Patents Examined by Ricardo L. Osorio
  • Patent number: 9606665
    Abstract: A method of moving an object by an electronic device having a touch screen. The method includes recognizing at least two first touch inputs through the touch screen, recognizing transitions of the at least two first touch inputs to adjacent inputs that move adjacent to each other, and moving an object displayed on the touch screen in response to movements of the adjacent inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyunsuk Choi, Minho Kim, Jiwoong Oh
  • Patent number: 9601058
    Abstract: An OLED display device is disclosed which includes: a display panel configured with pixels which each include an organic light emitting diode and a driving transistor applying a driving current to the organic light emitting diode; a gate driver connected to the pixels through gate lines; a data driver configured to apply a sensing voltage to the pixels through data lines in a sensing mode and enable a sensing current to flow through each of the driving transistors; a sensing driver configured to sense threshold voltages opposite the driving currents which flow through the driving transistors; and a brightness compensation circuit configured to derive negatively shifted degrees of threshold voltages of the driving transistors from the sensed threshold voltages, detect a bright-defected pixel on the basis of the negatively shifted degrees, and generate a compensation gray value for the bright-defected pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jae Lee, Jun Hyeok Yang, Tae Gung Kim, Myung Gi Lim
  • Patent number: 9589503
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a power voltage generation unit configured to generate a first power voltage and a dummy power voltage having a different level from that of the first power voltage; a power voltage wiring network to which the first power voltage is applied; a dummy power voltage line to which the dummy power voltage is applied; a plurality of pixels each comprising an emission device and a pixel circuit electrically coupled to the power voltage wiring network; a plurality of dummy pixels each comprising a dummy circuit connectable to the dummy power voltage line; and a plurality of repair lines each connectable to the dummy circuit of a corresponding dummy pixel among the plurality of dummy pixels and to the emission devices of corresponding pixels among the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hye Kong, Sung-Jae Moon, Wang-Jo Lee
  • Patent number: 9589505
    Abstract: An OLED pixel circuit includes a data strobe module, a threshold compensation module, a driving module, and a light-emitting module. Wherein, the data strobe module is used for inputting a data signal on a data signal line to the driving module under control of a scanning signal of a scanning signal line; the threshold compensation module is used for compensating a threshold voltage of the driving module; and the driving module is used for driving the light-emitting module to emit light according to the data signal provided by the data strobe module. The OLED pixel circuit can compensate shift and inconsistency of a threshold voltage of a transistor therein effectively, so that the drive current of the OLED will not affected by the threshold voltage of the transistor, making brightness of a display device more uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuting Zhang
  • Patent number: 9588344
    Abstract: A head-mount display with exercise information displayed thereon includes an information box securely mounted on one temple of a frame, at least one wireless receiving unit mounted inside the information box, and a transparent body mounted on one front end of the information box in a visual range of a user. A display screen is mounted on an outer sidewall of the transparent body to display exercise information in the form of icon or text message, which is detected by the at least one wireless receiving unit. A magnifying lens is mounted on an inner sidewall of the transparent body to enlarge information displayed on the display screen as a virtual image for the user to view upon exercising. Accordingly, the head-mount display not only provides convenience in demonstrating information but also enhances space utilization efficiency of the display screen and recognition of exercise information on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BION INC.
