Patents Examined by Premal Patel
  • Patent number: 9535528
    Abstract: A system for displaying images is provided. The system includes a touch sensor device including a transparent substrate having a sensing region and a non-sensing region adjacent to the sensing region. A sensing electrode pattern layer is on the transparent substrate in the sensing region. An inorganic dielectric material layer is on the transparent substrate. The inorganic dielectric material layer has a first portion in the non-sensing region and a second portion in the sensing region and partially covering the sensing electrode pattern layer. A method of forming a touch sensor device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Szu-Wei Lai, Yu-Ching Liu, Wan-Yu Ho
  • Patent number: 9519364
    Abstract: A touch screen sensing device includes a touch screen including touch sensors formed at crossings of Tx lines and Rx lines, a Tx driving circuit supplying a driving pulse to each of the Tx lines N times, and an Rx driving circuit which samples a signal voltage of the touch sensors received through the Rx lines and converts the sampled signal voltage into digital data. The Rx driving circuit includes a differential amplifier differentially amplifying signals received through the Rx lines, a low pass filter removing a radio frequency noise from an output of the differential amplifier, an amplifier amplifying an output of the low pass filter, and an integrator accumulating signal voltages which are successively output from the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyeongwon Kang
  • Patent number: 9513736
    Abstract: A mobile terminal which includes a terminal body; a display mounted to the terminal body; a window disposed to cover the display and including central and edge regions wherein the central region is formed of a transmissive material and configured to align with the display, and the edge region is formed of an opaque material and configured to surround the central region. The mobile terminal further includes a first touch sensor disposed to span at least the central region and configured to detect a touch input to the central region; and a second touch sensor disposed to span at least part of the edge region and configured to detect a touch input to the at least part of the edge region, wherein the second touch sensor is configured to have a higher touch sensitivity than the first in order to detect a touch input to the opaque edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hongjo Shim, Seonghyok Kim, Haengchul Kwak, Hyejin Eum
  • Patent number: 9513731
    Abstract: The present application relates to a touch display device and a driving method for the same, which can improve the report rate of the touch display device. The driving method for the touch display device comprises: setting a display period to at least comprise two sub-display periods and a touch period to at least comprise two sub-touch periods, and arranging the sub-display periods and the sub-touch periods so that there is one sub-touch period interleaved between two adjacent sub-display periods; by a control signal, controlling the touch display device to enter the sub-touch periods from the sub-display periods, and controlling the touch display device to send out a touch signal; and by the control signal and a driving signal, controlling the touch display device to enter the sub-display periods from the sub-touch periods, and thus enabling the touch display device to display a display picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Ding, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Hao Zhang, Weijie Zhao, Xiaobo Xie
  • Patent number: 9507431
    Abstract: A user interface suitable for use in cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), PC Tablets, as well as laptops, PCs, office equipment, medical equipment, or any other hand-held electronic device, that allows control of the image on the device display by tilting the device to either change the view in perspective, change the magnification, or both, concurrently, by moving the device. Thus, the tilt of the device controls the angle of view of the image, and moving the device perpendicular to the screen controls the magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ralph Cook, Anders L. Mölne, Joseph A. Carsanaro
  • Patent number: 9501973
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, array substrate and display apparatus, comprise: data line for providing data voltage; gate line for providing scanning voltage; first power supply line for providing first power supply voltage; second power supply line for providing second power supply voltage; light emitting device connected to second power supply line; driving transistor connected to first power supply line; storage capacitor having first terminal connected to gate of driving transistor and configured to transfer information to gate of driving transistor; resetting unit configured to reset voltage across storage capacitor as predetermined signal voltage; data writing unit configured to write information into second terminal of storage capacitor; compensating unit configured to write information into first terminal of storage capacitor; and light emitting control unit configured to write first power supply voltage into second terminal of storage capacitor and control driving transistor to drive light emitting device
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Sun, Ying Wang, Tuo Sun, Zhanjie Ma, Xinshe Yin, Lintao Zhang, Lujiang Huangfu
  • Patent number: 9494972
    Abstract: An integrated display and input device including a first pixel array operative to provide a visually sensible output, a second pixel array operative to sense at least a position of an object with respect to the first pixel array and circuitry receiving an output from the second pixel array and providing a non-imagewise input to utilization circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Power2B, Inc.
