Patents Examined by Roberto Flores
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Patent number: 8896552Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for selecting text using a touchscreen display of a computing device. A computing device identifies physical contact between multiple fingers and the touchscreen display at a starting location, wherein the identifying is in distinction to identifying physical contact between a single finger and the touchscreen display. The computing device determines that the physical contact persists during movement of the physical contact from the starting location to an ending location. The computing device determines that the physical contact was interrupted at the ending location. The computing device identifies that text displayed between the starting location and the ending location is text that has been selected by a user of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Weihua Tan, Qiliang Chen
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Patent number: 8854343Abstract: A pixel circuit includes an organic EL element, a driving, and a switching provided between the gate and drain of the driving. Upon writing into the pixel circuit, an initial voltage is applied to the gate terminal of the driving, and the switching is temporarily controlled to a conducting state while the driving is in a conducting state, and a data voltage corrected using a gate terminal potential of the driving obtained at that time is applied to the gate terminal of the driving. In at least one embodiment, the human is sensitive to blue chromaticity differences but is insensitive to green chromaticity differences. An initial voltage that increases the accuracy of threshold correction is used for blue pixel circuits, and an initial voltage that reduces power consumption is used for green pixel circuits. By this, a current-driven type color display device with high image quality and low power consumption is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noritaka Kishi
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Patent number: 8698710Abstract: 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; and a first switching transistor which causes conduction between the source of the drive transistor and a fixed potential line. Each of the pixels further includes a second switching transistor which connects a pixel in a k-th drive block and a first signal line or a third switching transistor which connects 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 element is connected to each of the pixels in a same one of the drive blocks.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Shinya Ono
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Patent number: 8681110Abstract: A sensing circuit of a capacitive touch panel includes an operation amplifier, a first switch, a second switch, first and second feedback capacitors, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch and a sixth switch. The operation amplifier includes a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal and an output terminal. A reference voltage is inputted into the positive input terminal. The first switch is connected between a receiving electrode and the negative input terminal. The second switch is connected between the negative input terminal and the output terminal. The third switch is connected to the negative input terminal and the first feedback capacitor. The fourth switch is connected to the first feedback capacitor and the output terminal. The fifth switch is connected to the negative input terminal and the second feedback capacitor. The sixth switch is connected to the second feedback capacitor and the output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Orise Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yen-Lin Huang, Hsin-Hao Wang
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Patent number: 8665186Abstract: The image display device includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of which includes a driving transistor which converts a signal voltage which determines luminous intensity into a driving current; a luminescence element which generates photons according to the driving current flowing through it; and a threshold voltage detecting unit which detects a threshold voltage of the driving transistor while a reference voltage is applied. The pixels make up two or more driving blocks each of which includes a plurality of pixel rows. The image display device controls supply of the reference voltage and a power source voltage to all pixels in the same driving block with the same timing in a predetermined period and controls supply of the reference voltage and the power source voltage to all pixels in different blocks with different timings.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Shinya Ono
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Patent number: 8624829Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit for driving a plurality of first lightbars and a plurality of second lightbars is provided. The LED driving circuit includes a first current mirror, a second current mirror and a control circuit. The first current mirror, if enabled, balances currents of the first lightbars. The second current mirror, if enabled, balances currents of the second lightbars. During a first period, the control circuit disables the second current mirror and adjusts the duration of enabling the first current mirror according to a dimming signal. During a second period, the control circuit disables the first current mirror and adjusts the duration of enabling the second current mirror according to the dimming signal. Therefore, only the first lightbars or the second lightbars are driven in each period.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Top Victory Investments Ltd.Inventors: Li-Wei Lin, Chen-Chiang Lee, Chi-Hsin Lee, Wen-Ming Lin, Chun-Chi Liao, Yuan-Po Huang
