Patents Examined by Olga Merkoulova
  • Patent number: 9933906
    Abstract: An example processing system for a capacitive input device includes a first interface coupled to at least one first electrode of at least one lighting element and a second interface coupled to at least one second electrode of the at least one lighting element spaced apart from the at least one first electrode. A controller is configured to: forward-bias the at least one lighting element during first time periods to provide illumination; drive the at least one first and the at least one second electrodes with substantially the same voltage during second time periods; and drive the at least one first electrode with a modulated voltage relative to a reference voltage while guarding the at least one second electrode during third time periods to measure capacitance. A determination module is configured to determine presence of at least one input object in a sensing region based on changes in the capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Torbjorn Hovden, Mihai M. Bulea, Joel C. Jordan
  • Patent number: 9934371
    Abstract: A fingerprint recognition method and electronic device performing the same are provided. The electronic device includes a fingerprint sensor configured to perform fingerprint sensing according to a control signal of a processor, and includes the processor configured to obtain a fingerprint-unrecognizable position from a sensing area of the fingerprint sensor, to obtain, based on the fingerprint-unrecognizable position, a distance to a fingerprint from the fingerprint-unrecognizable position, and to control, based on the distance, the fingerprint sensor by adjusting a sensing operation of the fingerprint sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Ju Hong, Hyung Jin Park
  • Patent number: 9928773
    Abstract: A degradation compensation apparatus including: a calculator provided with gray data regarding a plurality of consecutive frames, the calculator calculating and outputting a frame degradation amount of a current frame, which indicates a degree of degradation of the current frame; a memory accumulating and storing the frame degradation amount of the current frame and outputting a cumulative degradation amount, which is an accumulated degree of degradation of frames up to the current frame; and a data corrector correcting the gray data for a subsequent frame based on the cumulative degradation amount. Each of the plurality of consecutive frames includes first and second blocks each having a plurality of pixels, and the frame degradation amount is calculated based on one of the pixels included in the first block and one of the pixels included in the second block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Shin Kim, Jun Han Ko, Jong Woong Park, Gun Hee Chung
  • Patent number: 9911388
    Abstract: The present application discloses a pixel structure, an array substrate and a display device comprising the same. The pixel structure comprises a pixel array comprising a first array section and a second array section alternatively arranged along a first direction; the first array section comprises at least one first pixel sequence extending along a second direction and at least one second pixel sequence extending along the second direction; the second array section comprises at least one third pixel sequence extending along the second direction and at least one fourth pixel sequence extending along the second direction. According to the present application, the brightness centers are uniformly distributed in the pixel array, thereby resulting in a more uniform brightness and a reduction of the sub-pixels' dark state light leakage when an image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chunping Xiang
  • Patent number: 9898978
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal panel and the driving circuit. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of source driving circuits and a plurality of sub-pixel rows extending along a row direction. Each of the sub-pixel rows includes a plurality of sub-pixels of different colors and the sub-pixels are arranged periodically along the row direction. Within one scanning frame, polarity of driving voltage of at least one sub-pixel within the arranging period is opposite to that of other sub-pixels. Each of the source driving circuit includes at least two output ends respectively connecting to at least two sub-pixels having the same polarity of driving voltage within the same scanning frame to provide the driving voltage of the same polarity to the at least two sub-pixels. In this way, the power consumption of the source driving circuit may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xingling Guo, Jinjie Zhou, Yujie Bai
  • Patent number: 9898179
    Abstract: A method of scrolling a screen in a display apparatus includes initiating a screen-scroll according to a speed of a currently generated flick input when the flick input is generated, comparing a tilt of an axis of a corresponding apparatus with an initial location at a time of generation of the flick input to determine whether a change amount of a change is within a reference value, maintaining a current screen-scroll speed if the change amount deviates from the reference value, and stopping a screen-scroll operation when a scroll stop condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yung-Keun Jung, Jae-Myeon Lee, Hyun-Su Hong
  • Patent number: 9886186