    Inventors: Eran Kali, Sarah Michelle Lipman, Boris Gutin, Moti Margalit
  • Patent number: 9484381
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel which includes a first photosensor portion having a first photodiode for detecting visible light, which is provided together with a display element portion; and a pixel which includes a second photosensor portion having a second photodiode for detecting infrared rays, which is provided together with another display element portion. The second photosensor portion detects infrared rays included in external light, and selects an imaging element and adjusts sensitivity in accordance with the amount of infrared rays detected by the second photosensor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Takayuki Ikeda, Hikaru Tamura
  • Patent number: 9483119
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stereo interactive method adapted for an interactive scene of a stereo display device and a stereo interactive operating stick. The method includes: obtaining motion trajectory information of the operating stick; calculating invasion degree information of an invasion that the operating stick applies to a virtual object displayed by the display device according to motion trajectory information and preset property information of the virtual object; calculating interaction feedback information according to motion trajectory information, invasion degree information and the preset property information; and controlling the operating stick and the virtual object to make responses matched with the preset property of the virtual object according to the interaction feedback information. The present further provides stereo interactive display device, operating stick and system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SUPERD CO. LTD
    Inventor: Lingfeng Jiang
  • Patent number: 9477313
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a wearable apparatus includes a sensor, a processor coupled to the sensor, and a memory coupled to the processor that includes instructions executable by the processor. When executing the instructions, the processor detects by the sensor movement of at least a portion of an arm of a user; detects, based at least in part on the movement, a gesture made by the user; and processes the gesture as input to the wearable apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pranav Mistry, Sajid Sadi, Lining Yao, John Snavely
  • Patent number: 9477363
    Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first sensing pads, a plurality of second sensing pads and an extension sensing pad. The substrate has a body portion and an extension portion. The first sensing pads are arranged abreast on the body portion of the substrate along a first direction. The second sensing pads are arranged abreast on the extension portion of the substrate along a second direction. The material of the first sensing pads is different from the material of the second sensing pads. The extension sensing pad is arranged on the extension portion of the substrate. Thus, the touch panel can be extended to side portions of an electronic device, so as to replace functions of physical buttons by using the touch panel on the side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HannsTouch Solution Incorporated
    Inventor: Che-Wei Lien
  • Patent number: 9471159
    Abstract: A discrete circuit multiplexing system in an interactive stylus is provided. The discrete circuit multiplexing system includes a first electrode and second electrode positioned in a stylus body, with a shared transmitting sub-system coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. The circuit further includes a microcontroller configured to cause selective transmission of waveforms from the shared transmitting sub-system to the first electrode and the second electrode to selectively stimulate either the first electrode or the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Denis Varlamov, Jonathan Westhues
  • Patent number: 9459747
    Abstract: A display device includes an array of display pixels having display pixel apertures that are periodic along two orthogonal directions, x and y, at spatial frequencies fx and fy, respectively. An array of electrodes is overlaid on the array of display pixel apertures. The array of electrodes is comprised of a metal mesh having openings that are periodic along a first direction u at an angle ?u relative to x, and along a second direction v at an angle ?v relative to y, and at spatial frequencies fu and fv. The array of electrodes is overlaid on the array of display pixels such that the parameter set {?u, fx, fu, ?v, fy, fv} satisfies specific geometric criteria in order to minimize perceptible moiré patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Sean M. Donnelly, Jason D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 9454247
    Abstract: An operating method for an interactive writing device is provided. The operating method includes following steps. A visible light image is captured in response to an original outputted image. A tag searching region is established in the visible light image in response to a writing operation performed by a writing object having a color tag pattern. The original outputted image corresponding to the tag searching region is filtered from the visible light image in the tag searching region to generate a local processed image. A color tag corresponding to the color tag pattern of the writing object is searched from the local processed image. A color value corresponding to the color tag is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yi-Lun Wen, Chung-Hsien Wu
