Patents Examined by Robin J Mishler
  • Patent number: 12045426
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a touch display device including a plurality of X-touch electrode lines extending in a first direction and receiving a touch driving signal, a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines extending in a second direction and transmitting a touch sensing signal, a plurality of X-touch lines extending in the second direction and transmitting the touch driving signal, and a plurality of touch contact holes electrically connecting the plurality of X-touch lines and the plurality of X-touch electrode lines to a plurality of X-touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Je Hyung Park
  • Patent number: 12043113
    Abstract: A method includes receiving sensed signal data from at least one circuit based on a user in proximity to at least one electrode corresponding to the at least one circuit. Anatomical feature mapping data indicating a position of a hand detected in proximity to an interactable element in a first location within a vehicle is generated based on the sensed signal data. Button feedback display data visually depicting the position of the hand in spatial relation to the position of the interactable element is generated based on the anatomical feature mapping data, and the button feedback display data is displayed via a display device. A touch-based interaction with the interactable element is detected after facilitating display of the button feedback display data. Performance of a vehicle function is facilitated by a vehicle based on detecting the touch-based interaction with the interactable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Kevin Joseph Derichs
  • Patent number: 12047091
    Abstract: A programmable resistance circuit provides a selected resistance by configuring a reference resistor to exhibit an effective resistance, in an operational sense, by achieving an average output voltage between a source line and a return line in the programmable resistance circuit. The average output voltage corresponds to the effective resistance. The effective resistance is achieved by utilizing a modulated voltage source to bias a transistor and intermittently draw current across the reference resistor according to the duty cycle of the modulated voltage source. A programmed resistance circuit can produce a selected resistance corresponding to button selection zones of a vehicle user interface when connected to a remote circuit that acts according to a user selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth T. Myers
  • Patent number: 12032795
    Abstract: A touch sensing device includes first sensor electrodes disposed in a first area, second sensor electrodes disposed in a second area, first sensor lines each connected to the first sensor electrodes in the first area, and second sensor lines each connected to the second sensor electrodes in the second area. Each of the second sensor lines includes a first sub-sensor line disposed in the second area, and a second sub-sensor line disposed in the first area and the second area and connected to the first sub-sensor line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Choi, Yong Hwan Park, Kwang Soo Bae, Chaun Gi Choi, Sang Hyun Han
  • Patent number: 12033564
    Abstract: A display device includes a front portion, a rear portion, a halo, and sides extending between the front portion and the rear portion. The front portion, the rear portion, and the sides form an enclosure. The halo includes a rim and an internal structure. The rim is positioned between the front portion and the rear portion. The internal structure is at least partially within the enclosure and includes a sweep portion and a receiving post. The receiving post and the sweep portion are configured to receive light emitted by one or more light emitting devices and at least one of guide, direct, diffuse, focus, and scatter light emitted by the one or more light emitting devices out of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: John Robert Taylor, Jr., John Michael Reiszl, Damon Bryan Smith
  • Patent number: 12019816
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a display panel and a display device. The display panel has a display area and a non-display area, the display panel includes: a substrate, a touch component arranged on the substrate, the touch component comprising touch electrodes located in the display area and touch leads connected to the touch electrodes and located in the non-display area; and a circuit board connected to the substrate in the non-display area, the touch leads being connected between the touch electrodes and the circuit board; and wherein the non-display area has a cutting track arranged surrounding at least part of the display area, at least part of the touch leads includes first redundant winding segments and connection segments, at least part of the first redundant winding segments extend along a direction away from the circuit board and fill between the cutting track and the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Qibing Wei, Qingxia Wang, Peng Zhang, Kang Yang
  • Patent number: 12001668
    Abstract: A data communication a system including: a stylus including a pen point electrode; a sensor controller; and a host processor. The stylus of data communication system is configured to transmit a pen signal with an electric field by capacitive coupling between the pen point electrode and a sensor electrode group; report, by the sensor controller, a position of the stylus in an operation surface to the host processor in response to detection of the pen signal by the sensor electrode group; supply, by the host processor, data to the sensor controller; and transmit, by the sensor controller, the data to the stylus in a stylus detection period in which the pen signal that is detected by the sensor electrode group indicates that the stylus is present within a predetermined distance from the operation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Nomi, Haruhiko Hisano
