Patents Examined by Nicholas Lee
  • Patent number: 9741956
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) apparatus includes at least one OLED illumination module, a driving unit, an optical sensing module, a control unit, and a storage unit. The driving unit is configured to adjust voltage applied to the OLED illumination module, so as to change a CCT of the OLED illumination module. The optical sensing module is configured to sense the light emitted by the OLED illumination module. The control unit is configured to receive a feedback signal from the optical sensing module so as to adjust a light intensity and the CCT of the OLED illumination module. The storage unit is configured to store photoelectric parameter data of the OLED illumination module. The control unit is configured to adjust the CCT and the light intensity of the OLED illumination module to target values according to the photoelectric parameter data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Yen Tsai, Chih-Ming Lai, Wen-Yung Yeh, Hsuan-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 9734801
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first display area displaying a first image and a second display area adjacent to the first display area and displaying a second image and an image corrector generating an image shifted by correcting the first image and the second image where the image corrector may correct the first image and the second image such that the first image is shifted only in the first display area and the second image is shifted only in the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Noh, Byung Ki Chun
  • Patent number: 9733747
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for measuring touching position, touching energy and display device thereof. While touching position is measured, at least two sensors are installed in dispersing form under the sensing panel of touch control equipment. The sensing panel is divided into a plurality of grids. The unit energy distribution vector of the touching signal is compared with the unit energy distribution vector of the benchmark signal of each grid, therefore touching position is obtained. While touching energy is measured, at least one sensor is installed under the sensing panel. The sensing panel is divided into a plurality of grids. Touching position would be obtained by the above method for measuring touching position or other methods. The touching energy could be calculated by comparing the detected touching signal energy with energy of benchmark signal at touching position in corresponding grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Chaoliang Du
  • Patent number: 9734786
    Abstract: A source drive integrated circuit includes a source driving circuit, output buffers, and voltage protection circuits. The source driving circuit generates data voltages according to a source timing control signal and digital video data. The output buffers output the data voltages from the source driving circuit to output terminals. The voltage protection circuits are connected between the output buffers and the output terminals. A voltage supplied to at least one of the voltage protection circuits is different from a voltage supplied to remaining ones of the voltage protection circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyong-Tae Park, Seong-Yeun Kang, Jung-Hoon Kim, Tae-Gon Kim, Dong-Yoon So
  • Patent number: 9726888
    Abstract: The invention describes augmented reality glasses comprising a frame which supports a glasses lens, wherein associated with the frame are a miniaturized display configured for emitting images in a predetermined direction, an optical system configured for receiving the images coming from the display and creating processed images, and reflection means configured for receiving the processed images and reflecting them towards the glasses lens, so as to project the processed image onto this lens, wherein this lens is configured for reflecting the projected image in a direction of the ocular axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: GLASSUP S.R.L.
    Inventors: Francesco Giartosio, Giovanni Tregnaghi
  • Patent number: 9728127
    Abstract: A pixel includes a driving circuit, a first organic light emitting diode, a second organic light emitting diode, and a self-repair circuit. The driving circuit supplies current based on a data signal supplied through a data line. The first organic light emitting diode is coupled to the driving circuit through a first current path. The second OLED is coupled to the driving circuit through a second current path. The self-repair circuit interrupts the first current path and supplies the current to the second current path when the first organic light emitting diode has a defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai-Jung In, Yong-Sung Park
  • Patent number: 9721523
    Abstract: A driving device of a display apparatus includes: a gate driver, a gate on voltage modulator, and a signal controller. The gate driver includes a plurality of gate driving circuits, each of the gate driving circuits being configured to: generate a gate signal according to a gate control signal, and apply the gate signal to at least one gate line. The gate on voltage modulator is configured to: modulate a gate on voltage according to a modulation control signal, and generate a first modulated gate on voltage. The signal controller is configured to generate the modulation control signal and the gate control signal. At least one of the plurality of gate driving circuits includes an amplifier configured to: receive the first modulated gate on voltage, and output a second modulated gate on voltage including substantially the same waveform as the first modulated gate on voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ok-Kwon Shin, Won Tae Kim, Sun Kyu Son
  • Patent number: 9720539
    Abstract: An adapter that fits to a touchscreen of a tablet computer or mobile phone enabling input and output to and from the device. Output is achieved by a plurality of phototransistors arranged in a matrix which interpret a plurality of video image dots, squares or groups of pixels on the tablet computer or mobile phone touchscreen converting them to 1s (ones) or 0s (zeroes). Input is achieved by a plurality of conductors which are selectively electrified by control electronics to a charge sufficient to disrupt the field or capacitance of the touchscreen finger tip sense at a plurality of locations on the screen. A program(s) on the tablet computer or mobile phone interprets the electronically controlled touches as data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Dennis Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9710158
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a detection unit for detecting pressure applied by user input performed on a touch screen; a determination unit for determining which of two or more input states the user input belongs to, in accordance with the pressure detected by the detection unit; and an operation control unit for enabling or disabling a limitation imposed on operation with a user interface displayed on the touch screen, in accordance with the state of the user input determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ohki, Yusuke Miyazawa, Ikuo Yamano
  • Patent number: 9711536