  • Patent number: 9442593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to touch screen panel integrated display panel and display device. The touch screen panel integrated display panel comprises: a common electrode to which a common voltage is applied in a display mode and a touch driving signal is applied in a touch mode; a gate line that transfers a scan signal to a pixel row; and a gate driving integrated circuit that is connected to the gate line and outputs the scan signal to the gate line, wherein the gate driving integrated circuit includes a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor for outputting the scan signal to the gate line in the display mode, and additionally includes a touch mode transistor for outputting the touch driving signal applied to the common electrode or a signal corresponding to the touch driving signal to the gate line in the touch mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SungChul Kim, JuHan Kim, YongChan Park, Sujin Kwon
  • Patent number: 9442615
    Abstract: Embodiments generally provide a method, input device, and processing system for frequency shifting for synchronized display updating and capacitive sensing. The method includes driving a display signal onto at least one display electrode for updating a display. The method further includes driving a first capacitive sensing signal having a first frequency onto at least one sensor electrode, wherein the first frequency is synchronized to the display signal. The method further includes driving a second capacitive sensing signal having a second frequency onto the at least one sensor electrode, wherein the first and second frequencies differ and a timing of the display signal is adjusted to maintain synchronization with the second frequency, and wherein each capacitive sensing signal and the display signal are driven in parallel for at least some period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Joseph Kurth Reynolds
  • Patent number: 9437169
    Abstract: A touch panel control circuit includes a drive circuit that drives Y electrodes of a touch panel, and a detection circuit that is connected to X electrodes and detects a capacitance value of an intersection capacitor. The drive circuit applies a plurality of pulses to the Y electrodes in a predetermined period. The detection circuit includes a switched capacitor circuit capable of operating with respect to an input signal from the X electrodes in synchronization with the plurality of pulses, and an integration circuit that is connected to an output of the switched capacitor circuit and operates in synchronization with the pulses. The switched capacitor circuit is allowed to operate as a filter, and the switched capacitor circuit is set to have characteristics which have a maximum gain at a direct current and a frequency of a corresponding pulse and in which the gain is suppressed at a frequency therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Synpatics Japan GK
    Inventors: Takayuki Noto, Akihito Akai
  • Patent number: 9436324
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive display includes first electrodes and second electrodes coupled to a first controller to detect touches by self-capacitance touch sensing. The touch-sensitive display also includes third electrodes coupled to a second controller to detect touches by mutual-capacitance touch sensing utilizing the third electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes are different from the third electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Amit Pal Singh, Christopher Ying Wai Ho
  • Patent number: 9424773
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a display section including a plurality of unit pixels; and a display drive section configured to generate first pixel packets and supply the first pixel packets to the display section, the first pixel packets each including luminance data of a digital signal, the pieces of luminance data determining respective luminances of respective predetermined number of unit pixels of the plurality of unit pixels, and the first pixel packets being equal in number to the predetermined number of unit pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazukuni Takanohashi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Toshiyuki Miyauchi, Tamotsu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9422051
    Abstract: Hover hold aid systems for helicopters are described. One system comprises a navigation system that determines a helicopter's current position in relation to a terrestrial frame of reference and a helmet-mounted visualization system comprising a helmet-mounted display (HMD) and at least one symbol generation processing device that generates symbols in the HMD at fixed positions in relation to the terrestrial frame of reference. The symbols are displayed in an angular field of display of the HMD. When the helicopter has to home or stay in a vicinity of a predetermined position, the at least one symbol generation processing device calculates a first and a second representation containing a first target and a second target referenced in the terrestrial frame of reference. The first target is located in the direction of the homing course to the predetermined position. The second target is located in a direction perpendicular to this same course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Bruno Aymeric, Yannick Le Roux, Sylvain Hourlier