Patents Examined by Sepehr Azari
  • Patent number: 10466828
    Abstract: A touch display panel, a driving method thereof and a display device. The touch display panel includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, a scanning signal transmitting unit, a first touch detection unit and a second touch detection unit; the scanning signal transmitting unit is configured to send scanning signals to the driving electrodes during the touch stage; the first touch detection unit is configured to collect signals through the sensing electrodes and determine an X coordinate and a Y coordinate of the touch position during a first preset period of time; the second touch detection unit is configured to collect signals through the driving electrodes and determine a Z coordinate of the touch position during a second preset period of time; and the first preset period of time and the second preset period of time are periods of time of the touch stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenchao Hao, Wei Sun, Dong Chen
  • Patent number: 10460658
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display panel, a driving method and an organic light-emitting display device are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a first pixel driving circuit, and a second pixel driving circuit disposed adjacent to the first pixel driving circuit along a row direction of a pixel matrix. The first pixel driving circuit is connected to a first scanning signal line, and the second pixel driving circuit is connected to a second scanning signal line. The first and the second pixel driving circuits share a same data line. The same data line is configured to time-sharingly provide an initialization signal to the first and the second pixel driving circuits, time-sharingly detect threshold voltages of driving transistors in the first and the second pixel driving circuits, and time-sharingly provide a compensated data signal to the first and the second pixel driving circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxu Xiang, Yue Li, Dong Qian, Zeyuan Chen, Gang Liu, Renyuan Zhu, Tong Wu
  • Patent number: 10451872
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that can easily perform control for driving a movable screen. Display device includes light source that emits a light beam, scanner that causes the light beam from light source to scan, movable screen in which a first image is formed by transmitting the light beam from scanner, projection unit that projects the first image formed in movable screen on windshield and displays a virtual image of the first image in a space in front of windshield, and driver that causes movable screen to reciprocate in a first direction separating from scanner and in a second direction approaching scanner. Movable screen reciprocates in a posture inclined to moving directions of movable screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroyuki Furuya, Hiroshi Gotou, Akira Kurozuka
  • Patent number: 10452205
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for converting a display into a touch display. One or more optical sensors are arranged proximate the display. A processor receives a signal from the optical sensor(s) and, based on the signal, executes instructions for: (i) determining a distance between a pointer device and a surface of the display signal; (ii) determining a position of the pointer device on the surface of the display; (iii) when the distance is less than a threshold detection distance and greater than a threshold touch distance, providing an indication on the display that the position of the pointer device has been determined; and (iv) when the distance is less than the threshold touch distance, taking an action indicative of contact between the pointer device and the surface of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Iconics, Inc.
    Inventors: Vojta Kresl, Christopher N. Elsbree, Russell L. Agrusa, Paulo G. De Barros, Petr Altman
  • Patent number: 10444893
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a position detecting sensor which detects a touch position on an operation surface. A press detecting sensor detects a press on the operation surface. A position detecting sensor alternatively and repeatedly applies and stops applying a drive signal to the position detecting sensor. The position detecting sensor detects a position detection signal output from the position detecting sensor and discharges a charge of the position detecting sensor during the period in which the drive signal is not applied to the position detecting sensor. A press signal detector detects a press detection signal outputted from the press detecting sensor during a period during which the drive signal is not applied to the position detecting sensor. Consequently, it is possible to detect a pressing amount without being influenced by touch position detection processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kitada
  • Patent number: 10431138
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display including a plurality of display modules, a display driver including a plurality of driving modules respectively connected to the plurality of display modules, a storage storing current information concerning a plurality of display modules, and a processor calculating a peak luminance level of each of a plurality of display modules based on individual power consumptions of each of a plurality of display modules and controlling a plurality of driving modules using the current information stored in the storage based on the calculated peak luminance level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-phil Cho, Jin-mo Kang, Sang-young Park
  • Patent number: 10431176
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scanning-driving circuit and a liquid crystal display (LCD). The scanning-driving circuit includes: a plurality of cascaded-connected gate driver on array (GOA) units. Each of the GOA units includes a pull-up circuit, a controlling circuit, a down-transfer circuit, a pull-down circuit, and a pull-down maintaining unit. The controlling circuit includes a first controlling circuit and a second controlling circuit. When conducting a forward scanning process, the first controlling circuit is configured to turn on the pull-up circuit upon the scanning process has started, and the second controlling circuit is configured to turn off the pull-up circuit upon the scanning process has finished. When conducting a backward scanning process, the second controlling circuit is configured to turn on the pull-up circuit upon the scanning process has started, and the first controlling circuit is configured to turn off the pull-up circuit upon the scanning process has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Mian Zeng
  • Patent number: 10431172
    Abstract: A display device and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, a plurality of data lines arranged in a first diagonal direction of the display panel, a plurality of scan lines arranged in a second diagonal direction intersecting the first diagonal direction of the display panel, a plurality of data drivers connected to the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of scan drivers connected to the plurality of scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joondong Kim, Kimin Son
  • Patent number: 10401966
    Abstract: A free space input standard is instantiated on a processor. Free space input is sensed and communicated to the processor. If the free space input satisfies the free space input standard, a touch screen input response is invoked in an operating system. The free space input may be sensed using continuous implicit, discrete implicit, active explicit, or passive explicit approaches. The touch screen input response may be invoked through communicating virtual touch screen input, a virtual input event, or a virtual command to or within the operating system. In this manner free space gestures may control existing touch screen interfaces and devices, without modifying those interfaces and devices directly to accept free space gestures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Atheer, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashwat Kandadai, Nathan Abercrombie, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Sleiman Itani
  • Patent number: 10372215
    Abstract: An input apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a detector, a vibration element, and an element controller. The detector detects a touch on an operation surface. The vibration element vibrates the operation surface. The element controller reduces or stops a vibration of the vibration element based on a continuation time of the touch that is detected by the detector in a state where the operation surface is being vibrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventor: Takashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10365755
