Patents Examined by Peter D McLoone
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Patent number: 10381545Abstract: A vibration device that includes a diaphragm having a perimeter; a film which expands and contracts in a planar direction by application of a voltage, and an electrode on each main surface thereof; and a wire extended from the electrode outside of the perimeter of the diaphragm. The diaphragm has a first region in a node of vibration and a second region in a position other than the node of vibration. The wire has a section extended from the second region toward the first region, or is extended from the first region outside of the perimeter of the diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuhei Yamagishi, Junichi Hashimoto, Kentaro Usui
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Patent number: 10379651Abstract: The present disclosure relates to display technology and discloses a present disclosure and a display device. The linear polarizer includes a base plate and a plurality of shading stripes equally spaced in parallel on the base plate, with a transparent stripe formed between every two shading stripes adjacent to each other, wherein the shading stripes are made of a conductive material; at least a portion of the shading stripes are also configured to detect touch position.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Rui Xu, Xue Dong, Jing Lv, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Changfeng Li, Yuzhen Guo, Pinchao Gu, Yunke Qin, Yanan Jia, Lijun Zhao
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Patent number: 10373574Abstract: Dual modulator displays are disclosed incorporating a phosphorescent plate interposed in the optical path between a light source modulation layer and a display modulation layer. Spatially modulated light output from the light source modulation layer impinges on the phosphorescent plate and excites corresponding regions of the phosphorescent plate which in turn emit light having different spectral characteristics than the light output from the light source modulation layer. Light emitted from the phosphorescent plate is received and further modulated by the display modulation layer to provide the ultimate display output.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Lorne A. Whitehead, Gregory John Ward, Louis D. Silverstein, Helge Seetzen
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Patent number: 10365748Abstract: A method and electronic device for predicting a touch location. The method includes detecting a hover input over a touchscreen and computing a first point of the hover input that includes first x and y coordinates associated with a surface of the touchscreen and z coordinate first distance. The method further includes detecting a movement of the hover input over the touchscreen and computing a second point associated with the movement of the hover input that includes second x and y coordinates associated with the surface of the touchscreen and a z coordinate second distance. The method includes predicting the touch location that is expected to contact the surface of the touchscreen using a position vector determined based on the first point and the second point. The method may further include dynamically recalibrating the prediction based on newer points observed as and when the hover input hovers over the touchscreen.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Avinash Pillarisetty
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Patent number: 10366649Abstract: A display device includes a source device to output image data in a normal mode and in a re-synchronization mode, and refrain from outputting the image data in a panel self-refresh mode, and a sink device to perform a displaying operation based on the image data in the normal mode, store the image data at a time when an operating mode is changed from the normal mode to the PSR mode, perform the displaying operation based on the still image data in the PSR mode, and perform a frame-timing synchronization operation in the re-synchronization mode in response to a PSR-exiting command, wherein the frame-timing synchronization operation includes a first period in which a length-change of a vertical blank period is measured, a second period in which a temporary panel on-off clock is determined, and a third period in which the temporary panel on-off clock is applied to the adjustment-target frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeongmin Sung, Woo-Chul Kim, Youngmin Bae, Bong-Ju Jun
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Patent number: 10365483Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for implementing a heads-up display (HUD) that is viewable in conditions where a viewer is wearing a p-polarized eyewear, eyewear polarized between s-polarized and p-polarized, or not. Thus, employing the aspects disclosed herein, a viewer may realize all the benefits of a HUD implementation (for example, one implemented via a vehicle), while realizing all the benefits of wearing polarized eyewear.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, INC.Inventors: Chao-Hung Lin, Paul Fredrick Luther Weindorf, Sebastien Hervy, Jay P. Dark, Darrin W. Bruce, Ryo Kajiura, Claire Gerardin
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Patent number: 10359896Abstract: With respect to a conductive film according to the present invention, in a case where in one or more metal thin wires forming a irregular wiring pattern, one continuous line segment which extends in the longitudinal direction of the subpixels of the display unit and which can be regarded as one traverse one or more subpixels in the longitudinal direction, in a case where a total length of one or more traverse subpixels in which the one line segment is traversed in the longitudinal direction is set as a length L ?m and a coverage in which one line segment covers one or more traverse subpixels is set as C %, the length L and the coverage C of one line segment of the irregular wiring pattern that is overlapped with a pixel arrangement pattern of the display unit are included in a region below a line represented by equations below, in a case where 0<x?168, y=6.7, in a case where 168<x?252, y=?0.00595x+7.7, in a case where 252<x?378, y=?0.00476x+7.4, in a case where 378<x?504, y=?0.02143x+13.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Kazuchika Iwami
