Patents Examined by Nitin Patel
  • Patent number: 10665150
    Abstract: The display device includes a pixel and a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a receiving circuit, a controller, a switching control circuit, and a signal generation circuit. The receiving circuit outputs image data obtained by converting differential signals into parallel data to the controller. The receiving circuit includes a plurality of circuits each including a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first amplifier and the second amplifier each include a switch and a first transistor for supplying a bias current. The switch has a function of controlling electrical continuity between a wiring for supplying a bias voltage and a gate of the first transistor. The switching control circuit has a function of outputting a switching signal for controlling electrical continuity of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidetomo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10657868
    Abstract: A display apparatus may comprise a display section and circuitry. The display section may comprise a plurality of display units arranged in a two-dimensional array, wherein each of the display units comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and each of the plurality pixels comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices that are each configured to emit a different color of light. The circuitry may be configured to generate a corrected image signal based on an uncorrected image signal and correction factors that correct luminance and chromaticity of the light-emitting devices, including at least some correction factors determined by adjusting light emission intensity ratios of first light-emitting devices that are configured to emit light of a particular color and are disposed in different ones of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Goshi Biwa, Norifumi Kikuchi, Ippei Nishinaka
  • Patent number: 10657350
    Abstract: A device and system for automatically tracking a baseline input into a biometric sensor is provided. The device and system include a processing system with an amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal for producing an output signal based on the input signal received by the input terminal. The processing system further includes at least one signal conditioning element coupled to the input terminal of the amplifier and configured to condition a compensation signal, and the processing system further includes a control circuit that adjusts one or more signal conditioning parameters of the at least one signal conditioning element based on the output signal of the amplifier. The at least one input signal received by the input terminal includes a combination of the at least one compensation signal and a signal from a first set of one or more receiver electrodes of the biometric sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Guozhong Shen, Ozan Erdogan, Adam L. Schwartz, Bob Lee Mackey, Mandar Kulkarni, Ty Lien, Nan Wang
  • Patent number: 10657872
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of gate lines, configured to output corresponding scan signals to corresponding pixels; a plurality of data lines, configured to receive display data and output corresponding pixel voltages to corresponding pixels, where the plurality of data lines includes 12 successive data lines from left to right; a gate driver, electrically coupled to the gate lines, configured to drive the pixels; and a data driver, electrically coupled to the data lines, configured to provide data signals to the pixels, where the data driver respectively provides data with polarities of: positive, negative, positive, negative, positive, negative, negative, positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive to the 12 data lines, and each column of pixels includes pixels in two forms; when the display data has a same gray scale, the data driver respectively provides two different pixel voltages to the pixels in two forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kun-Cheng Tien, Chien-Huang Liao, Jia-Long Wu
  • Patent number: 10656748
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a force sensor and a method of manufacturing the same, a touch panel and a touch display panel. The force sensor includes opposite first and second substrates, and a sensing electrode and a directional electrode arranged on the first and second substrates respectively, the first substrate is movable relative to the second substrate when being applied by a touch action with a force tending to incur a horizontal movement, to enable a relative movement between the sensing electrode and the directional electrode corresponding to at least one of a direction and a magnitude of the force and changing a relative position of the sensing electrode relative to the directional electrode, and the sensing electrode is configured to generate a sensing signal associated with the relative position and for determining a touch position and at least one of the direction and the magnitude of the force applied at the touch position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhixiao Yao, Haifeng Yu
  • Patent number: 10656719
    Abstract: A dynamic input surface for an electronic device and a method of reconfiguring the same is disclosed. The input surface has a partially-flexible metal contact portion defining an input area, and a group of indicators. The indicators may be group of holes extending through the contact portion. The group of holes may be selectively illuminated based on a gesture performed on the contact portion. A size of the input area may be dynamically varied based on the gesture. Additionally, the group of indicators indicates a boundary of the input area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Daniel D. Sunshine, Ron A. Hopkinson, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, William F. Leggett, Patrick Kessler
  • Patent number: 10649411
    Abstract: A display device and a smart watch are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a front display panel configured to display a front image in a front direction and having an edge at the perimeter that is curved. The display device also includes a side display panel that is curved and configured to display a side image in a side direction conforming to the edge of the front display panel. The display device further includes a driver circuit board connected to the front and side display panels and configured to respectively apply first and second signals, corresponding to image data, to the front and side display panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyung Cho, Hae-kwan Seo, Seongheon Cho, Myungho Lee
  • Patent number: 10642381
    Abstract: A vehicular control unit includes a touch sensor on which a predetermined area is set, a tactile sensation presentation unit, a pressing detector, and a controller that enables operation of a vehicle mounted apparatus in response to an input to the touch sensor when pressing is equal to or higher than a first pressure. The controller is configured to: when the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus is enabled, within a first time period, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to enablement of the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus; in the case of a first slide in a direction going out of the predetermined area, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to the first slide; and in the case of a second slide in a direction going into the predetermined area, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to the second slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 10636340
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a pixelated display, an eye tracking system, and a segmented resolution enhancing device coupled to the eye tracking system and operable to selectively enhance effective image resolution for the electronic display in the gaze direction. The segmented resolution enhancing device may include a polarization switch in series with a polarization gratings, at least one of which is segmented, for shifting image pixels in the gaze direction between offset positions while displaying a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lu Lu, Fenglin Peng, Michael Sean Mounier, Kevin James MacKenzie, Wai Sze Tiffany Lam
  • Patent number: 10635161