    Abstract: The techniques described herein implement a classification process to evaluate information associated with a tool input (e.g., from an input tool such as a pen or a stylus) and a user touch input (e.g., from a finger or a palm of a hand) to determine whether the user touch input is an intended or an unintended touch input. The information evaluated may be associated with an arrival of the tool input relative to an arrival of the user touch input. The information evaluated may also be associated with a movement of the tool input relative to a movement of the user touch input. In various implementations, the techniques may calculate an evaluation score and compare the evaluation score to a confidence classification threshold. If a confident classification cannot be achieved, the techniques further the classification process as more information associated with the inputs is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Olumuyiwa M Durojaiye, David Abzarian
  • Patent number: 9881691
    Abstract: A display device including a bidirectional shift register circuit, including: a plurality of cascade-connected register circuits; various circuits for setting various nodes to various voltage levels responsive to various signals input to various terminals; and an output circuit which outputs the clock pulse as an output pulse when the voltage of the first node is high level, wherein, at the forward shift operation, the bottom dummy register circuit is not input the reset signal and the first node of the bottom dummy register circuit is reset if the initial reset circuit of the bottom dummy register circuit receives the backward trigger signal, and wherein, at the backward shift operation, the top dummy register circuit is not input the reset signal and the first node of the top dummy register circuit is reset if the initial reset circuit of the top dummy register circuit receives the forward trigger signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Mitsuru Goto, Hiroko Sehata, Hiroyuki Higashijima
  • Patent number: 9870729
    Abstract: A control device calculates output signal values to the respective pixels for each row based on pixel signal values. The control device includes a line integrating unit that calculates a line integrated value by totaling the pixel signal values for the respective pixels within a line pixel group, a frame integrating unit that calculates a frame integrated value by totaling the output signal values for the respective pixels of a former arranged pixel group for which the output signal values have already been calculated in the same display frame, a power consumption adjustment term determining unit that calculates a power consumption adjustment term based on a frame threshold that is a predetermined threshold for power consumption, a line integrated value, and a frame integrated value, and an output signal generating unit that calculates output signal values based on a pixel signal value and the power consumption adjustment term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuo Saruhashi
  • Patent number: 9858864
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a display device including the pixel circuit are disclosed. In one aspect, the pixel circuit includes an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) including a first terminal electrically connected to a first node and a second terminal electrically connected to a ground voltage. The circuit also includes a driver including a driving transistor including gate, drain and source terminals, and a first capacitor configured to be charged based on a scan signal and a data signal. The first capacitor includes a first terminal electrically connected to the gate terminal of the driving transistor via a second node. The first capacitor also includes a second terminal electrically connected to a supply voltage. The drain terminal of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the supply voltage, and the source terminal of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Senda Takahiro
  • Patent number: 9851791
    Abstract: A user of a computing device may interact with and control objects and applications displayed on the computing device through the user's eye movement. Detected gaze locations are correlated with actions performed by the user and compared with typical gaze locations for those actions. Based on differences between the detected and expected gaze locations, the eye tracking system can be recalibrated. An area around a gaze location encompassing a set of likely active locations can be enlarged, effectively prompting the user to interact with the desired active location again. The enlarging of the area serves to separate the active locations on the screen, reducing the probability of interpreting the user's gaze incorrectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Javier San Agustin Lopez, Martin Henrik Tall, Benjamin Antoine Georges Lefaudeux, Henrik Hegner Tomra Skovsgaard
  • Patent number: 9847056
    Abstract: A picture signal processing circuit includes a gamma correction section configured to perform gamma correction on a picture signal; and a gamma modification section configured to provide an offset component corresponding to one or both of a refresh rate and a light emission duty, to the picture signal gamma-corrected by the gamma correction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Hidehisa Shimizu, Shoji Araki
  • Patent number: 9830014
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system for processing user input on a device is disclosed which includes a low-latency subsystem (LLS) adapted to receive signals from an input subsystem and to selectively forward the signals to a conventional software stack. The subsystem is adapted to generate a low-latency response in response to one or more of the signals and the signals received by the subsystem comprise an input which triggers a cross-control behavior that inhibits forwarding of at least some of the signals to the conventional software stack. In another embodiment, a system for processing user input having an input subsystem is disclosed. A LLS is adapted to receive signals from the input subsystem and to generate a low-latency response in response to one or more of the signals, and to send at least one of the signals to a regular output subsystem. The LLS is configured to identify the cross-control behavior and generate a response reflecting the behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventors: Benjamin McCanny, Clifton Forlines, Daniel Wigdor
