Patents Examined by Robert Stone
  • Patent number: 9547204
    Abstract: A pixel matrix includes pixel units. The pixel units are arranged in a repeating pattern, in which each of the pixel units includes transparent pixels, reflective pixels, and switch components. Each of the transparent pixels includes a transparent electrode and a transparent color resist layer disposed on the transparent electrode. Each of the reflective pixels includes a reflective electrode. The switch components are connected to the transparent electrodes of the transparent pixels and the reflective electrodes of the reflective pixels respectively for driving the transparent pixels and the reflective pixels individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui Chu Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 9535526
    Abstract: A display device includes; a touch panel device including; a touch panel and a touch controller connected to the touch panel, the touch controller including; a sampling unit which samples a sensing output signal input thereto from the touch panel to generate a sampled signal, and an analog/digital converter which converts the sampled signal to generate contact information, and a display panel device including; a display panel, a gate driver which applies a gate signal to the display panel, and a data driver which applies a data voltage to the display panel, wherein the sampling unit samples a portion of the sensing output signal which does not include a coupling noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam-Hee Goo, Bo-Ram Kim, Myoung-Chul Kim, Byoung-Jun Lee, Yun-Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 9489114
    Abstract: Real-time interactions made by a client on a whiteboard are shown on remote client(s) currently viewing the whiteboard. The real-time interactions that are shown on the remote clients can include a variety of different interactions. For example, the location(s) of where a remote client is touching the whiteboard or interacting with the whiteboard using a stylus may be viewed. A current inking stroke of a remote user may also be viewed as it is occurring. Interactions on the whiteboard may be shown differently depending on the remote user performing the interaction. The whiteboard may also show a location on the whiteboard where each of the remote users are currently viewing. A user may also track the actions of another user. When a change is committed to the whiteboard, the remote clients update the display to reflect the committed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: C. Joe Coplen, David Landis, Keri Talbot, Gary Caldwell, Nathan Fish, Sarah Faulkner
  • Patent number: 9483134
    Abstract: A system for actively resisting touch-induced motion includes a touchscreen device and a processing circuit. The touchscreen device includes one or more sensors configured to generate motion data based on a motion of a touchscreen display of the touchscreen device, where the motion is induced by a touch on the display. The touchscreen device further includes one or more motion control devices configured to apply a force to the display. The processing circuit is configured to determine, based on the motion data, a force to counteract the motion. The processing circuit is further configured to cause the motion control devices to apply a force to the display to counteract the motion of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventor: Roderick A. Hyde
  • Patent number: 9442598
    Abstract: A method for detecting interference in an input device, the method involving: driving a transmitter signal onto a transmitter sensor electrode of the input device; receiving a resulting signal from a receiver sensor electrode of the input device; sampling a first value associated with the resulting signal during a first half of a sensing cycle; sampling a second value associated with the resulting signal during a second half of the sensing cycle; generating an interference value based on the first value and the second value; determining, based on the first value and the second value, an input in a sensing region of the input device; and comparing the interference value to a noise threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Petr Shepelev, Farzaneh Shahrokhi, Murat Ozbas, Tracy Scott Dattalo
  • Patent number: 9436298
    Abstract: An extendable stylus operated with a mouth, the stylus having an extending portion configured to have an adjustable length, a conductive tip that can interface with a touch screen device, the conductive tip located at a first end of the extending portion, a mouthpiece that engages the mouth of a user, wherein the mouthpiece is located at a second end of the extending portion opposite the first end and a control mechanism disposed at or near the second end of the extending portion, wherein the control mechanism is configured to control the length of the extending portion based on an operation by the mouth of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by The Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Ursula Draper, Michael Kerrigan, Jeffrey Craighead, Jan Jasiewicz, Telina Caudill
  • Patent number: 9400384