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including a small-area circuit with high withstand voltage, an oxide semiconductor (OS) transistor is used as some of transistors included in a circuit handling an analog signal in a circuit to which high voltage is applied. The use of an OS transistor with high withstand voltage as a transistor requiring resistance to high voltage enables the circuit area to be reduced without lowering the performance, as compared to the case using a Si transistor. Furthermore, an OS transistor can be provided over a Si transistor, so that transistors using different semiconductor layers can be stacked, resulting in a much smaller circuit area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Hiroyuki Miyake, Hidekazu Miyairi
  • Patent number: 9703093
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an electrowetting element including a non-switchable color filter, a first support plate with a surface having a first part overlapped by the non-switchable color filter and a second part not overlapped by the non-switchable color filter, and a first and second fluid. A control apparatus of the display apparatus is operable to switch the first fluid between at least a first configuration with the first fluid in contact with the first part but not substantially in contact with the second part and a second configuration with the first fluid in contact with the second part and with the first fluid being at least one of: not substantially in contact with the first part or at least partly in contact with the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Eugene Bergeron, Andrea Giraldo
  • Patent number: 9703442
    Abstract: A position detection device capable of sensing with high resolution and high precision is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Shigeta
  • Patent number: 9703518
    Abstract: A mobile terminal provided with a plurality of display devices arranged such that frame parts surrounding display screens come in contact with each other and an image control section which switchably executes (i) a normal display mode where one display image is divided into display images according to the respective sizes of the display screens of the plurality of display devices and displayed on the plurality of display devices, and (ii) a complementary display mode where one display image is divided into display images according to the respective sizes of the display screens of the plurality of display devices with an image corresponding to a non-display portion formed by skipping the frame parts and displayed on the plurality of display devices. Accordingly, a sense of incongruity due to discontinuity of a displayed image by frame parts can be reduced and a lack of display information can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Yamakita
  • Patent number: 9703469
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive surface for a computer animator to create or modify a computer-generated image includes processes for differentiating between click and drag operations. The included processes also beneficially reduce input errors. When a touch object (e.g., finger or stylus) touches the drawing table, information regarding the duration of the touch and the movement of the touch are used to determine whether the touch input represents a (graphical user interface) click or a drag operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: DreamWorks Animation LLC
    Inventor: Alexander P. Powell
  • Patent number: 9696857
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit is provided, which is suitable to be connected to a signal receiving conductor of a capacitive position detecting sensor, which has low power consumption and small circuit scale, and which allows setting of a small value as the capacitance value of a capacitor used for I-V conversion. After a receiving conductor is clamped to a predetermined potential by a clamp circuit, this receiving conductor clamped to the predetermined potential is connected to a capacitor circuit via a gate circuit. Thereby, a potential that changes corresponding to a position indicated by an indicator such as a finger is generated in the capacitor circuit, and a voltage signal generated in this capacitor circuit is converted to a digital signal to be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Oda
  • Patent number: 9696811
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method are disclosed. The electronic apparatus can be worn on a wrist of a user and can have established a data connection to a remote apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a first image collecting unit for collecting an image; a storing unit for storing image collected by the first image collecting unit; a gesture detecting unit for detecting a gesture of the user; a data transmitting unit for transmitting data with the remote apparatus; a control unit for activating the first image collecting unit when it is determined that a first gesture of the user is detected; and activating the data transmitting unit to transmit the image stored in the storing unit to the remote apparatus when it is determined that a second gesture of the user is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guang Yang
  • Patent number: 9697773
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display unit in which the method includes: forming a transistor on a substrate, in which a first direction to be scanned by an ion implantation apparatus intersects with a second direction to be scanned by an Excimer Laser Anneal apparatus; and forming a display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 9696849
    Abstract: In response to detecting a predetermined pressure change between two consecutive contacts on a trackpad of a computing device, the two consecutive contacts are ignored. In response to detecting a predetermined pressure change of a single contact on the trackpad, the single contact is ignored. After detecting a new contact on the trackpad after a predetermined period of time without any contact on the trackpad, any movement tied to a predetermined amount of increasing pressure on the trackpad for the new contact is temporarily discarded, for a preset amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew de los Reyes
  • Patent number: 9697766
    Abstract: A comparator unit includes: a comparison section configured to compare a control pulse with an electric potential based on a signal voltage; and a control section configured to control, based on the control pulse, operation and non-operation of the comparison section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Kikuchi, Takaaki Sugiyama, Takehiro Misonou, Genichiro Oga, Takahiro Kita
  • Patent number: 9690424
    Abstract: An in-cell multi-touch display panel system includes a multi-touch LCD panel and a touch display control subsystem. The multi-touch LCD panel has a TFT layer, a detection electrode layer, and a common-voltage and touch-driving layer. The detection electrode layer has M first conductor lines for performing touch detection by sampling touch detection from the M first conductor lines. The common-voltage and touch-driving layer has N second conductor lines for receiving common voltage in display and touch-driving signal in touch detection. In the detection electrode layer, there are pluralities of detection electrode areas in the intersections of first conductor lines and second conductor lines. Each detection electrode area is connected to a first conductor line by a touch-control transistor. The M×N touch-control transistors are divided in to N sets corresponding to N second conductor lines, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: FOCALTECH SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Ying Huang, Yen-Lin Huang