Patents Examined by Nelson Rosario
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Patent number: 10096375Abstract: A shift register unit comprises an input subcircuit for a first node to be a first level when a scan pulse is of the first level, an output subcircuit for driving an output terminal to be a first clock signal level when the first node is at the first level, a second node control subcircuit for connecting the second node with a second level when either of the scan pulse and the output terminal is of the first level, and connecting the second node with the first level when each of the scan pulse and the output signal is of the second level, a first reset subcircuit for driving the first node to be the second level when the second node is at the first level, and a second reset subcircuit for driving the output signal to be the second level when the second node is at the first level.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Silin Feng, Hongmin Li
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Patent number: 10095362Abstract: A lightweight touch panel is provided. A display panel includes first and second substrates, between which a liquid crystal layer is provided. The first substrate is provided with a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a transistor, and the like of a liquid crystal panel. The second substrate is provided with a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first electrode, two second electrodes, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode. The first electrode and the two second electrodes are formed using a first conductive film. The third and fourth electrodes are formed using a second conductive film. The first electrode extends in a first direction. The two second electrodes are provided along a second direction with the first electrode therebetween. The third electrode electrically connects the two second electrodes to each other. The fourth electrode faces the pixel electrode and the common electrode with the liquid crystal layer therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Daisuke Kubota, Kenichi Okazaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10088959Abstract: A touch sensing device includes: a touch panel including a plurality of first electrodes arranged substantially in a matrix form and a plurality of second electrodes arranged substantially in a matrix form; and a sensing signal control unit connected to the touch panel, where the sensing signal control unit includes a first switching block, and the first switching block includes a plurality of first switches which are connected between a plurality of first signal lines connected to the first electrodes and a plurality of first track lines crossing the first signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Won Choi, Hak Sun Kim
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Patent number: 10088927Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays and internal components. An internal component may be positioned under the flexible display. The internal component may be an output device such as a speaker that transmits sound through the flexible display or an actuator that deforms the display in a way that is sensed by a user. The internal component may also be a microphone or pressure sensor that receives sound or pressure information through the flexible display. Structural components may be used to permanently or temporarily deform the flexible display to provide tactile feedback to a user of the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Scott A. Myers, Stephen Brian Lynch
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Patent number: 10088683Abstract: A head worn displaying device of the disclosure includes an optical reflective lens, a display screen and a cover. The optical lens and the display screen are mounted under the cover, and the cover may be similar to a hat tongue located ahead of the forehead of a user. The display screen can be integrated in a mobile phone, and a holder such as a clamper set is used to clamp the mobile phone. The angle of the optical lens can be adjusted, for example, by using a sliding groove and a magnetic hinge which are located at a front end of the hat tongue. The magnetic hinge slides in the sliding groove to adjust a distance between the display screen and the optical lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: TAPUYIHAI (SHANGHAI) INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Rongjie Wei
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Patent number: 10088944Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes common electrodes, detection electrodes, a common-electrode drive circuit including shift registers and switch circuits electrically connected to the shift registers, and a driver which outputs four-phase clock signals and a touch-drive signal, wherein a reset operation of the each shift register is controlled by predetermined two of the four-phase clock signals, each of the switch circuits connects a signal line from the driver to common electrodes based on a shift signal output from an associated shift register, and the each switch circuit causes the touch-drive signal from the driver to be supplied to the common electrodes of the block during a period from time at which the shift signal is output from the associated shift register to time at which a predetermined one of the four-phase clock signals is input.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hiroyuki Abe
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Patent number: 10082925Abstract: An operator control device for a domestic appliance includes an electronic display panel having a cover, and an operator control element which is movable relative to the display panel to set operating conditions of the domestic appliance. The operator control element is embedded, at least in part, in the cover of the electronic display panel, and includes an annular front part having an upper face which projects, at least in part, above a level of an outer face of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: BSH Haugeräte GmbHInventors: Ulrich Goss, Robert Sachon