  • Patent number: 11995281
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first sensing electrode extending in a first direction, the first sensing electrode including a first sub-sensing electrode and a second sub-sensing electrode spaced apart from each other in a touch area which senses a touch input; a second sensing electrode extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the second sensing electrode including a third sub-sensing electrode and a fourth sub-sensing electrode spaced apart from each other in the touch area; a first touch signal line connected to the first sub-sensing electrode and the second sub-sensing electrode; and a second touch signal line connected to the third sub-sensing electrode and the fourth sub-sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyeong Nam Bang, Deok Jung Kim, Eun Young Kim, Hye Yun Han
  • Patent number: 11995259
    Abstract: A touchscreen display includes one or more display drivers coupled to an active matrix display and one or more touch controllers coupled to one or more touch sensor conductors. The one or more display drivers are coupled to the active matrix display via active matrix conductive components. When enabled, the one or more display drivers is configured to transmit a first signal to the active matrix display in accordance with display operation. A touch sensor conductor includes one or more segments of the active matrix conductive components. When enabled, a touch controller of the one or more touch controllers is configured to transmit a second signal via the touch sensor conductor in accordance with touchscreen operation that is performed concurrently with the display operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Michael Shawn Gray, Kevin Joseph Derichs
  • Patent number: 11995258
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a display panel and a display device. The display panel has a display area and a non-display area, the display panel includes: a substrate, a touch component arranged on the substrate, the touch component comprising touch electrodes located in the display area and touch leads connected to the touch electrodes and located in the non-display area; and a circuit board connected to the substrate in the non-display area, the touch leads being connected between the touch electrodes and the circuit board; and wherein the non-display area has a cutting track arranged surrounding at least part of the display area, at least part of the touch leads includes first redundant winding segments and connection segments, at least part of the first redundant winding segments extend along a direction away from the circuit board and fill between the cutting track and the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Qibing Wei, Qingxia Wang, Peng Zhang, Kang Yang
  • Patent number: 11983343
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate. A plurality of sensing electrodes is on the substrate. A first touch insulating layer is disposed above the plurality of sensing electrodes. A plurality of driving electrodes is disposed on an upper surface of the first touch insulating layer. The plurality of driving electrodes receives a touch driving signal. A touch driving circuit sensing a change amount of mutual capacitance is formed between the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes by the plurality of sensing electrodes. The first touch insulating layer includes an organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Bae Kim, Sang Kook Kim, Tae Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11983315
    Abstract: A method, performed by an augmented reality (AR) device including a vision correction lens, of detecting a gaze of a user is provided. The method includes obtaining lens characteristic information about the vision correction lens arranged to overlap a light guide plate in a gaze direction of the user, emitting light for gaze tracking toward a light reflector through a light emitter, wherein the emitted light is reflected by the light reflector and then directed to an eye of the user, receiving a light reflected by the eye of the user through a light receiver, obtaining an eye image of the user based on the light received, adjusting the eye image of the user based on the lens characteristic information about the vision correction lens, and obtaining gaze information based on the adjusted eye image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeyeol Ryu, Doyoun Kim, Bonkon Koo, Kyookeun Lee, Jaewoo Ko
  • Patent number: 11974619
    Abstract: A smart mask includes a first material layer, at least one display, a first sensor, and a control module. The first material layer is configured to cover a portion of a face of a person. The at least one display is connected to the first material layer and configured to display images over a mouth of the person. The first sensor is configured to detect movement of the mouth of the person and generate a signal indicative of the movement of the mouth. The control module is configured to receive the signal and display the images on the display based on the movement of the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Nantworks, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas James Witchey, Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Patent number: 11972082
