Patents Examined by Peter D McLoone
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Patent number: 11302680Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first substrate having a first front surface and a first back surface; a first interlayer insulating layer on the first front surface; a wiring layer in the first interlayer insulating layer; a first bonding insulating layer on the first interlayer insulating layer; a second substrate having a second front surface and a second back surface, the second front surface being disposed toward the first front surface; a second interlayer insulating layer on the second front surface a second bonding insulating layer on the second interlayer insulating layer and physically bonded to the first bonding insulating layer; and a back via stack structure penetrating the second substrate, the second interlayer insulating layer, the second bonding insulating layer, the first bonding insulating layer, and the first interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the wiring layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung-hee Go, Min-Hee Uh
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Patent number: 11301002Abstract: A film wrapping display includes a touch panel configured to receive a touch operation by a user as an input, a bezel arranged along an outer periphery of the touch panel, and a film adhered to cover a touch surface of the touch panel configured to be touched by the user. The touch panel and the bezel are arranged such that a gap between the outer periphery of the touch panel and an inner periphery of the bezel exists. The film is adhered to an inner wall surface of the gap in addition to the surface of the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Motonari Ogura, Kaname Tomita, Kenji Ogura
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Patent number: 11295664Abstract: In some embodiments, a device includes a light-emitting display, and an optical emitter positioned behind the light-emitting display. The optical emitter is configured to emit light through the light-emitting display. A processor is configured to synchronize a first illumination timing of the optical emitter and a second illumination timing of the light-emitting display. In some embodiments, a device includes an optical transceiver processor and a display processor. The display processor is configured to output timing information to a light-emitting display and to the optical transceiver processor, and the optical transceiver processor is configured to cause an optical transceiver to emit or receive light in synchronization with the timing information output by the display processor.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tong Chen, Dong Zheng, Graeme M. Williams, Mark T. Winkler, Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Yuchi Che
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Patent number: 11294489Abstract: A touch display device for preventing the occurrence of a short circuit between routing lines is disclosed. The touch display device includes a dam forming a boundary with an encapsulation unit covering a light-emitting element, and the dam is formed such that the height thereof in a region that overlaps routing lines, which are connected to touch electrodes disposed on the encapsulation unit, and the height thereof in a region that does not overlap the routing lines are different from each other, thereby preventing the occurrence of a short circuit between the routing lines.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Neung-Hee Lee, Min-Su Kim, Sung-Wook Chang
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Patent number: 11294513Abstract: A transparent conductive film and method for making transparent conductive film and touch panel are disclosed. The transparent conductive film includes a substrate and a conductive mesh film. The substrate has a first surface. The conductive mesh film is formed on the first surface of substrate, and the conductive mesh film includes a plurality of silver nanowires. The conductive mesh film includes a plurality of meshes, and the meshes comprise a plurality of traces and a plurality of blank areas. The sheet resistance of the conductive mesh film is 5 ?/sq to 30 ?/sq, the width of each of the traces is 1 ?m to 10 ?m, and a transparency of the conductive mesh film to visible light is greater than 85%.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions CorporationInventors: Chung-Chin Hsiao, Siou-Cheng Lien, Yi-Wen Chiu, Chia-Yang Tsai
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Patent number: 11294501Abstract: An electronic device controlling a touch panel and performing a proximity sensing method is provided. The electronic device includes a touch controller. The touch controller is configured to group a plurality of touch sensors into a sensing group of one or more touch sensors and a non-sensing group of one or more touch sensors, control the sensing group to perform a proximity or hover sensing operation during a first sensing period and not control the non-sensing group to perform the proximity or hover sensing operation during the first sensing period, set one or more first touch sensors of the non-sensing group to a floating state during the first sensing period, and set one or more second touch sensors of the non-sensing group to a simultaneously-driven state during the first sensing period.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Yu-Ying Tang, Ching-Yang Pai, Chih-Chang Lai
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Patent number: 11275477Abstract: In an input device capable of reliably detecting, when an operator brings an operating body close to or into contact with an operation plane, absolute position information irrespective of a contact area size, third electrode arrays are disposed closer to the operation plane relative to second electrode arrays in a normal direction of the operation plane, the second electrode arrays have a portion protruding from the corresponding third electrode arrays when viewed in the normal direction, and assuming that a change amount of electrostatic capacitance between first and third electrode arrays occurred by an operation of the operating body is denoted by ?C1 and a change amount of electrostatic capacitance between the first and second electrode arrays occurred by an operation of the operating body is denoted by ?C2, a position of the operating body in the normal direction is calculated based on a ratio ?C1/?C2.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Junji Hashida, Toru Takahashi, Toru Sawada, Yoshifumi Masumoto, Shinichi Higuchi, Koji Tsukamoto, Tomoyuki Yamai, Akihiro Takeda, Sadakazu Shiga
