Patents Examined by Premal Patel
  • Patent number: 9721674
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a GOA unit and a method for driving the same, a GOA circuit and a display device. The embodiments of the preset disclosure relate in particular to the field of display manufacture. The GOA unit specifically comprises: a first node control module and a second node control module, wherein the first node control module is connected to a first control node, an input signal terminal, a first clock signal terminal, and an output signal terminal, wherein the second node control module is connected to a reset signal terminal, a second clock signal terminal, a third clock signal terminal, a first level terminal, the output terminal, and the first control node. The embodiment of the present disclosure may simplify the structure of a GOA circuit and be used for display manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaofang Gu
  • Patent number: 9704433
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and associated method includes: initializing a first node of a storage capacitor, connected between the first node and a second node, with a first driving voltage that is provided from a first power terminal; applying a sustain voltage to the first node and placing a driving transistor in a diode connection state, wherein the driving transistor comprises a gate electrode connected to the second node, an electrode connected to the first power terminal, and another electrode connected to an organic light emitting diode through a third node; applying a data signal, provided from the data line through a switching transistor comprising a gate electrode connected to a scan line, an electrode connected to the data line, and another electrode connected to a first node, to the first node; and generating a compensation voltage by applying the first driving voltage to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keum Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 9703360
    Abstract: A method for toggling between different working states of an electronic device includes detecting temperature and pressure data from at least one sensor when a home button of the electronic device is pressed, and recording a duration of the pressing when the sensed data is within predetermined values. A current state of the electronic device and/or display screen is detected, and a working state is changed from the prevailing state to an opposite state, in dependence on the recorded duration of the pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peng Gu
  • Patent number: 9696825
    Abstract: The method includes the steps of: a) connecting a handheld touchscreen computer with a first display to a personal computer with a second display and mouse, wherein a screen picture of the handheld touchscreen computer is projected on the second display as a subwindow, and a cursor is shown on the second display; b) directly moving the cursor by the mouse when no item in the subwindow is clicked; c) calculating a displacement quantity of the cursor against a virtual origin of the subwindow when an item in the subwindow is being clicked; and d) generating a mouse event to an item of the handheld touchscreen computer at a position corresponding to the displacement quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: I/O INTERCONNECT, LTD.
    Inventors: Kun-Yuan Lin, Chung-Han Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9691313
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for displaying an image with structures of a pixel array. In an embodiment, pixels of the pixel array each include three chrominance elements and a fourth luminance element. Of the four elements of a given pixel, a first subset of the elements are aligned along a first line, a second subset of the elements are aligned along a second line offset from the first line, and a third subset of the elements are aligned along a third line extending athwart the first line and the second line, wherein two of the elements are located on opposite sides of the third subset. In another embodiment, image data processing, for displaying an image with the pixel array, includes updating luminance parameters of a plurality of pixel data sets independent of any evaluation to update one or more types of chrominance parameters of the plurality of pixel data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Behnam Bastani, Nicholas Charles Loomis
  • Patent number: 9678612
    Abstract: A single layered electrode structure includes a plurality of first electrode groups arranged along a first direction, a plurality of second electrode groups arranged along the first direction, and a plurality of third electrodes arranged along the first direction. Each of the first electrode groups includes at least one first electrode arranged along a second direction. Each of the second electrode groups includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged along the second direction, with each of the second electrodes at least corresponding to the at least one first electrode. Each of the third electrodes is arranged as one of combinations of between two of the first electrode groups, between two of the first electrode groups, and between one of the first electrode groups and one of the second electrode groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Tzu-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 9658712
    Abstract: A smartphone includes a cover layer; an LCD panel which is located under the cover layer and includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first glass layer and a second glass layer between which the liquid crystal layer is placed, wherein at least a portion of a touch sensor which senses touch in a capacitive manner is located between the first glass layer and the second glass layer; a backlight unit which is located under the LCD panel; a pressure electrode which is located under the backlight unit; and a shielding member which is located under the pressure electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: HiDeep Inc.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9653015
    Abstract: Architecture and designs of display devices are described, where the display devices possesses high spatial resolution as well as high intensity resolution and may be readily used in various projection applications, storage and optical communications. According to one aspect of the present invention, a display device includes an array of image elements, each of the image elements further includes an array of sub-image elements. These sub-image elements are driven by PWM as in digital modulation. A portion of an image element area, namely some of the sub-image elements, is turned on, which has the same perceived effect of turning on an entire image element for a specific time. In addition, various designs of an image element or a sub-image element are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventors: Darwin Hu, Tsung-Lu Syu
  • Patent number: 9652079
    Abstract: An operating device includes a touch panel 21 having a display 22 on which a screen is displayed and an input element 23 having a plurality of electrodes and outputting a signal corresponding to capacitance generated between a ground potential and each of the electrodes, an input signal processor 14 receiving the signals output from the electrodes of the input element 23, recognizing a touched position touched by an operator, and generating an operation signal corresponding to the recognized touched position and transmitting the generated operation signal to a controller 3, and determiner 16 determining whether the input element 23 is electrically stable or not. When the input element 23 is determined to be electrically unstable, the determiner 16 displays a warning screen or warning window on the display 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: DMG MORI SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Komatsu, Tsutomu Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 9645781
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image output unit which outputs a screen displayed on a display unit to an image display device; a display control unit which displays a first screen including a user interface screen at least in a part of the screen; a detection unit which detects that the user interface screen is switched from a first state that does not include predetermined information to a second state that includes the information; and an output control unit which outputs a second screen that does not include the user interface screen, instead of the first screen displayed by the display control unit, to the image output unit, if it is detected that the user interface screen is switched from the first state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kubota, Koichiro Ota