    Inventors: Shui-Jung Chen, Wen-Pin Weng
  • Patent number: 9588643
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a touch-sensitive display and sensor circuitry that detects whether a user's right hand or left hand is being used to operate the touch-sensitive display. Control circuitry may arrange icons and virtual buttons on the touch-sensitive display based on which hand is being used to provide touch input to the touch-sensitive display. For example, when the sensor circuitry detects a user operating the electronic device with his or her left hand, the control circuitry may position icons and virtual buttons closer to the left edge of the touch-sensitive display so that the icons and virtual buttons are easier to reach with the user's left hand. The sensor circuitry may include one or more touch sensors, proximity sensors, fingerprint sensors, motion sensors, or other suitable sensors capable of gathering information about which hand is being used to operate the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Thayne M. Miller
  • Patent number: 9588613
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a motion-based user interface are provided. The apparatus includes a touch screen for displaying an image and for receiving input of a user touch on at least one spot of the touch screen, a sensor unit for sensing a motion of the apparatus, a motion calculator for calculating a degree of the motion of the apparatus, when sensing the motion of the apparatus at the sensor unit, and a controller for, when the at least one spot is touched on the touch screen, determining the number of touched spots, for receiving information about the degree of the motion of the apparatus from the motion calculator, and for determining whether to change the size of the image or the position of the image according to the number of touched spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Su Hong, Yung-Keun Jung, Jae-Myeon Lee, Il-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9588598
    Abstract: A system that efficiently estimates an object's orientation using magnetic, angular rate, and gravity sensors. The object may be for example a virtual reality headset or a user in a virtual reality environment. Magnetic and gravity data are used to correct errors that accumulate from integrating angular velocity. Unlike systems that use Kalman filter approaches, embodiments of the system apply a simple, highly efficient technique to generate magnetic and gravity error vectors; these error vectors are added directly to the angular velocity prior to integration. Error calculations are performed in the sensor reference frame rather than in the Earth reference frame. Magnetic error correction uses only the horizontal component of the magnetic field, which is efficiently calculated by subtracting off the projection of the magnetic field onto the measured gravity vector. Sensors and processors for calculating orientation may be integrated into a low-latency virtual reality display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ariadne's Thread (USA), Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Li
  • Patent number: 9575585
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a plurality of driving electrodes disposed on the display panel and extending in a first direction; a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the driving electrodes and extending in a second direction; a plurality of first sensing wires connected to one end of each of the driving electrodes; a plurality of second sensing wires connected to each of the sensing electrodes; a plurality of third sensing wires connected to the other end of each of the driving electrodes that are disposed in a partial region; and a touch controller configured to apply a touch detection signal to the driving electrodes through the first sensing wires and the third sensing wires, and to receive a sensing signal representing a change in capacitance of the sensing electrodes through the second sensing wires, so as to detect a touch position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 9576193
    Abstract: A gesture recognition method and an gesture recognition apparatus using the same method are proposed. The method includes the following steps: transmitting an infrared signal, and detecting whether an object appears in a predetermined range based on a first infrared signal retrieved from the infrared signal being reflected; when the object appears in the predetermined range, capturing a plurality of images including the object and a plurality of second infrared signals retrieved from the infrared signal being reflected; and recognizing the images to retrieve a horizontal movement direction of a gesture of the object within the predetermined range, and recognizing the second infrared signals to retrieve a depth movement direction of the gesture within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Jie-Ci Yang, Hui-Chen Lin, Tzu-Chiang Shen, Meng-Chao Kao
  • Patent number: 9570031
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring pixel data includes a multiplexer configured to select pixel data applied to at least one of function blocks which is configured to convert the pixel data provided from an external device and adjust characteristics of a display device, a monitoring module configured to store the pixel data selected by the multiplexer, and an analyzing module configured to output a location selection signal to the multiplexer which provides the monitoring module with the pixel data based on the location selection signal, to read out the pixel data stored in the monitoring module by applying a pixel position signal to the monitoring module, and to analyze a variation of the read out pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Dong-Hyun Yeo, Jae-Hyoung Park, Byung-Kil Jeon, Yong-Bum Kim, Suk-Jin Park, Su-Hyun Jeong, Eun-Seon Kim
  • Patent number: 9562869
    Abstract: In a portable electronic device, an ambient temperature is sensed by means of a temperature sensor. In addition, it is assessed if the portable electronic device is exposed to condensation. A corresponding condensation indicator is provided. The condensation indicator is determined based on a dew point and based on sensed temperature values of the past or temperature derived from the past sensed temperature values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sensirion AG
    Inventors: Martin Mueller, Dominik Niederberger, Dominic Boni
  • Patent number: 9563319