    Abstract: Each of frame display periods is for performing a display operation based on image information on one frame and each of detection surface touch detection periods is from when touch detection is started to when the detection is completed on the entire detection surface. At least one frame display period of the frame display periods and at least one detection surface touch detection period of the detection surface touch detection periods are started based on a display synchronization signal. The display operation and the touch detection operation are performed in a time-division manner in the one frame display period. The length of the one detection surface touch detection period is longer than the one length of the frame display period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Uchiyama, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Naoshi Goto, Shunsuke Noichi
  • Patent number: 10359932
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a character input interface are provided. The method for providing a character input interface in a terminal having a touchscreen, includes simultaneously displaying a first keyboard on a first region and a second keyboard including second keyboard language selection keys on a second region by the touchscreen in a character inputting mode; and changing a language of the second keyboard to a language corresponding to a second touched keyboard language selection key touched while maintaining a language of the first keyboard when input touching the second keyboard language key is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Wook Park, Se Hwan Park, Ji Hoon Kim, Ji Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10346007
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving information associated with a first content item, designating a first bead apparatus (842) to be associated with the first content item, the first content item being identified by a first content item identifier, causing display of a visual representation of the first content item identifier by the first bead apparatus on a display of the first bead apparatus, receiving information indicative of a content item selection input of the first bead apparatus indicative of selection of the first content item, receiving input indicative of a tag selection input that identifies a tag, and causing an establishment of an association between the first content item and the tag based, at least in part, on the tag selection input. The tag selection input may relate to a tap input associated with the bead apparatus, a rotation input associated with the bead apparatus, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Antti Eronen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Juha Arrasvuori, Jukka Holm
  • Patent number: 10339859
    Abstract: The present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving method. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit comprises: a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth thin film transistors (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6), a first, a second capacitors (C1, C2) and an organic light emitting diode (D1); wherein the third thin film transistor (M3) is a mirror thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor (M4) is a drive thin film transistor, and the second thin film transistor (M2) is located between the third and the fourth thin film transistors (M3, M4). By controlling activation and deactivation of the second thin film transistor (M2) according to time sequence with the restore signal (Restore), the source voltage of the third thin film transistor (M3) is controlled to be pulled down to the earth voltage level (GND) in the restore stage to ensure that ensure that the gate-source voltages of the third, the fourth thin film transistors (M3, M4) are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chenglei Nie
  • Patent number: 10324524
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a user interface using a gaze interaction is disclosed. The method for the user interface using the gaze interaction may include obtaining an image including eyes of a user, estimating a gaze position of the user, using the image including the eyes of the user, and determining whether to activate a gaze adjustment function for controlling a device by a gaze of the user, based on the gaze position of the user with respect to at least one toggle area on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Kyu Choi, Sung Joo Suh, Joon Ah Park, Du Sik Park
  • Patent number: 10304380
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting pixel driving circuit, a driving method, and an organic light-emitting display panel are provided. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor, a light-emitting element, an initialization unit, a threshold detecting unit, a compensating unit, a first light-emitting control unit and a second light-emitting control unit. The initialization unit transmits a data voltage signal to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, and transmits a reference voltage signal to a source electrode of the driving transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element. The threshold detecting unit detects a threshold voltage of the driving transistor and holds at least one voltage signal inputted to the driving transistor. The compensating unit transmits a first power supply voltage signal to the gate electrode of the driving transistor. The first and second light-emitting control units are connected to first and second light-emitting control signal lines, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: Shanghai Tianma AM-OLED Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Renyuan Zhu
  • Patent number: 10304393
    Abstract: A brightness compensation method and a brightness compensation circuit for a display device are provided. The brightness compensation method includes the following steps. Receive original image data. Receive backlight timing parameters. Perform brightness compensation according to the image data and the backlight timing parameters. The step of performing brightness compensation includes adjusting at least one of pixel driving data, a driving gamma level, and a driver boost level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Cheng-Wen Lin, Chin-Yuan Tu, Hui-Hung Chang, Chien-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10262816
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an input apparatus comprising a key that is displaceable along a direction; a first detecting circuit that comprises an electrostatic capacitance sensor that detects a variation of an electrostatic capacitance caused by a contact or a proximity of a pressing body with the key; and a second detecting circuit that comprises a first electrode, the second detecting circuit detecting an electric connection of the first electrode to a second electrode that is displaced along the direction as the key is displaced, wherein the input apparatus switches a detecting status thereof exclusively between a first detecting status and a second detecting status to each other in accordance with a displacement variation of the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohira, Yoshihisa Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10254828
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide efficient and automatic systems and methods for regulating the viewing posture of a user. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to regulate the viewing posture of both juveniles and adults, by providing real-time data analysis of a viewing distance and viewing angle of a device, and generating feedback to a user related to their current viewing posture, while also providing increased supervision of the viewing posture of juvenile device users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Di Hu, Shi Kun Li, Ka Lin, Wei Zuo
  • Patent number: 10242635
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of displaying an image using an image display device including a front LCD panel and a rear LCD panel overlapping each other that may include displaying an RGB image in the front LCD panel; generating a black-and-white image having a luminance value adjusted by a pixel by signal-processing the RGB image, and displaying the black-and-white image in the rear LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Nakaya