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for sensing a touch input by differently adjusting a ratio of a threshold for each touch location, and can provide a technology for incorporating a difference between touch sensing sensitivity at the center of a touch area and touch sensing sensitivity in the periphery of the touch area by setting a threshold by incorporating a ratio of touch intensity at an offset location and touch intensity at an adjacent location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ju Park, Young Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 11969660
    Abstract: A messaging gamification device. A messaging gamification device can include a customizable message provisioning system and a customizable display system. A method of operating a messaging gamification device can include controlling reproduction of content on a customizable display system of the gamification device according to how a user interacts with the gamification device and content presentation rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: AnsrBall Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Peretz, Scott Fullam
  • Patent number: 11966537
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device, including: determining that a touchscreen is in a low frequency display (LFD) mode, determining whether a self-sensing scan was performed in a previous frame of a plurality of frames; after determining, a self-sensing scan was performed in the previous frame, determining a current duration of time corresponding to a current frame based on a previous duration of time corresponding to the previous frame, the previous frame being a frame immediately preceding the current frame; determining, whether the current duration of time is greater than the previous duration of time; and after determining that the current duration is greater than the previous duration, performing a self-sensing scan after the current duration of time, the current duration of time being measured from a beginning of the current frame, the current duration of time having a duration less than a duration of the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang soo Lee, Chan Hyuck Yun
  • Patent number: 11966528
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a display unit containing pixels, a power supply circuit, a touch controller and a switching circuit disposed between the display unit, the power supply circuit and the touch controller. The pixels each includes a pixel circuit and a display element including a lower electrode connected to the pixel circuit, an upper electrode disposed to oppose the lower electrode and an organic layer including a light-emitting layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The upper electrode is connected to the switching circuit, and the switching circuit selectively switches between connecting the upper electrode to the power supply circuit and connecting the upper electrode to the touch controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tabatake, Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11966529
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch detection device, a display device including the same, and a method for manufacturing the same capable of minimizing an area of an outer area of a touch detection area or making the area of the outer area zero by changing disposition positions of touch driving lines and touch detection lines. The touch detection device comprising touch driving lines and touch detection lines, a driving electrode and a detection electrode disposed on the touch driving lines and the touch detection lines to overlap the touch driving lines and the touch detection lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mae Um Cho
  • Patent number: 11966526
    Abstract: A touchscreen display includes one or more display drivers coupled to an active matrix display and one or more touch controllers coupled to one or more touch sensor conductors. The one or more display drivers are coupled to the active matrix display via active matrix conductive components. When enabled, the one or more display drivers is configured to transmit a first signal to the active matrix display in accordance with display operation. A touch sensor conductor includes one or more segments of the active matrix conductive components. When enabled, a touch controller of the one or more touch controllers is configured to transmit a second signal via the touch sensor conductor in accordance with touchscreen operation that is performed concurrently with the display operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Michael Shawn Gray, Kevin Joseph Derichs
  • Patent number: 11966544
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with touch sensors. One or more shielding layers may be interposed between the display and the touch sensors. The display may include transistors with gate conductors, a first planarization layer formed over the gate conductors, one or more contacts formed in a first source-drain layer within the first planarization layer, a second planarization layer formed on the first planarization layer, one or more data lines formed in a second source-drain layer within the second planarization layer, a third planarization layer formed on the second planarization layer, and a data line shielding structure formed at least partly in a third source-drain layer within the third planarization layer. The data line shielding structure may be a routing line, a blanket layer, a mesh layer formed in one or more metal layers, and/or a data line covering another data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Suhwan Moon, Dong-Gwang Ha, Jiaxi Hu, Hao-Lin Chiu, Kwang Soon Park, Hassan Edrees, Wen-I Hsieh, Jiun-Jye Chang, Chin-Wei Lin, Kyung Wook Kim