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Patent number: 10353511Abstract: The present disclosure describes aspects of a capacitance-to-voltage modulation circuit. In some aspects, the circuit is used in touch sensing. In some aspects, a modulation circuit comprises a first pair of switches having one switch connected between a voltage source and a capacitor, and another switch connected between ground and the input of the circuit. The circuit also includes a second pair of switches having one switch connected between the voltage source and the input of the circuit, and another switch connected between ground and the capacitor. A third pair of the circuit's switches comprise one switch connected between the capacitor and an input of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and another switch connected between the input of the circuit and the input of the ADC. The third pair of switches may enable charge sharing of signals modulated by the first and second pairs of switches, a result of which can be used to sense touch input based on capacitance at the input of the circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Bo-Ren Wang, Lennart Mathe, Sameer Wadhwa, Nathan Altman, Sandeep D'Souza
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Patent number: 10345773Abstract: A currently touched position on a capacitive touch interface is determined based at least in part on sensing a capacitance associated with the currently touched position along a geometric shape, wherein the capacitive touch interface comprises a touchable surface at least a portion of which defines the geometric shape. The currently touched position is mapped to a corresponding value of an attribute associated with a current context. The corresponding value of the attribute is used to operate an external system associated with the current context in a manner determined at least in part by the corresponding value of the attribute. A feedback associated with the determined currently touched position and the current context is provided via the capacitive touch interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Josh.ai LLCInventors: Timothy Earl Gill, Alex Nathan Capecelatro, Jason Hsin, Paul Philip Russo
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Patent number: 10345913Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method that allows user to select an object on a first device, select a modification in order to modify the object and transferring information so that the modified object may be displayed on another device.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Saurabh Jain, Nishant Bugalia
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Patent number: 10338697Abstract: A position detector includes a position pointer having an AC signal generation circuit that is disposed in a housing and that transmits an AC signal, and a sensor that receives the AC signal. The position detector detects the position pointed to by the position pointer on the sensor. The position pointer includes at least three electrodes electrically isolated from each other, and a control circuit that controls so that the AC signal is selectively supplied to the electrodes, and so that identification information identifying the electrode to which the AC signal is selectively supplied is generated and transmitted to the sensor. The position detector further includes a position detection circuit that detects the position based on the AC signal, and an angular information calculation circuit that calculates the rotation angle and/or the tilt angle of the position pointer based on the AC signal and the identification information.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: WACOM CO., LTD.Inventor: Hideyuki Hara
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Patent number: 10318034Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, one or more first sensors to detect proximity of an input object above the touch-sensitive surface and one or more second sensors to detect intensity of contact of the input object with the touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface object at a first location, and detects selection of the user interface object at the first location on the display. While the user interface object is selected, the device detects lateral movement of the input object over the touch-sensitive surface while the input object meets hover criteria. In response, the device moves the selected user interface object in accordance with the lateral movement. While moving the selected user interface object, the device dynamically varies a first visual characteristic of the selected user interface object in accordance with a current hover proximity parameter of the input object.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mark K. Hauenstein, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Julian Missig, Marek A. Bereza
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Patent number: 10318229Abstract: A method for displaying a digital object identifier (DOI) is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server, a display instruction sent by a first device, wherein the display instruction is sent to the server after the first device receives a scan instruction to scan the DOI; determining a second device associated with the first device; and sending the display instruction to the second device, wherein the second device displays the DOI after receiving the display instruction.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITEDInventor: Yimin Liu
