing data provided by one or more sensors of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Deliang Peng, Shengjun Gou, Yongpeng Yi, Xiaori Yuan, Gaoting Gan, Zhiyong Zheng, Hai Yang
  • Patent number: 10534482
    Abstract: The present application provides a control method, apparatus and system. A method comprises: detecting a signal in a circuit; in response to detection of a loopback signal in the circuit, determining that a loop is formed by at least one part of a capacitive touch screen, a device and a user; and in response to formation of the loop, disabling or enabling a function corresponding to the at least one part of the capacitive touch screen. By use of the technical solution provided in the present application, formation of a loop is determined through detection of a loopback signal, thereby determining identity of the user, to disable or enable at least one function. In a scenario like driving, the user's multitasking can be effectively avoided, thereby improving security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Beijing Zhigu Rui Tuo Tech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhengxiang Wang, Lin Du
  • Patent number: 10529270
    Abstract: A display device comprising an active area and a surrounding area is provided. The active area includes a common electrode for receiving a common voltage. The surrounding area is located at a side of the active area, and the surrounding area includes a shielding metal layer and a surrounding circuit. The shielding metal layer is electrically isolated from the common electrode and receives a shielding voltage. The surrounding circuit and a first shielding metal are overlapped in a vertical projection direction, and the common voltage is power-isolated from the shielding voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong-Fu Lin, Kai-Wei Hong, Jie-Chuan Huang, Peng-Bo Xi, Sung-Yu Su
  • Patent number: 10528125
    Abstract: A position and a head alignment of a person who is wearing virtual reality glasses is detected by a detection device within a detection area of the detection device. A virtual object arranged in a virtual environment is displayed using virtual reality glasses, from a virtual perspective set in accordance with the detected position and head alignment. Based on the detected position, whether the person is located less than a predefined distance from a boundary of the detection area is determined. If it is determined that the person is less than the predefined distance from the boundary, an effect indicating the person is less than the predefined distance from the boundary is displayed, using the virtual reality glasses. The type of depiction of the effect is set depending on the head alignment that has been determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Marcus Kuehne
  • Patent number: 10515573
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) may include: a sensor configured to measure a motion of the HMD; a controller configured to generate image data based on first sensing information measured by the sensing unit at a first time point; and a display device configured to frame-shift the generated image data, and output the frame-shifted image data to a display panel. The display device may frame-shift the image data using second sensing information measured by the sensor at a second time point after the first time point, and the second time point may correspond to a time point immediately before the controller outputs the image data to the display panel after generating the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gunwoo Hwang, Sanglyn Lee
  • Patent number: 10514812
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel and a driving method are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate including a display region and a border region surrounding the display region; multiple pixel units arranged in the display region in an array; a data-line metal layer arranged in the display region, where the data-line metal layer includes multiple wiring units arranged in an array, with each wiring unit corresponding to multiple pixel units in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and multiple pixels units corresponding to a same wiring unit being electrically connected to the wiring unit via transistors, respectively. Multiple first gate lines are arranged in parallel and extending in a row direction; and multiple second gate lines arranged in parallel and extending in a column direction. The first gate line and the second gate line are arranged to control a conduction state of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingyao Zhou, Qijun Yao
  • Patent number: 10509595
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first data terminal, a data output terminal, a control circuitry, first and second communication interfaces, and a bridge circuitry. The bridge circuitry is configured to operate a normal mode and a bridge mode. In the normal mode, the data output terminal is connected to the second communication interface circuitry, and in the bridge mode, the first data terminal is connected to the data output terminal in a bridge mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nobukazu Tanaka, Takayuki Noto, Masaaki Shiomura
  • Patent number: 10504448
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first pixel connected to a first scan line, a second scan line, and a first data line, a second pixel connected to the first scan line and a second data line, and a selection circuit configured to electrically connect a first channel to one of the first data line and the second data line in response to selection signals. A pulse width of a first scan signal configured to be provided to the first scan line and a pulse width of a second scan signal configured to be provided to the second scan line are longer than one horizontal period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunghwan Kim, Junhyun Park, Kyoungju Shin, Chongchul Chai
  • Patent number: 10496232
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel including: a single transparent substrate; a first electrode pattern formed on a first surface of the transparent substrate; a first dummy electrode pattern including a plurality of first dummy electrodes and formed on a region where the first electrode pattern is not formed; a second electrode pattern formed on a second surface of the transparent substrate; and a second dummy electrode pattern including a plurality of second dummy electrodes and formed on a region where the second electrode pattern is not formed, the first/second dummy electrodes are electrically insulated from the first/second electrode pattern by slits respectively, the slits of the second/first dummy electrodes include outermost first/third gaps and second/fourth gaps disposed inward of the first/third gaps respectively, and the third/second gaps and the fourth/first gaps are patterned to overlap each other in a plurality of dotted regions in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10488883
