Patents Examined by Priyank Shah
  • Patent number: 9465458
    Abstract: Presentation by a display is enhanced by placing the active elements of the display at or substantially proximate to the surface of an electronic device. Such placement improves image quality, reduces shadow on the display, improves spill resistance, and minimizes the overall profile of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Amish Rajesh Babu, Shyeu-Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 9454943
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a computing system may be provided. The computing system may include: a circuit configured to operate at a plurality of operation frequencies; a graphics output configured to output image data for display; a rate determiner configured to determine a frame rate of the graphics output; and a frequency setter configured to set an operation frequency of the circuit based on the determined frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: John Alexander Wilson
  • Patent number: 9448671
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes: a substrate; an opaque peripheral pattern formed on one surface of a non active area of the substrate; an insulating member disposed on an active area of inside of the peripheral pattern so as to be positioned on a same layer as the peripheral pattern; conductive sensing cells formed on the insulating member; and peripheral wirings connected to the conductive sensing cells and formed on the peripheral pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyu-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9437154
    Abstract: Provided for each data signal line drive circuit (6a, 6b, 6c) are: a voltage generation circuit (61a, 61b, 61c) that generates a drive voltage in accordance with an external voltage; and a voltage determination circuit (63a, 63b, 63c) which determines whether or not a voltage level of at least either the external voltage or the drive voltage falls within a range of allowable voltages, in a case where the voltage level does not fall within the range of allowable voltages, operation of the voltage generation circuits (61a, 61b, 61c) being stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Nakata, Masaki Uehata, Kohji Saitoh, Masami Ozaki, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Patent number: 9436289
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit content and a point of interest indicator to a second device. The content and the point of interest indicator are selected by a user of the first device using a single action. The point of interest indicator identifies a portion of the content to be highlighted by the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Komori, Tomoaki Takemura, Shinya Masunaga, Nobuhiro Ozu
  • Patent number: 9437130
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display area, a shift register circuit, a first start signal line, and a second start signal line. The shift register circuit is electrically coupled to the display area through a plurality of signal output lines. The first start signal line and the second start signal line are electrically coupled to the shift register circuit. The first start signal line and the second start signal line are both arranged without crossing the signal output lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Li Lin, Yi-Suei Liao, Chun-Huan Chang
  • Patent number: 9430039
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling a virtual mouse based on a hand motion. The apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to measure a maximum horizontal width of a hand region of a user and a width of an index finger in any one of a first depth image captured in a state in which the index finger is spread out in a vertical direction with his or her fist and a second depth image captured in a state in which the index finger is folded with the fist, a hand motion recognizing unit configured to compare the maximum horizontal width and the width of the index finger to recognize whether the index finger is folded, and a function matching unit configured to match a change in a folded state of the index finger to a pre-set first function and output a control signal for the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Yang Keun Ahn, Kwang Mo Jung
  • Patent number: 9417721
    Abstract: A TFT touch display device includes a plurality of mutually vertical control lines and sensor lines and a plurality of TFTs. Each TFT is disposed at an intersection of one of the plurality of control line and one of the plurality of sensor line. The TFT is connected to a corresponding control line, a corresponding sensor line, and a power source. When there is an object approaching to the TFT, the TFT is turned on and a back-channel current is generated. A control unit is connected to the plurality of control lines to respectively provide a control signal to the plurality of control lines. A current sensing unit is connected to the plurality of sensor lines to respectively sense a current generated by the TFTs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Tsai, Tsau-Hua Hsieh, Chao-Liang Lu, Jian-Jung Shih
  • Patent number: 9360923
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing display power consumption are disclosed. In some embodiments first information is displayed in an available display area including a first portion of a display screen in a configuration having a set of portions. The set of portions includes the first portion of the display screen, which is configured in a powered-on state to perform display functions and receive user input, and a second portion of the display screen, which is configured in a powered-off state. Responsive to a user indication in the in the first portion, the second portion is added to the available display area by transitioning the second portion to the powered-on state to perform display functions and receive user input. Second information is displayed in the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jinrong Yang, Ramzi Khalil Maalouf
  • Patent number: 9348466
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method of touch discrimination using a fisheye lens. According to one embodiment, touch discrimination is provided using a touch-enabled display and an imaging device equipped with a fisheye lens and housed within the display. Furthermore, image data captured using the fisheye lens of the imaging device is utilized to detect a touch on a surface of the display along with the user associated with said touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: John J Briden
  • Patent number: 9329625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch screen panel and a touch screen assembly including the touch screen panel, the touch screen panel including a substrate; a transparent electrode layer formed on the substrate; a plurality of conductive wires electrically connected to the transparent electrode layer; an insulation film formed on the transparent electrode layer; and a plurality of conductive line, each of which is electrically connected to each of the plurality of conductive wires inside the insulation film, extended to an outside of the insulation film and exposed therefrom, whereby a PCB and conductive wires can be improved in electrical reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongchun Park, Hansoo Kim