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Patent number: 10083498Abstract: A compensation method for a driving circuit of a display device includes generating a motion vector between a previous frame and a current frame subsequent to the previous frame; generating a first estimation frame according to the current frame and the motion vector; adjusting the first estimation frame according to the difference between the current frame and the first estimation frame, to generate a first overdrive frame; and inserting the first overdrive frame between the current frame and a next frame subsequent to the current frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Kuei-Chung Chang, Shang-I Liu, Pu-Hsien Chang
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Patent number: 10074330Abstract: The present invention provides a scan driver and a display using the same. The scan driver includes multiple stages of driving units. The driving units are controlled by a start signal, a clock signal and at least one selection signal. The ith stage of the driving unit includes a shift register and a de-multiplexer. The shift register generates a scan signal according to the clock signal and a trigger signal. The de-multiplexer selectively outputs the scan signal to multiple scan lines according to the at least one selection signal. The trigger signal of the 1st stage of the driving unit is the start signal, and the trigger signal of the (i+1)th stage of the driving unit is the scan signal of the ith stage of the driving unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Ming-Chun Tseng, Chun-Yu Chen, Hung-Lin Hsu, Chien-Hsiang Huang
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Patent number: 10073529Abstract: A touch and gesture control system including a light curtain module, an invisible light lighting module, an image capturing module and a control unit is provided. The light curtain module is configured to form a touch zone. The invisible light lighting module is configured to form a gesture control zone. The touch zone and the gesture control zone are at least partially overlapped. The control unit is electrically connected to the light curtain module, the image capturing module and the invisible light lighting module. The control unit turns on the light curtain module and controls the image capturing module to capture a first set of images when executing a touch mode, and turns on the invisible light lighting module and controls the image capturing module to capture a second set of images when executing a gesture control mode. A touch and gesture control method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chien-Chung Liao, Yung-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 10061427Abstract: A computing device includes a digital input system that provides digital input functionality for the computing device. The digital input system receives both a first input and a second input. The first input is typically an input with the user's dominant hand (e.g., using a pen, stylus, finger, etc.), and the second input is typically an input with the user's non-dominant hand. The digital input system determines whether a second input is received simultaneously with the first input, and selects one of multiple behaviors for the first input based on whether the second input is received simultaneously with the first input. Various different behaviors for the first input can be selected from, such as freehand or freeform input, constraining digital input corresponding to the first input to be along an edge of a stencil, and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Silvano Bonacina, Francis Zhou, Xiao Tu, David W. Duhon, David Abzarian, Moshe R. Lutz
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Patent number: 10061505Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes an operation screen display unit that displays a specific operation screen containing an operation key for causing the in-vehicle device to perform a specific action, an operation key moving unit that moves the operation key in a predetermined direction, a camera and a movement recognition unit that detect a movement of part of a body of a user or a movement of an operation member held by the user, and an operation selection unit that, when a movement direction of the operation key matches a direction of the detected movement of the user, selects the operation key moved by the operation key moving unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Takao Sato, Shizuo Kanbayashi, Fumiaki Hoki, Rintaro Kuroda, Takashi Jogataki, Naoki Saegusa, Haruhiko Nakatsuji, Hai Lin
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Patent number: 10055047Abstract: A driver integrated circuit (IC), arranged to selectively operate in a display mode, a self-capacitor mode and a mutual-capacitor mode when the driver IC is coupled to a touch display panel, wherein when the driver IC operates in the display mode, the driver IC outputs display data to a plurality of source lines of the touch display panel; when the driver IC operates in the self-capacitor mode, the driver controls the source lines to have a predetermined voltage; and when the driver IC operates in the mutual-capacitor mode, the driver IC sequentially sends an impulse signal to the source lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Guan-Ying Huang, Yaw-Guang Chang
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Patent number: 10049501Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) comprises a display panel with a first portion including an active area, and a second portion electrically coupled to the first portion of the display panel. The display panel is configured to receive content and compensation content from a VR console for driving the first portion and the second portion of the display panel, respectively. The compensation content is based on modification of the content to be displayed on the first portion of the display panel to mitigate crosstalk in the first portion of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Oculus VR, LLCInventors: Evan M. Richards, Nirav Rajendra Patel