    Abstract: A display assembly, comprising: a display device (30); a microlens array (34); and an eye tracker (8), for example a pupil tracker (8), and/or a head tracker; wherein plural pixels (150) or sub-pixels of the display device (30) are provided for each microlens (160) of the microlens array (34). The display may be adapted such that only certain pixels/sub-pixels (150) are activated/selected for any particular determined pupil/eye/head position, for example such that for each microlens (160), only one respective pixel/sub-pixel (150) is activated/selected for any particular determined pupil/eye/head position. The display device (30) may be a transparent display device (30), the microlens array (34) may be a switchable microlens array (34), and the display assembly may further comprise a light blocking device (32) that is switchable between a substantially light blocking state and a substantially light passing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: Michael Stewart Griffith
  • Patent number: 9372564
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an in-cell touch panel and a display device to decrease the influence of the touch driving electrode in the in-cell touch panel on image display. The in-cell touch panel includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate opposite to each other, and includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes provided on the upper substrate and a plurality of touch driving electrodes provided on the lower substrate, wherein the touch sensing electrodes are laterally distributed, and the touch driving electrodes are longitudinally distributed; wherein the touch sensing electrodes include one or a plurality of touch sensing sub-electrodes which are parallel to each other and distributed laterally, and the plurality of touch sensing sub-electrodes are in parallel connection therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haisheng Wang, Xue Dong, Lei Wang, Shengji Yang, Xiaoliang Ding, Yingming Liu, Weijie Zhao, Tao Ren, Chunlei Wang, Hongjuan Liu
  • Patent number: 9355603
    Abstract: A method for adjusting saturation degree and a color adjusting system are provided. The method for adjusting saturation degree includes the following steps. A hue circle is divided into a plurality of hue regions, and each of the hue regions is divided into a plurality of saturation regions according to at least one saturation threshold. A plurality of first input saturation degrees of a first saturation region of a first hue region of the hue regions are weighted by a first weighting formula for obtaining a plurality of first output saturation degrees. A plurality of second input saturation degrees of a second saturation region of the first hue region of the hue regions are weighted by a second weighting formula for obtaining a plurality of second output saturation degrees. The first weighting formula is different from the second weighting formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Chu Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 9343022
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixels including at least four even-numbered subpixels. The at least four even-numbered subpixels includes: a first red subpixel including a pixel electrode electrically connected to a switching element which is connected to a first data line and a first gate line; a first green subpixel including a pixel electrode electrically connected to a switching element which is connected to a second data line and a second gate line, where the second data line is disposed adjacent to the first data line; a first blue subpixel including a pixel electrode electrically connected to a switching element which is connected to the first data line and the second gate line; and a first multi-primary subpixel including a pixel electrode electrically connected to a switching element which is connected to the second data line and the first gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Hyeong Park, Dong-Ho Lee, Joon-Ha Park, Sang-Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 9343029
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit for an LCD device includes a shift register module for generating a plurality of scan signals corresponding to a plurality of channels according to a start signal and a clock signal, a plurality of logic circuits each corresponding to a channel of the plurality of channels, for outputting a driving signal to the channel according to a scan signal of the plurality of scan signals and a shutdown indication signal, and a plurality of shaping and delay units each coupled between two neighboring channels for outputting the shutdown indication signal to another channel after shaping and delaying the shutdown indication signal of a previous stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Ho Hung, Chao-Chih Hsiao, Yen-Po Chen, Bor-Chun Wu
  • Patent number: 9323356
    Abstract: Configurations of a stylus and controlling methods thereof are disclosed. The proposed stylus causes a touch panel to generate a signal by an electrical field generated by a magnetic field via one of a conductor and an electric plate, wherein the stylus includes a set of windings and a magnet, which can move towards each other and generate a current on the set of windings through interaction. The current flows through the conductor/electric plate on a tip of the stylus to generate one of an electric flux line and a magnetic flux line such that the touch panel can sense the movement of the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Henghao Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Shan Kuo
  • Patent number: 9298311
    Abstract: A device compensating for a loss in sensitivity of a sensor, such as a trackpad. The device may be standalone, integrated with the trackpad itself, or within the associated integrated circuit designed to measure relative electrode capacitances. The embodiment generally employs a current source to negatively compensate for the current available to charge at least one capacitor (or other storage device) in the trackpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin B. Lyon, Steve P. Hotelling