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Patent number: 11269463Abstract: An input device includes a touch panel having a plurality of transparent electrodes disposed side by side, a hover signal generation unit for generating a hover signal used to detect a height of an indicator located above a surface of the touch panel to input the hover signal to the plurality of electrodes, an XY position detection unit for detecting an X position and a Y position of the indicator based on a signal component that appears on each of the electrodes, and a height detection unit for detecting a height of the indicator based on a signal component that appears on each of the electrodes. The height detection unit performs a correction to the height of the indicator when the XY position of the indicator is within a peripheral portion of the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Kenji Shimatsu
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Patent number: 11269493Abstract: In a portion of a tile in a tiled menu, a tile arrangement thumbnail representing a tile arrangement image of a second-hierarchical-level tiled menu to be displayed when the tile is selected is displayed. When, among tiles included in a first-hierarchical-level tiled menu, any tile is selected, a second-hierarchical-level tiled menu corresponding to the selected tile is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toshiki Hosoi, Hiroyuki Nomizo
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Patent number: 11269445Abstract: A touch window for a touch sensor includes: a touch member having a front surface and a rear surface, the front surface configured to be pressed by a user, a plurality of conductive printed portions printed on the rear surface of the touch member, the conductive printed portions being configured to respectively contact a plurality of conductive electrodes of the touch sensor, and a non-conductive film attached to the rear surface of the touch member and defining one or more through-holes. Inner surfaces of the one or more through-holes are configured to respectively surround the conductive printed portions and the conductive printed portions and the non-conductive film have different thicknesses from each other such that surface condensation on the conductive printed portions and surface condensation on the non-conductive film are spaced apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Moo Jin Lee, Dae Wook Kwak
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Patent number: 11256344Abstract: Disclosed is a passive electromagnetic pen, which includes a pen core, a first iron core, and an iron core holder, wherein a coil is wound outside the first iron core, the first iron core is fixed to an end of the iron core holder close to a pen tip of the pen core, a second iron core, an elastic component, a pressure regulating plate, and a first structure matched with the pressure regulating plate are disposed in the iron core holder sequentially from front to back, and the pen core is configured to pass through a center of the first iron core, and then drive the second iron core to move; and the pressure regulating plate when in rotation is configured to be in surface contact with the first structure by a surface, so as to generate an axial displacement to change an axial displacement of the elastic opponent.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: HANVON UGEE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuanzhi Li, Liming Deng
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Patent number: 11256355Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a touch display device and display panel, and more specifically, to a touch display device and display panel, in which the poor brightness issue may be addressed by evenly arranging the touch lines and contact holes in the touch electrodes positioned in the outer edge of the touch display panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: SungGu Kang
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Patent number: 11243629Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to touch display devices. A shielding pattern to which a constant voltage is applied is placed between the touch routing line and the encapsulation part without overlapping the touch routing line. Thus, it is possible to block the noise due to the signal line positioned under the encapsulation part by the electric field generated by the shielding pattern. Further, the metal disposed on the same layer as the shielding pattern in the planarized area of the encapsulation part may be used as a touch routing line, reducing the resistance and width of the touch routing line and hence the planarized area of the encapsulation part. Thus, it is possible to provide a touch display device for which an increase in the non-active area has been reduced and display noise has been reduced upon touch sensing.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yangsik Lee, HwiDeuk Lee, YongChan Park, Sungsu Han
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Patent number: 11243627Abstract: 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 displays a user interface object at a first location. While displaying the user interface object, the device detects a first portion of an input at the first location of the user interface object while the input object meets hover criteria. In response, the device dynamically changes an appearance of the user interface object in accordance with a current hover proximity parameter of the input object. Afterwards, the device detects a second portion of the input at an initial contact location that corresponds to the first location; and, in response, dynamically changes the appearance of the user interface object in accordance with a current intensity of a contact by the input object.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Mark K. Hauenstein, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Julian Missig, Marek A. Bereza