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Patent number: 10043448Abstract: Raw grayscale image data, representing images to be displayed in successive frames, is used to drive a display having pixels that include a drive transistor and an organic light emitting device by dividing each frame into at least first and second-frames, and supplying each pixel with a drive current that is higher in the first sub-frame than in the second sub-frame for raw grayscale values in a first preselected range, and higher in the second sub-frame than in the first sub-frame for raw grayscale values in a second preselected range. The display may be an active matrix display, such as an AMOLED display.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.Inventors: Kongning Li, Vasudha Gupta, Gholamreza Chaji, Arokia Nathan
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Patent number: 10042424Abstract: A haptic output device includes a substrate, an array of electrodes disposed on the substrate, and a layer of dielectric material disposed on the array of electrodes. The layer of dielectric material has an exposed outer surface comprising a micro-patterned texture configured to increase adhesion between the exposed outer surface and a contact surface in contact with the exposed outer surface. The haptic output device includes a controller configured to direct a voltage potential across the array of electrodes to generate an electrostatic adhesive force between the exposed outer surface and the contact surface as a haptic effect.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATIONInventors: Vahid Khoshkava, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
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Patent number: 10042436Abstract: Various devices for providing foot controlled computing device inputs are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a rolling foot controller including a housing, one or more motion sensors disposed within the housing, and processing circuitry. The housing may include an upper portion configured to interface with one or more feet, and a lower portion configured to facilitate motion of the rolling foot controller when disposed on a ground surface. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive the motion data generated by the one or more motion sensors, and provide the motion data to a computing device, especially with regards to rotation in the pitch, yaw, and roll directions. The upper portion is generally of convex shape, curved about one or more axes, and the lower portion is generally convex as well, curved about two or more axes.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Inventors: Michael Hughesdon Turner, Christopher Ryan Byrnes, Thomas William Davison, Evan William Woolley, Ryan Patrick Murphy
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Patent number: 10032417Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light source device includes a plurality of light emitting elements including at least first and second light emitting elements, lightguide, first circuit, second circuit, and controller. The lightguide includes a first surface on which light from light emitting elements is incident and a second surface through which the light exits. The first circuit connects light emitting elements in series. The second circuit can bypass each of light emitting elements. The controller turns on light emitting elements using the first circuit if light emitting elements function normally, and if one of light emitting elements functions abnormally, the controller turns on the light emitting element functioning normally using the second circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Susumu Kimura, Kazuhiko Sako, Tadafumi Ozaki, Naoyuki Takasaki, Fumitaka Gotoh, Tsutomu Harada
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Patent number: 10031633Abstract: A touch panel device includes: a first resistance film and a second resistance film each of which includes an electrode; a switch connected to the electrode; a controller that controls operation of the switch; and a detector that, when a voltage is applied to a resistance film of a voltage applied side among the first resistance film and the second resistance film, detects presence or absence of touch and a position of the touch based on a voltage detected from the electrode on a resistance film of a voltage detection side among the first resistance film and the second resistance film; wherein before detection operation by the detector, the controller controls the operation of the switch connected to the electrode on the resistance film of the voltage detection side so that the electrode on the resistance film of the voltage detection side is grounded.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Daisuke Ichikawa, Kenichi Fujita, Yuji Makiuchi
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Patent number: 10032424Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gate driver circuit and a driving method. The circuit comprises multi-stage GOA circuits, an Nth stage GOA circuit of which comprises: a charge unit, electrically connected between an (N?1)th gate line and an energy storage unit, and used for pre-charging the energy storage unit according to the signal of the (N?1)th gate line to obtain a voltage; a driver unit used for pulling up the signal of the Nth gate line to a pull-up voltage according to the voltage and a clock pulse signal; a first reset unit used for resetting the signal of the Nth gate line to the first reset voltage or the third reset voltage according to the signal of an (N+1) gate line and the first reset voltage or the third reset voltage; and a second reset unit used for resetting the signal of the Nth gate line to the second reset voltage according to the signal of an (N+3) gate line and the second reset voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xiangyang Xu