Patents Examined by Regina Liang
  • Patent number: 8325142
    Abstract: A mobile communications terminal and a method for preventing an input error of a key input unit are provided. The mobile communications terminal includes a touch sensor unit for sensing a key that is input by touching a keypad region in order to output a key input signal corresponding to the key and a controller adapted to determine a key input according to either a priority between multiple keys from which key signals are received or whether a received key signal was generated inadvertently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyaung-Sic You, Jin-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 8319742
    Abstract: A method of controlling a touch-sensitive display includes displaying a keyboard on the touch-sensitive display. A key of the keyboard is associated with at least two characters. Confirmation of selection is detected and a plurality of touch locations on the touch-sensitive display are detected. At least one of the plurality of touch locations is associated with the key. A direction is determined based on at least two of the plurality of touch locations and a first character of the at least two characters is selected based on the direction and confirmation of selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Laura Doktorova, Jason Tyler Griffin, John Jong-Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 8314787
    Abstract: Driver IC 1 including a built-in charge pump power supply is mounted on display panel 5. Among wirings connected to driver IC 1, the width of FPC mounting pad 4 of connection wiring 3 leading to a driver built-in power supply is widened as compared with pads 4 of other wirings 2. In addition, a portion of terminal intervals of a terminal array of FPC mounting pad 4 is widened as compared with other terminal intervals so that a wiring path from pad 4 to driver IC 1 is reduced. Similar terminal widths and terminal intervals are adopted for terminal 6 on the side of flexible substrate 7 electrically connected to FPC mounting pad 4 by pressure bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8314765
    Abstract: To suppress malfunctions in a shift register circuit. A shift register having a plurality of flip-flop circuits is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes a transistor 11, a transistor 12, a transistor 13, a transistor 14, and a transistor 15. When the transistor 13 or the transistor 14 is turned on in a non-selection period, the potential of a node A is set, so that the node A is prevented from entering into a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 8305306
    Abstract: In a light emitting device, luminance irregularities caused by fluctuation in threshold of TFTs for supplying a current to EL elements among pixels hinder the light emitting device from improving the image quality. A voltage equal to the threshold of a TFT 110 is held in capacitor means 111 in advance. When a video signal is inputted from a source signal line, the voltage held in the capacitor means is added to the signal, which is then applied to a gate electrode of the TFT 110. Even when threshold is fluctuated among pixels, each threshold is held in the capacitor means 111 of each pixel, and therefore, influence of the threshold fluctuation can be removed. Since the threshold is stored in the capacitor means 111 alone and the voltage between two electrodes is not changed while a video signal is written, fluctuation in capacitance value has no influence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 8305307
    Abstract: The display device including pixels has formed therein at least two drive blocks each made up of pixel rows. Each of the pixels includes: a drive transistor; a first capacitor element, a luminescence element; a first switching transistor which causes conduction between the drive transistor and the first capacitor element; and a second switching transistor which applies power supply voltage to the drive transistor. Each of the pixels further includes: a third switching transistor connecting a pixel in a k-th drive block and a first signal line; or a fourth switching transistor connecting a pixel in a (k+1)-th drive block and a second signal line. A first control line for controlling conduction of the first switching transistor and a third control line for establishing a source potential of the drive transistor are connected to each of the pixels in a same one of the drive blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 8305308
    Abstract: The display device including pixels has formed therein at least two drive blocks each made up of pixel rows. Each of the pixels includes: a drive transistor; a capacitor element, a luminescence element; a first switching transistor which causes conduction between the gate of the drive transistor and a fixed potential line; and a second switching transistor which causes conduction between the source of the drive transistor and the capacitor element. Each of the pixels further includes a third switching transistor which connects a pixel in a k-th drive block and a first signal line or a fourth switching transistor which connects a pixel in a (k+1)-th drive block and a second signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 8299991
    Abstract: A method of providing an LCD overdrive drive scheme, which comprises measuring a stabilized transmission level of an LCD display pixel corresponding to a target drive level. An overdrive transmission level is measured corresponding to an overdrive drive level. The measured overdrive transmission level is compared with the measured stabilized transmission level to determine if the overdrive drive level is too high or too low. An iterative process then changes the overdrive drive level until a suitable overdrive drive level is found. This is used to derive overdrive drive scheme parameters which are stored in a memory of the LCD device. This method enables an overdrive scheme to be determined during use of the device. It can therefore take account of temperature and display ageing, without the effects of these being modeled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Evgueni Boiko