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Patent number: 11243621Abstract: Embodiments exemplify an ambidextrous multifunctional personal protection finger-mounted keyring ergonomic microbial surface contact mitigation stylus tool, grasped by a user to mitigate hand contact with surfaces, and electrically interact with a capacitive device touchscreen. The stylus tool can also effect force transmission and motion to a movable surface, and can include a rigid elongated stem having a proximal end with at least a transverse aperture that supports a removably and pivotably docked ring can be used as a rotationally locking keyring and the fulcrum of a third-class lever. The stylus tool can further include a compliantly coupled and ejectable cap on the stem distal end, and a mechanism that includes an ergonomic actuator to removably separate, without the user hand touching the cap, eject the disposable and replaceable cap from the stem by axially sliding thereon, and optionally activating a capacitive device touchscreen.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Inventor: Peter L. Vass
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Patent number: 11243626Abstract: A display system circuitry capable of saving power consumption includes a display panel and a driver circuitry. In particular, the display panel includes a plurality of source electrodes with a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate electrodes further includes a gate driver which is directly incorporated into a thin film transistor array to form Gate on Array (GOA) electrode, a source electrode transmitting a plurality of data driving signals, a gate electrode transmitting gate driving signals, a VCOM electrode transmitting voltage driving signals, a display electrode transmitting displaying driving signals. The driver circuitry includes a display driver IC which includes a source driver operably configured to drive the source electrode and gate control to control gate driver output, and a touch driver IC configured to generate the touch scan signal from a touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Solomon Systech (Shenzhen) LimitedInventors: Chen Jung Chuang, Hyong Cheol Shin, Chih Chiang Tsai, Yu Wei Liang
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Patent number: 11231815Abstract: Techniques enabling improved classification of touch or hover interactions of objects with a touch sensitive surface of a device are presented. A speaker of the device can emit an ultrasonic audio signal comprising a first frequency distribution. A microphone of the device can detect a reflected audio signal comprising a second frequency distribution. The audio signal can be reflected off of an object in proximity to the surface to produce the reflected audio signal. A classification component can determine movement status of the object, or classify the touch or hover interaction, in relation to the surface, based on analysis of the signals. The classification component also can classify the touch or hover interaction based on such ultrasound data and/or touch surface or other sensor data. The classification component can be trained, using machine learning, to perform classifications of touch or hover interactions of objects with the surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: QEEXO, CO.Inventors: Taihei Munemoto, William Isaac Levine
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Patent number: 11231791Abstract: The disclosed handheld controllers may include a multi-degree of freedom sensor module, a mouse module, and a switch. The mouse module may include a mouse sensor and a proximity sensor. The switch may be configured to activate the mouse sensor and deactivate the multi-degree of freedom sensor module when the proximity sensor indicates that the mouse sensor is proximate to a physical surface and to deactivate the mouse sensor and activate the multi-degree of freedom sensor when the proximity sensor indicates that the mouse sensor is not proximate to the physical surface. Various other related methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Chunli Chen, Khaled Boulos
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Patent number: 11231897Abstract: A display system includes a first display device of a head mounted type, and a second display device. The first display device includes: a first display configured to display a guide image, a first camera configured to capture an outside image, and a first communication interface configured to: transmit the outside image to the second display device, and receive the guide image transmitted from the second display device. The second display device includes: a second display configured to display the outside image, a detector configured to detect a pointing position relative to the outside image, a second processor configured to generate the guide image based on the pointing position, and a second communication interface configured to: receive the outside image transmitted from the first display device, and transmit the guide image to the first display device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiko Miyasaka, Naoki Kobayashi, Masahide Takano
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Patent number: 11226703Abstract: A touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base layer, a first electrode layer including first dummy electrodes and first sensing electrodes including first holes therein arranged on a top surface of the base layer, the first sensing electrodes, an insulating interlayer formed on the base layer and covering the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer including second dummy electrodes and second sensing electrodes including second holes therein arranged on a top surface of the insulating interlayer. An electrode visual recognition can be suppressed by an overlapping arrangement of the holes and the electrode patterns.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyoung Kwon, Ji Yeon Kim, Ki Deok Lee, Cheol Hun Lee