Patents Examined by Patrick N. Edouard
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Patent number: 11003288Abstract: Aspects described herein include a method and associated input device and processing system. The method comprises dividing a sensing region into a plurality of regions. The sensing region is defined by a plurality of sensor electrodes. Each region of the plurality of regions is partially overlapped by one or more other regions. The method further comprises detecting, during at least a first active input sensing sub-period, a presence of an active input device by a first sensor electrode. The method further comprises selecting, based on a location of the first sensor electrode, a first region of the plurality of regions that includes the first sensor electrode. The method further comprises determining, during at least a second active input sensing sub-period, a location of the active input device using sensor electrodes that are included in the first region.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventor: Guozhong Shen
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Patent number: 11003870Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to apparatuses comprising conductive polymers and more particularly to tags and tag devices comprising a redox-active polymer film, and methods of using and manufacturing the same. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a substrate and a conductive structure formed on the substrate which includes a layer of redox-active polymer film having mobile ions and electrons. The conductive structure further includes a first terminal and a second terminal configured to receive an electrical signal therebetween, where the layer of redox-active polymer is configured to conduct an electrical current generated by the mobile ions and the electrons in response to the electrical signal. The apparatus additionally includes a detection circuit operatively coupled to the conductive structure and configured to detect the electrical current flowing through the conductive structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Cody Friesen, Elise Switzer
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Patent number: 11003207Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a flexible display. The electronic device may include a first structure including a first plate, the first plate including a first surface and a second surface facing a direction opposite the first surface, a second structure including a second plate facing the second surface of the first plate and a first side wall extending from the second plate, a flexible touch screen display, and a camera device arranged between the first structure and the second structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jungjin Kim, Gidae Kim, Jungsik Park, Hongsik Park, Hyoseok Na, Jongchul Choi
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Patent number: 11003286Abstract: A touch panel system 1 includes: a touch panel body part V having a touch face 11 through which electromagnetic waves in the visible-light or near-infrared wavelength range transmit, and a counterface-side face 12 through which such electromagnetic waves transmit, wherein a space is provided between the touch face and the counterface-side face; a magnetic fluid 20 including a fluid blocking/absorbing such electromagnetic waves, and magnetic substance; a camera 50; an image analysis part 100; and a magnetic field control mechanism 24 for controlling the magnetic fluid by applying a magnetic field thereto. The camera captures, when an external force is applied to the touch face, the change in such electromagnetic waves resulting from the touch face and the counterface-side face coming closer in distance and the magnetic fluid moving from this distance-reduced location.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: NETAPPLI CO., LTD.Inventor: Makoto Nishida
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Patent number: 10996712Abstract: Operability is improved when operating an electronic device with one hand. An electronic device (1) includes a touch sensor on the front surface, a touch sensor on the back surface, and a controller (14) that closes a screen currently being displayed upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor (13) on the back surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Shigeto Hattori
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Patent number: 10997881Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate which includes a display area and a peripheral area, the peripheral area including a bending area; a first test signal line and a second test signal line which are located on the peripheral area; a lower insulating layer which is located on the first test signal line and the second test signal line; a first test connection pattern which is located on the lower insulating layer and connected to the first test signal line; a second test connection pattern which is located on the lower insulating layer, spaced apart from the first test connection pattern, and connected to the second test signal line; an upper insulating layer; and a first crack detection line which is located on the upper insulating layer, is connected to the first and second test connection patterns, and has at least a portion overlapping the bending area.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Cheol Shin, Won Jang Ki, Mi Jung Kim, Sang Cheon Han
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Patent number: 10996803Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, a light emitting device layer provided on the substrate and including an anode included in each of the first pixel and the second pixel, a first bank layer in a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel, a light emitting layer on the anode, and a cathode on the light emitting layer, an encapsulation layer provided on the light emitting device layer, and a touch sensor provided on the encapsulation layer. The cathode includes a first cathode included in the first pixel and a second cathode included in the second pixel, and the first cathode and the second cathode are separated from each other by the first bank layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: YoungHoon Son, Seogshin Kang, JiYoung Park
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Patent number: 10991305Abstract: An organic light emitting (OLE) display device includes pixels connected to scan lines (SLs), data lines (DLs), and a first control line (FCL) commonly connected to the pixels. Each pixel includes: an OLE diode connected between a first power source (PS) and a second PS; a first transistor (TFT1) connected between the first PS and the OLE diode, a gate electrode (GE) of the TFT1 being connected to a first node (N1); a second transistor (TFT2) connected between the N1 and a second node (N2), a GE of the TFT2 being connected to a SL; a third transistor (TFT3) connected between the N2 and a third node (N3), the N3 being connected between the TFT1 and the OLED, a GE of the TFT3 being connected to the FCL; a first capacitor connected between the first PS and the N1; and a second capacitor connected between the N2 and a DL.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Cheol Gon Lee, Yang Hwa Choi
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Patent number: 10991312Abstract: An organic light emitting display device including: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a gate driver including a plurality of stage groups each including at least one stage providing a gate signal to the pixels; a timing controller providing a first stage initiation signal or a second stage initiation signal to the at least one stage; and a first stage initiation line and a second stage initiation line transmitting the first stage initiation signal and the second stage initiation signal from the timing controller to the gate driver.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Woo Park, Wook Lee
