Patents Examined by Paras D Karki
  • Patent number: 10884551
    Abstract: An integrated gesture sensor module includes an optical sensor die, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die, and an optical emitter die disposed in a single package. The optical sensor die and ASIC die can be disposed in a first cavity of the package, and the optical emitter die can be disposed in a second cavity of the package. The second cavity can be conical or step-shaped so that the opening defining the cavity increases with distance from the upper surface of the optical emitter die. The upper surface of the optical emitter die may be higher than the upper surface of the optical sensor die. An optical barrier positioned between the first and second cavities can include a portion of a pre-molded, laminate, or ceramic package, molding compound, and/or metallized vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Dipak Sengupta, Shrenik Deliwala, Ying Zhao, Bruce Fried, William Schoppee, Woodrow Beckford
  • Patent number: 10782799
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: communicating data from a smart pen to a device using a pen input data channel having a first bandwidth; said data including short range wireless connection data; establishing, using said data, a short range wireless connection between the smart pen and the device; and communicating, in a connected condition, higher bandwidth data between the smart pen and the device using the short range wireless connection. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Patent number: 10777113
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged. One pixel includes four sub-pixels, and the display unit includes: a pixel including one each of four sub-pixels of four different colors that are a first color, a second color, a third color, and a fourth color; and a pixel including four sub-pixels, where two of the four sub-pixels are identical and are one of sub-pixels of the first color, the second color, and the third color, and remaining two of the four sub-pixels are different two of the sub-pixels of the first color, the second color, and the third color but are not one of the identical sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kojiro Ikeda, Masaaki Kabe, Akira Sakaigawa
  • Patent number: 10748468
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixel units, wherein each of the plurality of pixel units includes a plurality of sub-pixel units; the plurality of sub-pixels in a same pixel unit are connected to a same data line, and are correspondingly connected to different scan lines. The display panel includes a data driving module and a scan driving module. The data driving module includes a pulse width modulating chip, a gamma correcting chip, a timing control chip, and a data signal generating chip. A display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuntao Li, Yuyeh Chen, Yinhung Chen
  • Patent number: 10739887
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display region arranged with pixels, and a terminal part on the outside of the display region, a polarizer overlapping the display region and the terminal part, the polarizer arranged with first wirings, a retardation plate overlapping the display region and the terminal part, the retardation plate between the pixels and the polarizer, and second wirings arranged in a direction intersecting the direction the first wirings is arranged, wherein an interval the first wirings is arranged is narrower than an interval the second wirings is arranged, the first wirings and the second wirings are arranged sandwiching a dielectric body, the first wirings and the second wirings are connected to a lead-out line, and an end of the retardation plate at the terminal part is closer to the display region than an end of the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Odaka
  • Patent number: 10678374
    Abstract: An electrical device is provided and includes a touch electrode and a receiving circuit. The receiving circuit includes a first demodulator, a first analog to digital converter, a second demodulator, and a second analog to digital converter. The first demodulator is coupled to the touch electrode and demodulates a touch signal received from the touch electrode according to a first frequency to generate a first analog signal. The first analog to digital converter is coupled to the first demodulator and converts the first analog signal into a first digital signal. The second demodulator is coupled to the touch electrode and demodulates the touch signal according to a second frequency to generate a second analog signal. The second frequency is different from the first frequency. The second analog to digital converter is coupled to the second demodulator and converts the second analog signal into a second digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jia-Ming He, Yaw-Guang Chang, Wei-Song Wang
  • Patent number: 10642406
    Abstract: A touch display panel, a driving method thereof and a touch display device are disclosed. The touch display panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of touch electrode blocks in an array disposed on the base substrate, and touch wires, and further includes a switching transistor, a storage capacitor, a first control chip and a second control chip. The switching transistor has a gate electrode connected to the first control chip, a source electrode connected to an end of the storage capacitor and a drain electrode connected to the touch electrode block; the first control chip is configured to output a first control signal to control the switching transistor to be turned off, and output a second control signal to control the switching transistor to be turned on; and the second control chip is configured to output a charging signal to charge the storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Lv, Fei Xu
  • Patent number: 10386981
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function including: a plurality of elements performing display operation; a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in one direction, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change in an electrostatic capacitance caused by an external proximity object; a conductive film insulated from or connected with high resistance to the touch detection electrodes, and disposed to cover the touch detection electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting the external proximity object by sampling the detection signal. The conductive film has a sheet resistance equal to or smaller than a predetermined resistance value, and has a time constant larger than a predetermined minimum time constant defined by sampling timings in the touch detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Koji Noguchi, Osamu Ishige
  • Patent number: 10388794
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of transistors formed on the substrate; and a light-emitting device connected to the plurality of transistors, wherein the transistor includes a gate electrode, the plurality of transistors include a first transistor and a second transistor of which lateral wall slope angles of the gate electrode are different from each other, and the first transistor further includes a doping control member formed on a lateral wall of the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Chan Lee, Woong Hee Jeong, Dae Ho Kim, Young Ki Shin, Yoon Ho Khang, Myoung Geun Cha
  • Patent number: 10380965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power circuit of displaying device, which comprises a timing controller, a control circuit, and a charge pump (single or multiple stages). The timing controller outputs a timing control signal to the control circuit. The control circuit outputs a clock signal or a capacitance adjusting signal according to the timing control signal. The charge pump receives the input voltage and outputs an output voltage according to the clock signal or the capacitance adjusting signal. The output voltage is provided to the scan driver for generating a plurality of scan driving signals. Accordingly, by increasing the rise rate of the output voltage of the charge pump in the voltage conversion time and reducing the rise rate of the output voltage close to the voltage holding time, the present invention can achieve the effect of reducing the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kai-Yi Wu, Kuan-Chao Liao, Hung-Yu Lu