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Patent number: 8605019Abstract: A display device of at least one embodiment of the present invention includes at least one correcting device for, in a case where a first data signal is to be written to a first pixel during a unique horizontal period, (i) carrying out a first gray scale correction with respect to display data corresponding to the first data signal to be written to the first pixel during the unique horizontal period, and (ii) supplying the display data to a display driver, the unique horizontal period being a first horizontal period for one of the driving signals supplied to respective storage capacitor bus lines which first horizontal period occurs a first number of horizontal periods after an initial horizontal period included in a given cyclic term for either or both of a binary level, the given cyclic term being a second cyclic term for the driving signals which second cyclic term occurs a second number of cyclic terms after a first cyclic term including a horizontal period during which the data signals start to be writteType: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroto Suzuki, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Masae Kawabata, Kentarou Irie, Toshikazu Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 8587569Abstract: An image display device includes luminescence pixels arranged in rows and columns. The image display device includes a first signal line and a second signal line, first control lines, and at least two drive blocks. Each drive block is composed of luminescence pixels in at least two of the rows. Each luminescence pixel includes a luminescence element and a current controller. Each of the luminescence pixels that belong to a kth drive block further includes a first switch provided between the first signal line and the current controller. Each of the luminescence pixels that belong to a (k+1)th drive block further includes a second switch provided between the second signal line and the current controller. Each of the first control lines is connected to all of the luminescence pixels in one of the drive blocks and not connected to the luminescence pixels in a different drive block.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Shinya Ono
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Patent number: 8570293Abstract: Noise reduction method and system for a touch detection device are disclosed. The noise reduction method includes: step A, performing a synchronous sampling on the touch detection nodes in one same group and storing the sampling data; step B, comparing each sampling data against a corresponding reference data to calculate a differential data which, as a detection data, replaces a corresponding original sampling data; step C, calculating statistics of the replacing detection data to screen out valid data to calculate a DC offset component indicative of a noise ingredient; and step D, obtaining noise-filtered detection data by subtracting the DC offset component from each detection data.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Shenzhen Huiding Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gengchun Deng, Xiaoxiang Chen
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Patent number: 8570350Abstract: A display device in which gradation wiring lines of positive polarity included in a (m)th group of wiring lines of positive polarity and gradation wiring lines of positive polarity included in a (m+1)th group of wiring lines of positive polarity are alternately provided, and in which gradation wiring lines of negative polarity included in a (m?)th group of wiring lines of negative polarity and gradation wiring lines of negative polarity included in a (m?+1)th group of wiring lines of negative polarity are alternately provided. The device further includes (n)th resistance dividing circuits of positive polarity which include (m)th resistance dividing circuits connected to the (m)th group of wiring lines of positive polarity, and (m+1)th resistance dividing circuits connected to the (m+1)th group of wiring lines of positive polarity. Resistance dividing circuits of negative polarity are connected in a similar manner to the gradation wiring lines of negative polarity.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hideki Ikeda, Yasuyuki Doi
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Patent number: 8537120Abstract: A four-corner cut square Chinese character input method based on excellent code comprises the steps of: assigning predesigned code table to corresponding keys of a keyboard; and inputting Chinese Character according to four-corner coding of Chinese character by using the corresponding keys on the keyboard, an inputting rule of Chinese character coding including twenty cutting rules which comprise the characteristic of the excellent code combining with cutting skill. The excellent code table and cutting skill are capable of putting an end to the amphibolous codes, with this input method, most of Chinese characters don't have overlapped codes.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Shenzhen Qichuangmei Technology Co., LtdInventors: Lin Feng, Chunman Li, Heungyeung Li
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Patent number: 8525774Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit for driving a plurality of first lightbars and a plurality of second lightbars includes a first current mirror, a second current mirror and a control circuit. The first current mirror, if enabled, balances current among the first lightbars. The second current mirror, if enabled, balances current among the second lightbars. During a first period, the control circuit disables the second current mirror and adjusts the duration of enabling the first current mirror according to a dimming signal. During a second period, the control circuit disables the first current mirror and adjusts the duration of enabling the second current mirror according to the dimming signal. Therefore, only first or second lightbars are driven in each period.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Top Victory Investments Ltd.Inventors: Li-Wei Lin, Chen-Chiang Lee, Chi-Hsin Lee, Wen-Ming Lin, Chun-Chi Liao, Yuan-Po Huang
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Patent number: 8441429Abstract: A PLL as a clock generation circuit that generates a PWM clock based on a reference clock, which PWM clock is used for controlling, in a pulse width modulation method, a lamp on time and a lamp off time of a light source illuminating a liquid crystal panel by synchronizing with a video signal that performs display in a set period on the liquid crystal panel, includes a configuration that generates a PWM clock that can maintain a fixed ratio of the lamp on time to the lamp off time within one period even if the set period is changed, by changing a pulse interval of the reference clock in conjunction with the change in the set period.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Tanaka, Takayuki Murai