Patents Examined by Robert Michaud
  • Patent number: 10331243
    Abstract: A position indicating device includes a variable capacitance capacitor, which has: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a dielectric separating the first electrode and the second electrode. A capacitance of the variable capacitance capacitor varies in response to application of pressure to the variable capacitance capacitor. The position indicating device also includes a core body having a tip including a third electrode, wherein, in operation, a signal is transmitted by the third electrode and pressure applied to the tip of the core body is transmitted to the variable capacitance capacitor, varying the capacitance of the variable capacitance capacitor. The position indicating device also includes a first terminal electrically connected to the first electrode; a second terminal electrically connected to the second electrode; a third terminal; and a core body holder configured to electrically connect the third electrode to the third terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Katsurahira
  • Patent number: 10203795
    Abstract: A touch display panel capable of operating in a display mode and a touch mode. In the touch mode, a data line transmits a data voltage signal to a pixel electrode of the touch display panel, and a corresponding common electrode is at a constant voltage level. In the touch mode, the data line transmits a touch driving signal to the pixel electrode and then receives a touch sensing signal from the pixel electrode, and the corresponding common electrode is floating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tung-Kai Liu, Jen-Chieh Peng, Chia-Hao Tsai, Chih-Hao Chang, Bo-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 10204539
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to modifying a display of a portable electronic device to account for ambient light. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising determining an ambient light history including a plurality of ambient light color conditions sensed over a duration of device operation by an ambient light sensor, reading a display-ready image having a plurality of pixels from an image source, adjusting a manner in which the display-ready image is displayed by color-shifting at least a subset of the plurality of pixels based on the plurality of ambient light color conditions in the ambient light history to thereby generate a color-modified image, and displaying the color-modified image on the display of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia Sue Bell, Kevin Woo, Philip L. Barnes, Steven C. Glenner
  • Patent number: 10191554
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The controlling method of a display apparatus includes displaying a mode conversion user interface (UI) that provides a guideline to enter a motion task mode; recognizing a first motion that corresponds to the guideline; entering the motion task mode that enables a second motion to control a function of the display apparatus in response to the first motion being recognized while the guideline is displayed on the display apparatus; and displaying a motion task UI to perform the motion task mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong-seok Lee, Dong-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10181359
    Abstract: The shift register includes first to fourth flip-flops. A first clock signal which is in a first voltage state in a first period and in a second voltage state in second to fourth periods is input to the first flip-flop. A second clock signal which is in the first voltage state in the second period and in the second voltage state in the third period and the fourth period is input to the second flip-flop. A third clock signal which is in the second voltage state in the first, second, and fourth periods and in the first voltage state in the third period is input to the third flip-flop. A fourth clock signal which is in the second voltage state in the first and second periods and in the first voltage state in the fourth period is input to the fourth flip-flop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Amano
  • Patent number: 10168842
    Abstract: A conductive substrate includes a transparent base material; a metal layer formed on at least one of surfaces of the transparent base material; and a blackened layer formed on the metal layer by a wet method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hata, Daiki Shiga, Takahiro Suda, Yoshihide Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10156950
    Abstract: A sensor-equipped display device is provided and includes a display panel and a detection electrode. The panel includes a display area in which unit pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of unit pixels including subpixels. The electrode includes conductive line fragments arranged on a detection surface, and is configured to detect a contact of an object to the surface. The detection electrode has an electrode pattern formed of the line fragments on a grid defined by first and second lines. Extending directions of the first and second lines are tilted based on a first and second unit length of the unit pixel in the first and second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 10156945
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch screen controller. The touch screen controller is configured to asynchronously measure a capacitance between a sense line and a drive line of a sensing layer with respect to a horizontal sync signal of a display layer. In addition, the touch screen controller is also configured to disconnect from the sense line for a given period of time following a rising edge of the horizontal sync signal so as to reduce capacitive coupling of display noise from the horizontal sync signal to the sensing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD
    Inventors: Leonard Liviu Dinu, Chao Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10157565
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device including the display substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixels formed in a substantially circular pixel area and a driving circuit formed in a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area and configured to drive the pixels. A boundary is formed between the pixel area and the peripheral area, and the boundary is substantially concentric with respect to an arc defining the substantially circular pixel area. The driving circuit comprises a conductive pattern having a first side which extends in a peripheral direction crossing the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye-Jin Shin, Won-Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10157571
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for driving the same and a display device. A pixel circuit of the display panel includes a storage capacitor, a driving transistor, an initialization module configured to apply an initial voltage to a first end of the storage capacitor via a current-level gate scanning line within an initialization time period, a compensation module, a data writing module, a resetting module configured to enable the current-level gate scanning line to be electrically connected to a second end of the storage capacitor within a light-emitting time period, and a light-emitting control module. The driving transistor is in an on state within the light-emitting time period, so as to drive a light-emitting element to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianchao Zhu