  • Patent number: 9330626
    Abstract: Provided are a driving circuit and a display panel, the driving circuit comprises a voltage dividing module, a comparing module and a switching module, wherein the voltage dividing module has a first terminal connected to a first terminal of the switching module, a second terminal connected to a first terminal of the comparing module, and a third terminal serving as a grounding terminal; a second terminal of the comparing module is connected to a first voltage input terminal, third, fourth and fifth terminals of the comparing module are connected to three control terminals of the switching module respectively; the first terminal of the switching module is connected to a voltage output terminal, a second terminal of the switching module is connected to the first voltage input terminal, and third and fourth terminals of the switching module are connected to second and third voltage input terminal, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jieqiong Wang
  • Patent number: 9326912
    Abstract: A waterproof, floatable and dockable remote control for controlling portable spa functions comprising a waterproof touch screen display and a sealed battery housing containing a battery rechargeable by wireless power transfer wherein the remote communicates over a wireless link with a spa-based controller and employs a graphic display system designed to maintain graphics responsiveness while extending battery life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: WATKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Larry Nicholson
  • Patent number: 9262947
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying electronic advertisements or the like is provided herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include a first planar body having a first electronic display and a second planar body having a second electronic display. The apparatus may include a connector for connecting the first and second planar bodies, and at least one controller component operatively coupled to the first and second electronic displays. The apparatus may include at least one alarm component attached to at least one of the first and second planar bodies, and at least one movement detection component operatively coupled to the at least one alarm component. The apparatus may include at least one power component operatively coupled to the first and second electronic displays and the at least one alarm component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Total Range Design Pty Ltd
    Inventor: David Gregory Ranger
  • Patent number: 9244579
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus and a touch mode switching method thereof are provided. A touch mode of a touch panel is switched according to a touch track and a touch area of an input tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Li-Lin Liu, Shen-Feng Tai, Chung-Wen Chang, Jui-Min Liu
  • Patent number: 9240160
    Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a driving circuit has a PCB, a transmitter disposed on the PCB for providing an input signal, first and second transmission lines disposed on the PCB and electrically coupled to the transmitter for transmitting the input signal, and a plurality of source drivers formed in a COF architecture disposed between the PCB and the display panel. The input signal is an encoded signal including first and second Gamma reference voltages control signals, and image data. The first and second Gamma reference voltages are transmitted by the PLC technology through the first and second transmission lines, respectively. The driving circuit is implemented with differential transmission of the Gamma voltages, the image data and the control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Wang, Wen-Chiang Huang, Meng-Ju Wu, Rung-Yuan Chang, Chun-Fan Chung
  • Patent number: 9230495
    Abstract: A self-detection charge sharing module for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The self-detection charge sharing module includes at least one detecting unit, for detecting a plurality of input voltages of a plurality of operational amplifiers driving a plurality of data line sand a plurality of output voltage of the plurality of data line, to generate at least one detecting result, and at least one charge sharing unit, for conducting connection between at least one first data line and at least one second data line among the plurality of data line when the at least one detecting result indicates at least one corresponding first input voltage and at least one corresponding second input voltage among the plurality of input voltage have opposite voltage variation direction and vary toward each other. The at least one first input voltage and the at least one second input voltage maintain respective polarities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Su, Po-Yu Tseng, Shun-Hsun Yang, Po-Hsiang Fang
  • Patent number: 9229555
    Abstract: In one aspect, a touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. In some embodiments, the touch screen panel includes a substrate including a sensing region and a peripheral region, a plurality of first sensing patterns, a plurality of second sensing patterns, and an insulating layer, where the insulating layer is patterned so that both sides of the second sensing patterns are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyu-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9219103
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display is disclosed. The display includes some pixel areas which are opaque and some pixel areas which are partially opaque and partially transparent. Selectively displaying the light emission of the pixel areas allows for control of the relative brightness of a displayed image and an object behind the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Ho Lee, Hee-Joo Ko, II-Soo Oh, Se-Jin Cho, Jin-Young Yun, Hyung-Jun Song, Young-Woo Song, Kyu-Hwan Hwang, Seok-Gyu Yoon, Jae-Heung Ha, Jong-Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9218766
    Abstract: A pixel circuit array is disclosed and includes pixel unit circuits, and each of the pixel unit circuit includes a precharge circuit, a compensation circuit, a holding circuit, a driving circuit, a light emitting circuit, a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal, a third power supply terminal, a scanning control terminal, a first control terminal and a second control terminal. With the pixel unit circuit, as long as the inputted direct-current reference voltage and the data voltage signal are not varied, the current delivered to the OLED remains constant, thus the uniformity of the OLED can be compensated for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongyuan Wu, Liye Duan, Guangcai Yuan