  • Patent number: 8294638
    Abstract: An improved organic electroluminescent display includes a plurality of normal mode colors and a plurality of user-selected power saving mode colors. The display is switchable between a normal display mode and a power saving display mode. In the normal display mode, the normal mode colors are displayed by the display. Conversely, in the power saving display mode, the power saving mode colors are displayed by the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Ryuichi Iwamura
  • Patent number: 8294692
    Abstract: The invention discloses an optical touch sensing apparatus applied to a panel. The optical touch sensing apparatus comprises an frame, a first image capturing module, a second image capturing module, and a processing module. The first image capturing module is set at a first position for capturing a first image corresponding to a touch point on the panel; the second image capturing module is set at a second position for capturing a second image corresponding to the touch point. The processing module is used for determining a coordinate of the touch point according to the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Ji Tsai, Bo-Ren Yan, Jung-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 8294640
    Abstract: Dispersion occurs in the characteristics of the transistors. The invention is a signal line driving circuit having a first and a second current source circuits corresponding to each of a plurality of signal lines, a shift register, and a constant current source for video signal, in which the first current source circuit is disposed in a first latch and the second current source circuit is disposed in a second latch. The first current source circuit includes capacitive means for converting the current supplied from the constant current source for video signal into a voltage, according to a sampling pulse supplied from the shift register, and supplying means for supplying the current corresponding to the converted voltage. The second current source circuit includes capacitive means for converting the current supplied from the first latch into a voltage, according to a latch pulse, and supplying means for supplying the current corresponding to the converted voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 8289227
    Abstract: Identification information of another image communication apparatus is received, as transmitter information indicating a transmitter, from the another image communication apparatus, and display is performed so as to indicate the transmitter on display means in accordance with the transmitter information having been received, and a user is allowed to select whether or not an image is to be received from the another image communication apparatus having transmitted the transmitter information. Next, its own identification information is transmitted, as destination information indicating a destination, to the another image communication apparatus which is selected as the transmitter from which an image is to be received. An image is received from the another image communication apparatus to which the destination information is transmitted, and the received image is stored in storage means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Imaizumi, Hiroyuki Kono, Yoshihiro Iwasa
  • Patent number: 8284147
    Abstract: A source driver, a display device and a driving method of the source driver are disclosed. The source driver adapted to a display panel includes a plurality of driving channels, wherein the display panel includes N pixel cells on each of a plurality of scan lines. The 1st driving channel to the Nth driving channel respectively drive the N pixel cells on a first scan line of the scan lines during a first scan period and the 2nd driving channel to the (N+1)th driving channel respectively drive the N pixel cells on a second scan line of the scan lines during a second scan period. When polarity inversion is performed on the display panel, each driving channel is responsible for outputting a data driving voltage with a certain polarity to the corresponding pixel cell during different scan periods. Therefore, the power consumption of the source driver can be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Meng-Tse Weng
  • Patent number: 8279144
    Abstract: Disclosed are example techniques for frame-based power management in a light emitting diode (LED) system having a plurality of LED strings. A voltage source provides an output voltage to drive the LED strings. An LED driver generates a frame timing reference representative of the frame rate or display timing of a series of image frames to be displayed via the LED system. An update reference is generated from the frame timing reference. The LED driver monitors one or more operating parameters of the LED system. In response to update triggers marked by the update reference, the LED driver adjusts the output voltage of the voltage source based on the status of each of the one or more monitored operating parameters (either from the previous update period or determined in response to the update trigger), thereby synchronizing the updating of the output voltage to the frame rate (or a virtual approximation of the frame rate) of the video being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Zhao, Jack W. Cornish, Brian B. Horng, Andrew M Kameya, Jan Krellner, Kenneth C. Kwok, Victor K. Lee, Weizhuang W. Xin
