Patents Examined by Robert Michaud
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Patent number: 10331243Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuji Katsurahira
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Patent number: 10203795Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Tung-Kai Liu, Jen-Chieh Peng, Chia-Hao Tsai, Chih-Hao Chang, Bo-Feng Chen
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Patent number: 10204539Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Cynthia Sue Bell, Kevin Woo, Philip L. Barnes, Steven C. Glenner
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Patent number: 10191554Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bong-seok Lee, Dong-Hun Lee
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Patent number: 10181359Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Amano
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Patent number: 10168842Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Hata, Daiki Shiga, Takahiro Suda, Yoshihide Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10156950Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki
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Patent number: 10156945Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTDInventors: Leonard Liviu Dinu, Chao Chao Zhang
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Patent number: 10157565Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hye-Jin Shin, Won-Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim
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Patent number: 10157571Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jianchao Zhu
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Patent number: 10157684Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Junwei Wang, Bin Feng
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Patent number: 10156978Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Bumhyeon Baek, Kyungdong Choi, Jieun Kim, Hyukjae Jang, Keumsung Hwang
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Patent number: 10157560Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
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Patent number: 10156924Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaodong Xie, Ming Hu, Zhizhong Tu, Ming Zhang, Qingpu Wang, Kefeng Li
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Patent number: 10152916Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Ying Wang, Ying Liu
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Patent number: 10152939Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Rongcheng Liu
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Patent number: 10152625Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong-Gil Han, Chul-Hyung Yang, Jeong-Seob Kim, Gyu-Cheol Choi, Seung-Eun Lee
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Patent number: 10152908Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: MyungJin Pyeon, HyunSon Chon
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Patent number: 10152925Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taegon Im, Min-Soo Choi, Min-Gyu Kim, Youngsup Kwon, Eun Chul Shin, Dae-Sik Lee
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Patent number: 10152228Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Michael Ian Barkway