  • Patent number: 10157684
    Abstract: A precharging circuit, a scanning driving circuit, an array substrate, and a display device are provided. The precharging circuit includes an input end, an output end, and further includes a switching unit, first pull-up unit, and second pull-up unit. The switching unit has first end connected to first node; second end connected to the input end, and third end connected to second node, and is used for conducting the second end and the third end when first end is at high level; first pull-up unit has first end connected to the output end and second end connected to first node, and is used for pulling up potential of second end when first end is at high level; second pull-up unit has first end connected to second node and second end connected to output end, is used for pulling up potential of second end when first end is at high level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junwei Wang, Bin Feng
  • Patent number: 10156978
    Abstract: A method of controlling a terminal, and which includes obtaining a rubbing touch input rubbing a partial area of a touch screen of the terminal; executing an intelligent agent providing a function or operation of the terminal based on the received rubbing touch input; and performing a function corresponding to an object displayed in the partial area based on the executed intelligent agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bumhyeon Baek, Kyungdong Choi, Jieun Kim, Hyukjae Jang, Keumsung Hwang
  • Patent number: 10157560
    Abstract: A display panel and a display driver are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixel repeating units, which are arranged repeatedly to form a pixel array. Each row of the sub-pixel repeating unit includes an odd number of sub-pixels, where every two sub-pixels are regarded as one pixel unit, and another sub-pixel is added at the last column of the sub-pixel repeating unit. The odd-numbered sub-pixels are respectively written by N groups of pixel data. The amount of these sub-pixels is 2N+1, which is between two to two and a half times of the amount of the pixel data. Each odd-numbered column of the sub-pixel repeating unit includes the sub-pixels of two different colors, which are alternately arranged in each odd-numbered column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 10156924
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention provide a metal grid, a touch screen, a display device and a manufacture method of touch screen, and refer to display technology field. The invention can improve the phenomenon of moiré fringe when the line width of the metal wire is relatively large. The metal grid comprises multiple repeat units, the metal wires in the repeat unit form at least two different kinds of basic patterns, and the repeat unit is pieced together by one or more of the at least two different kinds of basic patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xie, Ming Hu, Zhizhong Tu, Ming Zhang, Qingpu Wang, Kefeng Li
  • Patent number: 10152916
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit, method and a display device. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit is for driving an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and includes: a charge storage unit configured to be charged in a data writing stage and be discharged in a pixel lighting stage to light up the OLED; a data writing unit configured to write a data current in the data writing stage; a light-emitting control unit configured to control to enable a connection between the charge storage unit and the OLED in the pixel lighting stage. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit further includes a current amplification unit configured to, in the data writing stage, amplify the data current and charge the charge storage unit with the amplified data current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Ying Liu
  • Patent number: 10152939
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit according to the present disclosure may include: a plurality of gate driving units, each of which is connected to a pulse signal input end, a timing control signal input end and at least two adjacent gate scanning lines respectively, and configured to sequentially provide the at least two adjacent gate scanning lines connected thereto with a pulse signal inputted by the pulse signal input end under a control of a timing control signal inputted by the timing control signal input end. The pulse signal input end is connected to a gate driver which outputs the pulse signal based on a number of gate scanning lines corresponding to each of the gate driving units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rongcheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10152625
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for providing a control function using a fingerprint sensor in an electronic device are provided. The method includes collecting information based on occurrence of an event, detecting a touch input on a fingerprint sensor, and performing a control function for the information based on the touch input on the fingerprint sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Gil Han, Chul-Hyung Yang, Jeong-Seob Kim, Gyu-Cheol Choi, Seung-Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 10152908
    Abstract: A timing controller, a display device, and a method of driving the same able to prevent a dark defect that would otherwise be formed when two or more image control methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: MyungJin Pyeon, HyunSon Chon
  • Patent number: 10152925
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light source part including a light-emitting diode array, a DC/DC converter, a driving current controller, and a reference voltage variable part. The backlight unit is operated in a first mode or a second mode. The driving current controller controls a driving current flowing through the light-emitting diode array to have a first current level during the first mode and controls the driving current flowing through the light-emitting diode array to have a second current level during the second mode. The reference voltage variable part applies a first reference voltage to the driving current controller during the first mode and applies a second reference voltage to the driving current controller during the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taegon Im, Min-Soo Choi, Min-Gyu Kim, Youngsup Kwon, Eun Chul Shin, Dae-Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 10152228
    Abstract: A method, system and electronic device are provided for processing touch inputs on a touchscreen display. A starting touch input is detected on a document displayed at an initial scale on the touchscreen. If the starting touch input is within a disambiguation region for a number of interactive elements in the document, while contact is maintained on the display a further view of the document at an enlarged scale is displayed showing the area of the touch input. When an ending touch input is detected, one interactive element may be selected according to the location of the ending touch input, and an interaction function, such as requesting a resource hyperlinked by the selected interactive element, is automatically initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Michael Ian Barkway