  • Patent number: 8279172
    Abstract: A hybrid haptic feedback system in which a host computer and haptic feedback device share processing loads to various degrees in the output of haptic sensations, and features for efficient output of haptic sensations in such a system. A haptic feedback interface device in communication with a host computer includes a device microcontroller outputting force values to the actuator to control output forces. In various embodiments, the microcontroller can determine force values for one type of force effect while receiving force values computed by the host computer for a different type of force effect. For example, the microcontroller can determine closed loop effect values and receive computed open loop effect values from the host; or the microcontroller can determine high frequency open loop effect values and receive low frequency open loop effect values from the host. Various features allow the host to efficiently stream computed force values to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Adam C. Braun, Kenneth M. Martin, Louis B. Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 8264453
    Abstract: A backlight control device for controlling a driving current of an LED is disclosed. By controlling current outputs from current sources of a plurality of current output units, a display will be able to generate desirable backlight. Then by adjusting currents output by the plurality of current output units, brightness of a plurality of pixels can be dynamically adjusted. The brightness of pixels with higher gray levels can be increased while the brightness of pixels with lower gray levels can be decreased, thereby improving the contrast of image and saving power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Yang, Fu-Cheng Wei
  • Patent number: 8248364
    Abstract: The disclosure describes methods and systems for gathering and conveying information, for example, such as with a hand of a user. In one embodiment, the method may include using a detector to record a series of images of an environment and detecting a predetermined motion by comparing two or more images in the series. The method may include selecting a function based on the predetermined motion and triggering the function. In another embodiment, the method may include using a first detector to record a first series of images of an environment and using a second detector to record a second series of images of an environment. The method may include detecting a predetermined relative motion by comparing one or more images from the first series with one or more images from the second series, and selecting and/or triggering a function based on the predetermined relative motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Liang-Yu Chi, Robert Allen Ryskamp, Luis Ricardo Prada Gomez, Harvey Ho, Sergey Brin
  • Patent number: 8248357
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit includes a first driver and a second driver. The first gate driver includes a plurality of stage units connected to odd-numbered gate lines. The second gate driver includes a plurality of stage units connected to even-numbered gate lines. Each of the stage units of the first and second gate drivers includes an input unit, a first signal output unit, and a second signal output unit. The input unit outputs a driving control signal according to a previous stage driving signal output from the previous stage unit and a next stage driving signal output from the next stage unit. The first signal output unit outputs a stage driving signal according to the driving control signal and a driving clock signal. The second signal output unit outputs a gate voltage signal to the corresponding gate line according to the driving control signal and a gate clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Jin Park, Young-Ok Cha, Joo-Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 8248331
    Abstract: An image display device includes a driver having a gate connected to a first electrode of a first capacitor and a source connected to an anode of a luminescence element. A second capacitor is connected to a second electrode of the first capacitor. A first switch supplies a reference voltage to the first electrode of the first capacitor. A second switch supplies a signal voltage to the second electrode of the first capacitor. A third switch connects the anode of the luminescence element to the second capacitor. A method of controlling the image display device includes: supplying the signal voltage to the first capacitor by switching ON the first and second switches when the third switch is OFF; switching OFF the first and second switches to turn ON the third switch after the first capacitor holds a capacitor voltage; and causing the second capacitor to hold a source potential of the driver while the third switch is ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 8248349
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display equipped with a timing controller, the timing controller generates a restoration signal having a predetermined pulse width in response to a data enable signal and operates in a fail mode when a difference between the data enable signal and the restoration signal is larger than a threshold value. Even if the data enable signal is distorted by electrostatic discharge, the liquid crystal display uses the restoration signal as a data enable signal without entering the fail mode when the distortion degree is smaller than the threshold value. Thus, a user may not recognize the electrostatic discharge when the electrostatic discharge is applied to the liquid crystal display for a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyoung Park, Ik-Hyun Ahn