  • Patent number: 9823766
    Abstract: It is provided an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes a first substrate. Multiple first common electrodes and multiple second common electrodes are arranged above the first substrate, where the first and second common electrodes are configured to serve as common electrodes in a display phase and serve as touch sensing electrodes in a touch sensing phase. The first common electrodes are arranged in a different film layer from the second common electrodes, and projections of first common electrodes on the first substrate are adjacent to or overlap with projections of second common electrodes adjacent to the first common electrodes on the first substrate in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMO MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gujun Li, Yungang Sun, Kang Yang, Huijun Jin
  • Patent number: 9818358
    Abstract: The invention provides a scanning driving circuit and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The scanning driving circuit including a latch module to receive and calculate an upper level control signal, a first and a second clock signal and a reset signal to get a first control signal, and latch and output the first control signal; a logic control module receive and calculate the first and the second control signal and the third clock signal to get a logic control signal, and output the logic control signal; an output module receive and calculate the logic control signal and the second control signal to get and output a scanning driving signal, and a scan line connected to the output module to transmit the scanning driving signal to a pixel unit and to achieve the special function of the liquid crystal display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Caiqin Chen, Mang Zhao
  • Patent number: 9804707
    Abstract: Techniques and architectures for detecting the handedness of a user from touch input and suppressing unintentional touch input are described. The techniques and architectures may analyze short-lived contacts that occur on a touch surface around a same time as input from an input tool to determine a hand that a user is using to hold the input tool. An inactive region may be established for the touch surface based on the hand determination and/or contextual information related to the user, the touch surface and so on. The inactive region may allow unintentional input to be identified and suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Olumuyiwa M Durojaiye, David Abzarian
  • Patent number: 9805682
    Abstract: Provided are a scanning driving circuit and a liquid crystal display device. The scanning driving circuit comprises multiple cascaded scanning driving units (1). Each scanning driving unit (1) comprises an input module (100) for outputting a low-level signal and a plurality of driving circuits (200). Each driving circuit (200) corresponding drives one scanning line. Each driving circuit (200) comprises: a control module (210), for outputting a control signal according to the received low-level signal; an output module (220), and a pull-down module (230), for being connected or cut off according to the received control signal; scanning lines (G(N?1), G(N), G(N+1)), for outputting a high-level or low-level scanning driving signal to pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Cong Wang, Peng Du
  • Patent number: 9799295
    Abstract: The invention provides a scan driving circuit and a liquid crystal display device. The scan driving circuit includes: an input module for calculating a preceding-stage control signal, first and second clock signals to obtain a first control signal; a resetting module for resetting a control signal node according to a reset signal; a latching module for calculating the first control signal, the first and second clock signals to obtain a second control signal; a logic processing module for performing a logic calculation on the second control signal and a third clock signal to obtain a logic control signal; an output module for calculating the logic control signal to obtain a scan driving signal; and a scan line for receiving and transmitting the scan driving signal to a pixel unit, to reset the control signal node and the scan driving signal and thereby avoid the failure of scan driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Mang Zhao
  • Patent number: 9787324
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for both displaying graphical output and for sensing, e.g., multi-touch input are provided. A light-emitting diode (“LED”) matrix-array may be configured to both emit and sense light. The array may be driven in such a way so as to enable the array itself to act as the illumination source preferable for either reflective or scattering optical touch sensing. The need for additional opto-electronic components, or an external illumination source, is thus eliminated or at least reduced. Additionally, the matrix-arrays have large dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventor: Jefferson Y. Han
  • Patent number: 9772812
    Abstract: This application describes techniques for determining a constituency and a layout of a group of devices within an environment. By determining the devices that form the group, as well as the positions of these devices relative to one another, the group of devices may be used to more intelligently output content within the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Robert Webster