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method and system are described for receiving input for a virtual user in a virtual environment. The input may be based on a plurality of movements performed by a user accessing the virtual environment. Based on the plurality of movements, the method and system can include detecting that at least one portion of the virtual user is within a threshold distance of a collision zone, the collision zone being associated with at least one virtual object. The method and system can also include selecting a collision mode for the virtual user based on the at least one portion and the at least one virtual object and dynamically modifying the virtual user based on the selected collision mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Manuel Christian Clement, Alexander James Faaborg, Rahul Garg, Jonathan Tompson, Shiqi Chen
  • Patent number: 10635214
    Abstract: A press-touch-control device having screen display, which comprises: a button housing comprising a housing up-cover and a housing down-cover; a button seat set on the housing down-cover; a button down-cover set in the button housing; an elastic element set between the button seat and the button down-cover; a signal board and a button up-cover set on the button down-cover; a signal connecting-piece connected with the signal board; a display module set on the button up-cover; a touch-control element set on the display module and a perforation set on the housing up-cover. With the above structure, the user can control the touch-control element, such as touching, sliding, etc., or pressing the touch-control element to press the button seat linkly; and the signal board transmits the signal to the display module to change its content; so that the button can simultaneously have the functions including touch-control, press, and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Jen-Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 10627518
    Abstract: A tracking device including an image sensor, a light source and a processor is provided. The image sensor senses reflected light or scattered light formed by the light source illuminating a work surface. The processor calculates a trace of the tracking device according to one of the reflected light and the scattered light that generates more apparent image features so as to increase the adaptable work surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC
    Inventors: Hui-Hsuan Chen, Cheng-Lin Yang, Tzu-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10629003
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for enabling two or more users to interact within a virtual world comprising virtual world data, comprising a computer network comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising memory, processing circuitry, and software stored at least in part in the memory and executable by the processing circuitry to process at least a portion of the virtual world data; wherein at least a first portion of the virtual world data originates from a first user virtual world local to a first user, and wherein the computer network is operable to transmit the first portion to a user device for presentation to a second user, such that the second user may experience the first portion from the location of the second user, such that aspects of the first user virtual world are effectively passed to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Rony Abovitz
  • Patent number: 10627974
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus and a backlight module are provided. The touch display apparatus includes the backlight module and a display module. The backlight module includes an electromagnetic resonance (EMR) sensing module, an edge-type light source module and a direct-type light source module. The EMR sensing module emits an electromagnetic signal to a stylus pen. The edge-type light source module includes a light guide plate disposed above the EMR sensing module and a first light source apparatus disposed beside the light guide plate. A second light source apparatus of the direct-type light source module includes a substrate disposed between the edge-type light source module and the EMR sensing module and a plurality of second light sources disposed on a surface of the substrate. The display module is disposed above the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CHAMP VISION DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Lee, Chung-Hao Wu, Kun-Hsien Lee, Chin-Ku Liu
  • Patent number: 10627910
    Abstract: Stroke operation prediction techniques and systems for three-dimensional digital content are described. In one example, stroke operation data is received that describes a stroke operation input via a user interface as part of the three-dimensional digital content. A cycle is generated that defines a closed path within the three-dimensional digital content based on the input stroke operation and at least one other stroke operation in the user interface. A surface is constructed based on the generated cycle. A predicted stroke operation is generated based at least in part on the constructed surface. The predicted stroke operation is then output in real time in the user interface as part of the three-dimensional digital content as the stroke operation data is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Jingwan Lu, Stephen J. DiVerdi, Byungmoon Kim, Jun Xing
  • Patent number: 10620757
    Abstract: An input device includes a casing having a recess in its inner surface, and a pressure-sensitive sensor disposed in the recess. The pressure-sensitive sensor is fixed in the recess so that a sensing surface of the pressure-sensitive sensor and a bottom surface of the recess are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Taka, Takeshi Koizumi, Tomoki Kawabata, Munetake Ebihara, Tatsuya Nakazawa, Machiko Endo, Takuya Goto, Keiichi Nakamura, Yukio Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 10620902
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product provide an indication to a first user as to the content presented to another user by the head mounted display of the other user. In the context of a method, information is received relating to content presented to a second user by a head mounted display of the second user. Based upon the information, the method also includes causing, with a processor, an indication to be presented to a first user identifying the content presented to the second user by the head mounted display of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Daniel Ashbrook, David Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10613649
    Abstract: An information handling system interacts with a totem through a touchscreen display, such as with movement of the totem or pressured applied on the totem. A totem holder manages totem position on the touchscreen display to maintain the totem in a desired location, such as to prevent sliding of the totem in the event of motion of the touchscreen display from a horizontal to a more vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Stone, Sathish K. Bikumala
  • Patent number: 10614763
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method, which is capable of being applied to a display device where a timing controller is provided in a system board instead of a display module, and a display device using the same. The communication method includes converting the digital video data and control signals into a transmission packet and transmitting the transmission packet from a first transmission module of a system board to a first receiving module of an interface board through a cable, restoring the digital video data and the control signals from the transmission packet, and transmitting the restored digital video data and control signals from the first receiving module to a display panel driver applying a plurality of driving signals to a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Uitaek Jeong, GeunWoo Lee, Jaeyeon Song, Ansu Kim
  • Patent number: 10613675
    Abstract: An information handling system interacts with a totem through a touchscreen display, such as with movement of the totem or pressured applied on the totem. A totem holder manages totem position on the touchscreen display to maintain the totem in a desired location, such as to prevent sliding of the totem in the event of motion of the touchscreen display from a horizontal to a more vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Stone, Sathish K. Bikumala