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Patent number: 10990222Abstract: A method includes: placing a first physical object at each of a first plurality of locations on a trackpad; while the first object is at each of the first plurality of locations, registering respective first readings from each of a second plurality of force sensors of the trackpad, the first plurality greater than the second plurality; selecting a first plurality of sensitivity parameters for the trackpad based at least in part on the first readings; and providing the first plurality of sensitivity parameters to force sensing circuitry of the trackpad, the force sensing circuitry coupled to the second plurality of force sensors.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jianxun Wang, Igor Markovsky, Debanjan Mukherjee
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Patent number: 10983690Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display, one or more processors, and one or more motion sensors. The touch-sensitive display detects touch input at a surface of the touch-sensitive display, with the touch input identifying a user input command requesting performance of a control operation. The one or more motion sensors determine whether the electronic device moves in three-dimensional space while the touch input is occurring. The one or more processors preclude execution of the control operation in response to the touch input where the electronic device moved in the three-dimensional space while the touch input was occurring, thereby preventing control operations in response to inadvertent touching when the electronic device is being picked up or moved.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Yi Wu, Zhengping Ji, Rachid Alameh
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Patent number: 10976796Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to self-capacitance measurement and cancellation. In accordance with one aspect, a self-capacitance cancellation circuit includes an input amplifier, wherein the input amplifier comprises a non-inverting input, an inverting input and an output; a coherent current source coupled to the inverting input; a feedback network coupled to the output; and a capacitance coupled to the inverting input.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Rajesh Anantharaman, Ajay Taparia, Shunxi Wang
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Patent number: 10976983Abstract: In an approach for smart collaboration, a plurality of images are received. Each image of the plurality of images is from a different device of a plurality of devices. The plurality of images are combined into a single combined image. The combined image is transferred to the plurality of devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Der-Joung Wang, David Shao Chung Chen, Lilian Lai, Louis Huang, Wei-Te Chiang, Molly Chang, Po-Hsun Tseng, Kuo-Liang Chou
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Patent number: 10976624Abstract: It is possible to reduce a size of a lower frame region to ensure a wiring corrosion margin equivalent to that of a conventional technique. In a display device, a video signal wiring arranged in the lower frame region includes, in a region between a terminal section (terminal) and a video signal line, a first wiring formed on a first wiring layer and having one end connected to the terminal section to which a video signal line driving circuit is connected, a second wiring formed on a second wiring layer different from the first wiring layer and having one end connected to the other end of the first wiring, and a third wiring formed on the first wiring layer and having one end connected to the other end of the second wiring. The other end of the third wiring is connected to the video signal line via a fourth wiring formed on the second wiring layer, and the first wiring layer is formed on the side closer to an array substrate than to the second wiring layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Kentaro Agata
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Patent number: 10976875Abstract: Provided are a transparent fingerprint recognition sensor and a touch screen device including the transparent fingerprint recognition sensor. The transparent fingerprint recognition sensor includes: a substrate; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the substrate in a sensing area; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes disposed within the insulating layer in the sensing area; a plurality of first signal lines disposed within the insulating layer in the bezel area; and a plurality of second signal lines disposed on a top surface of the insulating layer, in the bezel area.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seogwoo Hong, Jinmyoung Kim
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Patent number: 10976840Abstract: In one embodiment, a device includes a stylus tip capable of communicating wirelessly with another device through a touch sensor of the other device. The stylus tip includes one or more surface areas, one or more substrates disposed along one or more of the surface areas of the stylus tip, and a plurality of electrodes disposed on or in the one or more substrates.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Shahrooz Shahparnia
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Patent number: 10971087Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a display device including a display panel having a left-eye display area and a right-eye display area, and a timing controller configured to receive video signals having a first frequency to generate video data having a second frequency, where the second frequency is lower than the first frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Woongjin Seo
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Patent number: 10970888Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present technology, there is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire multiple images to which position information showing an imaging position is attached, and a display control unit configured to display a first map on which a pointer indicating the imaging position shown by the position information is displayed while switching a reduced scale and a display area according to an operation of a user, and configured to display a second map of a fixed reduced scale together with the first map while causing a display area to cooperate with a display area of the first map.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Inventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Shinichirou Tobinaga, Noriyuki Hoshihara
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Patent number: 10964763Abstract: A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a display backplane and a display cover assembled to be a cell. The display backplane includes a first base substrate, a pixel circuit layer, a first electrode layer, a light-emitting layer, a second transparent electrode layer, and a plurality of first pixel regions stacked on the first base substrate. The display cover includes a second base substrate, a plurality of optical sensing components and a plurality of second pixel regions on the second base substrate, the plurality of optical sensing components being arranged in the plurality of second pixel regions in one to one correspondence.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Pan Xu, Yicheng Lin, Ling Wang, Guoying Wang
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Patent number: 10955958Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display panel, a frame, a touch sensor, and a controller. The display panel includes a display surface of a predetermined display area. The frame includes a frame surface that surrounds the display panel and determines the display area. The touch sensor is configured to detect touches to the display surface and the frame surface. The controller is configured to execute predetermined processing when a touch to a first area on the display surface is detected, and to execute the predetermined processing when a touch to a second area on the frame surface is detected, the second area being adjacent to the first area.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shuhei Yukawa, Daisuke Kurosaki, Souichi Tsukahara, Hanae Higuchi