    Abstract: A processing system for a capacitive sensing device, including: a sensor module coupled to multiple sensor electrodes and configured to receive multiple resulting signals from the multiple sensor electrodes, where the multiple electrodes includes a first sensor electrode, a second sensor electrode adjacent to the first second electrode, a third sensor electrode adjacent to the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode, and a fourth sensor electrode adjacent to the third sensor electrode; and a determination module configured to: determine, based on the multiple resulting signals, first differential capacitive sensing data between the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode; determine, based on the multiple resulting signals, second differential capacitive sensing data between the third sensor electrode and the fourth sensor electrode; and determine user contact information based on at least one of the first differential capacitive sensing data and the second differential capacitive
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Tom Vandermeijden
  • Patent number: 9563307
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch panel control unit, a plurality of scanning electrodes formed on the display panel, a plurality of detection electrodes formed on the display panel so as to intersect with the plurality of scanning electrodes, a drive signal supply unit for inputting a drive signal to each of the scanning electrodes, and a detection unit for detecting a detection signal from each of the detection electrodes. The touch panel control unit supplies the driving signal to each of the scanning electrodes from the drive signal supply unit to enable detection of a touch position of a detection object based on the detection signal detected, and supplies the driving signal to all of the scanning electrodes collectively from the drive signal supply unit to enable detection of approach of the detection object to the touch panel based on the detection signal detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Nagata, Koji Doi
  • Patent number: 9552075
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing input from an image-capture device for gesture-recognition. The method further includes computationally interpreting user gestures in accordance with a first mode of operation; analyzing the path of movement of an object to determine an intent of a user to change modes of operation; and, upon determining an intent of the user to change modes of operation, subsequently interpreting user gestures in accordance with the second mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventor: David S. Holz
  • Patent number: 9552772
    Abstract: In a display apparatus including a switching transistor, a correction voltage for eliminating an effect of a variation in a characteristic of a driving transistor is stored in a storage capacitor. The switching transistor is disposed between one current terminal of the driving transistor and a light emitting element. The switching transistor turns off during the non-light emission period thereby to electrically disconnect the light emitting element from the one current terminal of the driving transistor thereby preventing a leakage current from flowing through the light emitting element during the period in which the correction unit operates, and thus preventing the correction voltage from having an error due to the leakage current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yamashita, Masatsugu Tomida, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 9552778
    Abstract: A method for controlling a digital device, and which includes receiving content; displaying the received content on a display screen of the digital device; calculating, via a controller of the digital device, an average luminance value respective to an entire display screen where the received content is displayed; generating, via the controller, a histogram respective to a partial area of the entire display screen; analyzing, via the controller, the histogram respective to the partial area and verifying whether or not a pixel distribution ratio of pixels having a minimum gray level, among pixels being located in the partial area of the display screen, is equal to or greater than a reference ratio; and if the pixel distribution ratio of pixels having the minimum gray level is equal to or greater than the reference ratio, processing a luminance of the partial area of the display screen to be black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Yongsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 9547252
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device, including: a lower electrode; an upper electrode and a substrate having an electrode pad portion, in which when an angle formed by a slant in section of a film end in a region between the lower electrode and the electrode pad portion and a surface of the substrate is given as ?1, Formula (1) and Formula (2) are satisfied; and when an angle formed by a slant in section of a film end in at least a part of other regions than the region between the lower electrode and the electrode pad portion and the surface of the substrate is given as ?3, Formula (3) and Formula (4) are satisfied. tan(?1)=d1/d2??(1) tan(?1)<0.2??(2) tan(?3)=d3/d4??(3) tan(?3)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobutaka Mizuno, Kiyofumi Sakaguchi, Satoru Shiobara, Yojiro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9542886
    Abstract: A pixel includes a driving transistor, an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor, and the second transistor. The driving transistor includes a gate electrode coupled to a first node, a first electrode coupled to a second node, and a drain electrode coupled to a third node. The driving transistor controls an amount of drain-source current based on a level of a voltage applied to the first node. The first transistor is coupled between the second node and a data line, and turns on by a scan signal of a scan line. The second transistor is coupled between the first node and an initialization voltage line, and turns on by an initialization signal of an initialization line. The first and second transistors are turned on during a first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In-Soo Wang
  • Patent number: 9542898
    Abstract: This invention provides a liquid crystal display panel, a source driver in the liquid crystal display panel comprises an amplifier whose amplification coefficient is adjustable, the amplifier can adjust a received data signal based on a currently selected amplification coefficient, and output the adjusted data signal to a data line that is currently signally-connected with the amplifier, moreover, the currently selected amplification coefficient is inversely proportional to a rate at which the data line charges a current signally-connected sub-pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xia Feng, Jiacheng Huang, Donghui Wang