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Patent number: 10310597Abstract: A portable eye tracker device is disclosed which includes a frame, at least one optics holding member, a movement sensor, and a control unit. The frame may be a frame adapted for wearing by a user. The at least one optics holding member may include at least one illuminator configured to selectively illuminate at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, and at least one image sensor configured to capture image data representing images of at least a portion of at least one eye of the user. The movement sensor may be configured to detect movement of the frame. The control unit may be configured to control the at least one illuminator for the selective illumination of at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, receive the image data from the image sensors, and receive information from the movement sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Tobii ABInventors: Ralf Biedert, Robin Thunström, Jonas Andersson
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Patent number: 10311820Abstract: Disclosed is an over current protection circuit, comprising N left over current protection sub circuit and N right over current protection sub circuit, applied in the GOA circuit having a dual driving function, each of the left GOA units and right GOA units can be driven by the clock control signals outputted respectively by the corresponding left and right level shifting sub circuits; the first left level shifting sub circuit and the first left GOA unit are coupled through the first left clock line, the first left over current protection sub circuit, which is coupled to the first left clock line in series or arranged between the first left clock line and the first left level shifting sub circuit controls the first left level shifting sub circuit to stop outputting the first left clock control signal when the first left driving current is larger than a predetermined current threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Xianming Zhang
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Patent number: 10304401Abstract: The present invention provides a display driving circuit and a liquid crystal display panel with adding a first AND gate (AND1), a second AND gate (AND2) and a third AND gate (AND3). Two input ends of each of the three gates receives a branch control signal and a conditioning signal (BURR), and the conditioning signal (BURR) first performs several high and low voltage level conversions and then maintains the high voltage level, respectively in the high voltage level durations of the respective branch control signals to make the signal outputted by the output end of the first AND gate, the signal outputted by the output end of the second AND gate and the signal outputted by the output end of the third AND gate first perform several high and low voltage level conversions and then maintain the high voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Qingcheng Zuo, Man Li, Xiaoling Yuan
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Patent number: 10296106Abstract: A position detector includes a position pointer having an AC signal generation circuit that is disposed in a housing and that transmits an AC signal, and a sensor that receives the AC signal. The position detector detects the position pointed to by the position pointer on the sensor. The position pointer includes at least three electrodes electrically isolated from each other, and a control circuit that controls so that the AC signal is selectively supplied to the electrodes, and so that identification information identifying the electrode to which the AC signal is selectively supplied is generated and transmitted to the sensor. The position detector further includes a position detection circuit that detects the position based on the AC signal, and an angular information calculation circuit that calculates the rotation angle and/or the tilt angle of the position pointer based on the AC signal and the identification information.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideyuki Hara
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Patent number: 10296041Abstract: The disclosure described herein generally relates to an image panel and a method of compressing the image panel. A breather assembly is coupled to at least one edge of the image panel and a vacuum is drawn through the breather assembly to pull the image panel portion and the front panel into intimate contact with phosphors sandwiched therebetween. The breather assembly draws the vacuum from the air pockets between adjacent phosphors to pull the image panel flat and thus prevent image artifacts from forming while also permitting the image panel portion and the front plane panel to move independently.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: PRYSM, INC.Inventor: John L. Ritter
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Patent number: 10289209Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a data acquiring unit configured to acquire content to which metadata is attached and the metadata attached to the content, the metadata being generated from data obtained from a sensor mounted on a subject, and a display control unit configured to reflect contents of the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit in display of the content to which the metadata acquired by the data acquiring unit is attached.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Kosei Yamashita, Ryo Mukaiyama, Takaomi Kimura, Hideyuki Matsunaga, Naofumi Fukasawa
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Patent number: 10290282Abstract: The present application discloses a display apparatus and the brightness adjustment method thereof, the display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a white sub-pixel, wherein the method includes: acquiring a standard GAMMA curve for adjusting the brightness of the display apparatus, the GAMMA value of the standard GAMMA curve is ?0; acquiring a green GAMMA curve corresponding to the green sub-pixel, the GAMMA value of the green GAMMA curve is ?G; adjusting the green GAMMA curve to deviate from the standard GAMMA curve and to enhance the gray-scale brightness of the green sub-pixel, wherein ?G<?0; and wherein the color gamut of the display apparatus is more than 77% of the NTSC color gamut.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Haibo Peng, Dejiun Li