  • Patent number: 9640144
    Abstract: Blocking a view of a whiteboard by a position of an attendee writing thereon is prevented, and writing records made by all attendees are stored to use the writing records including a course of the written records later. Each terminal of the attendees has a touch-panel-equipped terminal can divide any input line drawing on the terminal into line segment data, successively transmit the line segment data to the controller, and display line drawing information on the display of the touch-panel-equipped terminal. A liquid crystal projector having a controller that can be embedded therein or connected thereto is provided, the controller can sequentially record line drawing information transmitted from each touch-panel-equipped terminal in a data base, add the line drawing information to a video image memory of the whiteboard, and project the video image memory contents onto a wall surface while transmitting information of the data base to each touch-panel-equipped terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Motoyuki Suzuki, Hideo Nishijima, Nobuo Masuoka
  • Patent number: 9633590
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. A first conductive layer is formed between a substrate and a first insulating layer. A semiconductor layer is disposed over the first insulating layer. A second conductive layer is formed between a semiconductor layer and a second insulating layer and includes a first segment and a second segment. A third conductive layer is disposed over the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer, the semiconductor layer, the first segment and the second segment constitute a first transistor. The third conductive layer, the semiconductor layer, the first segment and the second segment constitute a second transistor. During a first period, the first and third conductive layers receive a first voltage level and a second voltage level respectively. During a second period, the first and third conductive layers receive a third voltage level and a fourth voltage level respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chia-Hao Tsai
  • Patent number: 9632655
    Abstract: A tilt-based interface controls the position of a cursor on a graphical user interface (GUI) for mobile devices based on changes in the orientation of the device. Cursor positioning and user interface element selection may be accomplished without touching the screen or clicking a button to indicate the user's selection. The underlying coordinate system to which cursor movement is mapped is transformed to alter the speed and behavior of the cursor when the cursor reaches a user-selectable interface elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: David Allen Fotland
  • Patent number: 9626899
    Abstract: There is provided an electro-optical apparatus which is wearable on a human body, including: a display unit that includes pixels and a drive circuit which drives the pixel; and an case that contains the display unit and includes a contact surface which comes into contact with the human body. The contact surface is arranged to have at least one space from the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Yajima, Shin Fujita
  • Patent number: 9619049
    Abstract: One-handed operation of a wearable computing device is provided. An indicator is displayed on a graphical user interface of a wearable computing device. A directional displacement of an interface device is determined, wherein the interface device is removably connected to a finger of a user of the wearable computing device. An association is made between the indicator and a graphical user interface object based, at least in part, on the directional displacement of the interface device. A graphical user interface is modified to visually indicate the association between the indicator and a graphical user interface object. In response to determining that a force exerted by a surface in contact with the interface device exceeds a threshold, a graphical user interface object is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 9619068
    Abstract: A smartphone includes a cover layer; an LCD panel which is located under the cover layer and includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first glass layer and a second glass layer between which the liquid crystal layer is placed, wherein at least a portion of a touch sensor which senses touch in a capacitive manner is located between the first glass layer and the second glass layer; a backlight unit which is located under the LCD panel; a pressure electrode which is located under the backlight unit; and a shielding member which is located under the pressure electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HiDeep Inc.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Sunyoung Kwon, Hojun Moon, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9613578
    Abstract: The shift register unit according to the present disclosure may include a latch module, and at least two levels of output control modules connected with the latch module. Input ends of the latch module may be connected with a start signal and a clock signal respectively, an output end of the latch module may be connected with input ends of the at least two levels of output control modules, and the latch module may be configured to latch the start signal according to the clock signal inputted. Input ends of the output control modules may be connected with clock signals, the output control modules may be configured to output gate line driving signals according to the clock signals. All the clock signals may be inputted sequentially to the latch module and each level of output control modules in accordance with a timing sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Tan, Xiaojing Qi
  • Patent number: 9601088
    Abstract: A display device includes a controller chip and a storage circuit. The controller chip includes a clock generating circuit configured to generate a clock signal. The storage circuit is coupled to the clock generating circuit and includes a first electronic component. In a falling edge of the clock signal, a voltage of the clock signal falls in multiple steps from a system high voltage to a first target voltage and then to a system low voltage, and in a rising edge of the clock signal, the voltage of the clock signal rises in multiple steps from the system low voltage to the first target voltage and then to the system high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9601714
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device comprises a display panel, a window cover, at least one align key and a sealing portion. The display panel includes a substrate, a display unit formed over the substrate, and an encapsulation portion formed over the display unit. The window cover is formed over the display panel. The at least one align key is formed on the encapsulation portion and configured to align the display panel with the window cover. The sealing portion is formed between the substrate and the encapsulation portion, wherein the align key has at least one laser beam through portion passing through the encapsulation portion and is connected to the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Min Hong
  • Patent number: 9599323
    Abstract: To provide an image display device in which the number of pixels of arranged light emitting elements or the like can be reduced and the cost can be drastically reduced while image degradation is minimized, and a display unit used therefor. In an image display device in which plural display units including pixels formed by light emitting elements or the like are arranged in a plane, the display unit is configured by two-dimensionally arranging lattice-shaped pixel groups formed by providing pixels in locations corresponding to three lattice points of a square lattice, respectively, and forming a space area in which no pixel exists in a location corresponding to the remaining lattice point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zenichirou Hara