  • Patent number: 9298317
    Abstract: A stray-light-coupled biometrics sensing module includes a light-transparent body, a display unit and an optical module. The light-transparent body has a front side and a backside. The front side is configured to support an organic object thereon. The display unit attached to the backside of the light-transparent body displays a frame. The optical module is attached to the backside of the light-transparent body through an adhesive, and is disposed adjacent to the display unit. First light rays of the frame emitted from an eye-viewing screen couple into the organic object through the light-transparent body. After travelling a short distance in the organic object, the first light rays couple out of the organic object and re-enter the light-transparent body as second light rays entering the optical module. The optical module senses the second light rays to generate a biometrics image signal. An electronic apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: J-Metrics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bruce C. S. Chou
  • Patent number: 9298363
    Abstract: One or more regions of a touch sensitive surface can be activated individually by a user. A region defines an active input area for processing touch input events. Any touch event associated with a beginning touch event that is detected in the active area is processed for display. Any touch input event detected outside the active region that is not associated with the beginning touch event is excluded from the processing. Once a writing gesture is started in the active region, the writing gesture can extend outside of the active region so long as the writing gesture is associated with the beginning touch event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Lyndley Crumly
  • Patent number: 9298001
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to optical systems in head worn computing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Osterhout Group, Inc.
    Inventors: John N. Border, John D. Haddick
  • Patent number: 9280940
    Abstract: An LCD device includes a four-color converter for converting an original RGB data into three grayscale values, executing a white balance process to the three grayscale values, and confirming a maximum value MAX (Ri, Gi, Bi) and a minimum value of the three white-balanced grayscale values Ri, Gi, and Bi, wherein, when the minimum value is greater than 0, determining that if the three data of the original RGB data are equal, and when they are equal, utilizing a formula Wo=Bi; Ro=Ri×Wo/MAX(Ri, Gi, Bi)+Ri?Wo; Go=Gi×Wo/MAX(Ri, Gi, Bi)+Gi?Wo; Bo=0 to calculate the output grayscale values Ro, Go, Bo, and Wo in the RGBW data. The device also includes a data driver for processing the RGBW data provided by the four-color converter to generate analog type data signals, a scanning driver for sequentially generating scanning signals, and an LCD panel for displaying colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixuan Chen, Chih-tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 9277156
    Abstract: A portable control unit that interacts with a variety of types of media equipment. The control unit searches for media equipment (including media players) located within an area and retrieves user interaction information corresponding to discovered media players. The control unit can be instructed to control any of the discovered media players. The control unit uses the retrieved user interaction information to adapt. The control unit may periodically, or when relocated, look for new media players in its neighborhood. The control unit interacts with multiple multimedia sources that supply video and/or audio to the media players. The control unit may have a screen on which it displays a video in addition to controlling selection and presentation of a video and/or an audio in any one of the discovered media players. The control unit maintains an updateable media guide that provides a list of multimedia elements available for viewing and/or listening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Bennett, Jeyhan Karaoguz
  • Patent number: 9256296
    Abstract: An integrated mouse and keyboard intended to be used to type with only one hand. The mouse is contoured so that the wrist is in a neutral position during typing. The characters associated with any individual key can be changed through the use of one of two joysticks. The user may define the relationship between the joysticks, keyboard keys, and character sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Andrew Tagge
  • Patent number: 9247175
    Abstract: A remote control with a built-in miniature television screen and sound system manages settings and display of media on an associated television screen. The remote control's user interface permits media guide perusal and channel selection for display on both of the main and miniature television screens. Media guides can be downloaded per request to, or cached within, the remote control for display on the miniature screen. The remote control supports media swapping between the main and miniature television screens and associated sound systems. The sound system of the remote control includes built in speakers and external wired and wireless headphone support. Media and media guides may be located and downloaded from Internet servers via a web browser and associated search engine tailored for remote control usage. Transcoding functionality is employed at various network nodes, such as a set top box, remote control, an intranet or Internet linked device, and television.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Bennett, Jeyhan Karaoguz