  • Patent number: 10338751
    Abstract: A touch-control pattern structure is provided to reinforce capacitive sensing layer to increase the durability and reliability. The touch-control pattern structure comprises a capacitive sensing layer having two intersected electrode groups and a insulating layer located between the two intersected electrode groups at intersections of the two intersected electrode groups, and a reinforcing layer placed on the capacitive sensing layer at the intersection of the two intersected electrode groups at the edge of the insulating layer. Furthermore, the method of forming the touch-control pattern structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (XIAMEN) Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Yu, Huilin Ye, Rongwu Wang
  • Patent number: 10311801
    Abstract: It is possible to realize a liquid crystal display device 1 which is provided with a down-converter 7, a local dimming control circuit 8, and an upscaling control circuit 9 including a luminance ratio calculation circuit and a gradation conversion circuit, and thus, capable of processing an image having an image size that is not assumed, and further, reducing a storage area, a processing load and a circuit size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuya Otoi
  • Patent number: 10302944
    Abstract: A head-mount type display device includes an image display device adapted to allow a user to visually recognize an image in a state of being mounted on a head of a user, a detection section disposed in the image display device and adapted to detect biological information of the user, a control section adapted to perform control of the image visually recognized by the user using the image display device, and an annunciation section adapted to inform the user of image control information as information related to the control of the image based on a variation in the biological information detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi, Toshikazu Uchiyama, Hitomi Wakamiya
  • Patent number: 10297206
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display unit; a lighting unit emitting internal light; a measurement unit; and a control unit controlling an intensity of the internal light and a gradation value of each pixel in the display unit. The control unit calculates a required luminance value for a luminance value of a pixel to be N times as high as a luminance value indicated by an input signal, the pixel performing output with the largest gradation value out of the pixels in a predetermined image display region. The control unit determines the intensity of the internal light based on an intensity of the external light measured by the measurement unit and the required luminance value, and calculates an output gradation value based on the gradation value indicated by input signal, the intensity of the external light, and the intensity of the internal light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yata, Takayuki Nakanishi, Masaya Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10175874
    Abstract: A display system includes: a user interface configured to detect a finger movement for detecting a finger movement on a trackpad; and a control unit, coupled to the user interface, configured to process a control for both a directional mode and a coordinate mode based only on the finger movement for controlling a device. The display system also includes a communication unit configured to receive a control for both a directional mode and a coordinate mode based only on a finger movement; and a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to extract a directional command, a positional command, or a combination thereof from the control for controlling a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anton Treskunov, Yuchang Hu
  • Patent number: 10156948
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function including: a plurality of liquid crystal display elements performing display operation; a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in one direction, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change in an electrostatic capacitance caused by an external proximity object; a conductive film insulated from or connected with high resistance to the touch detection electrodes, and disposed to cover the touch detection electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting the external proximity object by sampling the detection signal. The conductive film has a sheet resistance equal to or smaller than a predetermined resistance value, and has a time constant larger than a predetermined minimum time constant defined by sampling timings in the touch detection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Koji Noguchi, Osamu Ishige
  • Patent number: 10140013
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for calculating a virtual touch position that is off the physical touch screen display. A user may provide a first swiping gesture in a main portion of a physical touch screen display, and an extended swiping gesture within a predefined threshold distance of an edge of the physical touch screen display. The extended swiping gesture is a continuation of the first swiping gesture. The virtual touch position may be calculated based on a trajectory of the first swiping gesture and/or the distance of the extended swiping gesture. An extended swiping gesture may continue around the edges to enable calculation of a virtual touch position regardless of size constraints of the physical touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventor: James D. Lynch
  • Patent number: 10089945
    Abstract: A display driving circuit is configured to select one of application of a pair of pixel driving signals to a pair of output terminals and charge sharing between the pair of output terminals by using charges discharged from a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Yu Kim, Soo Woo Kim, An Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10091872
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch window and a display including the same. The touch window includes a substrate, and a sensing electrode provided on the substrate to detect a position. The sensing electrode includes first electrode parts extending in a first direction, second electrode parts extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and third electrode parts interposed between the first and second electrode parts while extending in a third direction crossing the first and second directions. The touch window includes a substrate, and an electrode part provided on the substrate to detect a position. The electrode part includes a first sub-pattern, an electrode layer on the first sub-pattern, and a second sub-pattern adjacent to the first sub-pattern. A length of the second sub-pattern is at least equal to longer than a length of one of first sub-patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Sun Kim, Chan Kyu Koo, Tae Kyung Kim, Ji Hyouk Chung
  • Patent number: 10074335
    Abstract: A scanning line driving circuit sequentially selects each of a plurality of scanning lines for each unit period. A signal supply circuit supplies, to a signal line, a gradation potential in accordance with a designated gradation of a pixel in a write period within the unit period. The signal supply circuit supplies a pre-charge potential to the signal line in a pre-charge period before the start of the write period in a first unit period of the plurality of unit periods, and the supply of the pre-charge potential to the signal line stops in a second unit period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Ito