    Abstract: A tablet device with a flexible cover is disclosed. Thin flexible display technology can be integrated into the flexible cover without affecting the overall form factor of the cover or tablet device. Adding the integrated display to the flexible cover greatly enhances the overall functionality of the tablet device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 10481688
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a haptic feedback component is configured to generate haptic feedback in accordance with movement of a user. The haptic feedback component includes a frame having a size and shape for receiving an appendage of a user, a flexible beam member coupled to the frame, and a haptic feedback element that is coupled to the flexible beam member, wherein the haptic feedback element actuates in response to receiving an electrical signal so as to cause the flexible beam member to displace from an initial configuration to a modified configuration such as to direct the haptic feedback towards the appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Alex Lehmann, Michael Y. Cheung
  • Patent number: 10481732
    Abstract: A press detecting touch panel that includes a housing defining an opening, a piezoelectric film, and a holding member which holds the piezoelectric film within the opening. An entire periphery of the holding member is fixed to the housing such that the holding member covers the opening, and a first cross sectional shape along a first direction of the holding member is different than a second cross sectional shape along a second direction of the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Mori, Masamichi Ando
  • Patent number: 10474191
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable device. The wearable device includes an optical signal transmission unit configured to transmit optical signals, an optical signal sensing unit configured to receive reflected optical signals generated upon reflection of the optical signals by an object, a data processing unit configured to process the received reflected optical signals, and a key determination unit configured to sense a user's key input motion based on data acquired by processing the reflected optical signals and to generate an input value matching the key input motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MotionVirtual, Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Ho Park
  • Patent number: 10466846
    Abstract: A touch substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The touch substrate includes: a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode, and a first wire; the first touch electrode extending from a first side edge of a touch region to a second side edge thereof; the second touch electrode extending from a third side edge of the touch region to a fourth side edge thereof; the first wire extending within the touch region after being electrically connected to either the first touch electrode or the second touch electrode, and extending from the fourth side edge to a wiring region located at the fourth side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhixiang Fang, Ming Hu, Dayu Zhang, Rikun Jiang
  • Patent number: 10466484
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes a dichroic element, an eye tracking system, a controller, and an external focus camera. The dichroic element is transmissive to the light in a first optical band (e.g., visible light) but reflective to light in a second optical band (e.g., IR light). The eye tracking system includes a source assembly and a tracking camera. The source assembly projects light in the second optical band into an eyebox of the HMD. The tracking camera captures images of at least a portion of a user's eye in the eyebox. The controller of the HMD determines a gaze direction of the user based on the captured images. An orientation of the external focus camera corresponds to the gaze direction. The external focus camera captures image data of a portion of a local area surrounding the HMD at the orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Youngshik Yoon, Richard Han Soo Cho
  • Patent number: 10460688
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display panel comprises: data line pairs, comprising a first data line and a second data line located side by side; scan lines, comprising a first scan line and a second scan line which are perpendicular with the data line pairs and alternatively arranged; a pixel unit array, comprising pixel units, respectively located in regions formed by arrangement of the data line pairs and the scan lines; wherein a scan drive signal received by the first and second scan lines scan the two rows of pixel units coupled to each other at the same time, and the first and second scan lines are respectively coupled to at least two pixel units in a single row of the pixel units, and drives the pixel units coupled to each data line in time division to charge the pixel units coupled to the same data line in time division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhenzhou Xing, Chun-hung Huang
  • Patent number: 10446090
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a LED backlight driving circuit, including a power source, LED strings, a buck circuit, and a LED controller. The LED strings include at least one string of LED lamps, a positive terminal thereof and the power source are electrically connected. The buck circuit and the LED strings are electrically connected. The LED controller and the buck circuit are electrically connected. The LED controller controls the power source to provide electricity to the LED strings and controls the buck circuit to store energy during a first period. The LED controller controls the buck circuit to provide electricity to the LED strings during a second period. The disclosure further provides a liquid crystal display. The disclosure has the advantage of preventing the LED backlight driving circuit from being damaged easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Wendong Li