Patents Examined by Stephen A Bray
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Patent number: 10147352Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display apparatus is provided. The OLED display apparatus includes a substrate, an initialization voltage line, a first thin film transistor (TFT) including an active layer. The initialization voltage line transmits an initialization voltage. The first thin film transistor (TFT) includes an active layer, a gate electrode, and an auxiliary gate electrode. The active layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a source region, a channel region, and a drain region. The gate electrode is disposed on the channel region. The auxiliary gate electrode is disposed on the gate electrode on a boundary between the channel region and the drain region. The voltage application electrode is disposed on the auxiliary gate electrode and is connected to the initialization voltage line and the auxiliary gate electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Juwon Yoon, Sewan Son, Iljeong Lee, Jiseon Lee, Deukmyung Ji
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Patent number: 10148857Abstract: An electronic device for sensing touch force is provided. The electronic device includes a display screen, a pressure sensor, a processor and a memory. The pressure sensor senses at least one touch force in a direction that is perpendicular to a plane of the display screen and generates at least one sensing signal responsive to the at least one touch force. The processor is coupled to the pressure sensor and the display screen. The memory is operatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to execute program code stored in the memory by: generating a control signal corresponding to the at least one sensing signal; and performing an operation according to the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Kui-Chang Tseng, Tsu-Ming Liu
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Patent number: 10130882Abstract: Joystick display data is generated for display on a touch screen of an electronic device. The joystick display data creates a visual representation of a virtual joystick when displayed on the touch screen. Touch data from the touch screen is processed to determine when the touch data indicates user interaction with the virtual joystick. When the touch data indicates user interaction with the virtual joystick, the joystick display data is adjusted to reflect the user interaction with the virtual joystick, based on the touch data, and joystick data is generated based on the user interaction with the virtual joystick. The display of at least one other element on the touch screen can be adjusted based on the joystick data.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Inventors: John W. Howard, Brian G. Howard, Jeremy R. Howa
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Patent number: 10120489Abstract: In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a substrate and a mesh of conductive material formed on the substrate and configured to extend across a display. The mesh includes first lines of conductive material that are substantially parallel to each other. The first lines extend across at least a portion of the display at a first angle relative to a first axis. The first lines are separated from each other along the first axis by a sequence of separation distances having corresponding magnitudes, where magnitudes of more than one separation distance from among the sequence of separation distances are based on a phasor step ? and a phasor magnitude of at least one phasor.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: David Brent Guard, Steven P. Emm, James Lyle
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Patent number: 10088968Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of display technology, and provides a touch panel and a display device, which can solve the problem of low sensitivity, complicated wiring, and high power consumption existing in the existing touch panel. The touch panel of the invention includes a substrate and a touch control layer provided on the substrate, the touch control layer comprising a plurality of touch control units, wherein each of the touch control units has a protrusion part and a recess part, wherein a shape of the protrusion part of any one of the touch control units matches with a shape of the recess part of a touch control unit adjacent thereto. The sensitivity of the touch panel provided in the present invention is significantly improved compared to the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Liqing Liao
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Patent number: 10082876Abstract: A wearable watch type mobile terminal of a watch type, comprising: a display unit, and a controller configured to: cause the display to if the display unit is set to a landscape mode, control display an object indicating an occurrence of an event to be outputted through the display unit when the display is positioned in a first orientation, if a prescribed gesture input is received, switch the display unit to a portrait mode from the landscape mode, and control cause the display to display a detailed information of the event to be outputted through the display unit when the display unit is moved to be in a second orientation according to movement of an arm on which the mobile terminal is worn, wherein the detailed information is not displayed while the object is displayed on the display positioned in the first orientation switched into the portrait mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jumin Chi, Jonghwan Kim, Younghoon Song, Yung Kim
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Patent number: 10078402Abstract: Disclosed are a touch sensitive display and a method of operation thereof. The display comprises a sensor having an input put array of electrodes and, capacitively coupled thereto, an output array of electrodes and a controller operable to perform a scan operation at every intersection point of said input array. The scan operation comprises measuring a touch value for an intersection point; determining a proportional difference between said touch value and a base touch value for said intersection point as a proportion of said base touch value, wherein said base touch value is indicative of there being no touch event on the sensor; and comparing the proportional difference to a predetermined proportional touch threshold so as to determine whether there is a touch event at that point.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Zytronic Displays LimitedInventors: Andrew Morrison, Philip Andrew Rudland, Stephen Michael Ormston
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Patent number: 10068539Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; a pixel electrode on the first substrate, the pixel electrode including separately formed first and second sub-pixel electrodes; a first thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the first sub-pixel electrode; a second TFT connected to the second sub-pixel electrode; a third TFT connected to one of the first and second TFTs; a gate line connected to the first, second, and third TFTs; a data line intersecting the gate line and respectively connected to the first and second TFTs; and a storage line, at least a part of the storage line spaced apart from and in parallel with the data line and connected to the third TFT. The first, second, and third TFTs may include a common gate electrode extending from the gate line.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jangil Kim, Unbyoll Ko, Seiyong Park, Jungwook Lee, Sunghee Hong
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Patent number: 10067616Abstract: A capacitive touch panel, a method of determining touch position thereof and a display device are disclosed. The capacitive touch panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other, the first substrate being provided with a black matrix. The black matrix is formed of a first metal touch electrode layer provided on a side of the first substrate away from the second substrate and a second metal touch electrode layer provided on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate; and the first metal touch electrode layer comprises a plurality of first touch electrode lines, and the second metal touch electrode layer comprises a plurality of second touch electrode lines intersecting with the first touch electrode lines.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenlong Wang, Tao Ma, Yinhu Huang
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Patent number: 10061385Abstract: Techniques for haptic feedback for a touch input device are described. Generally, haptic feedback is provided for different user interactions with a touch input device, such as interactions with applications, services, and so forth. According to various embodiments, how haptic feedback is initiated depends on whether different functionalities directly support haptic feedback. For instance, techniques described herein enable haptic feedback to be provided whether or not a particular functionality directly supports haptic feedback.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Anatoly Yuryevich Churikov, Flavio Protasio Ribeiro, Carl E. Picciotto, Aric A. Fitz-Coy, Steven Nabil Bathiche
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Patent number: 10042457Abstract: A watch-type terminal including a touch screen configured to display screen information; a bezel portion surrounding a periphery of the touch screen and configured to receive a touch input; and a controller configured to display an image object indicating a status associated with the displayed screen information in one region of the touch screen in response to a first touch input received at a first part of the bezel portion, apply a first function to the screen information in response to a second touch input received at a second part of the bezel portion while the first touch input is maintained at the first part of the bezel portion, and apply a second function different from the first function to the screen information in response to a touch area corresponding to the first touch input being changed.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Samsick Kim, Jongin Lim, Sesook Oh, Younhwa Choi, Shinnyue Kang, Yoonseok Yang
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Patent number: 9992460Abstract: Dual and multi-modulator projector display systems and techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projector display system comprises a light source; a controller, a first modulator, receiving light from the light source and rendering a halftone image of said the input image; a blurring optical system that blurs said halftone image with a Point Spread Function (PSF); and a second modulator receiving the blurred halftone image and rendering a pulse width modulated image which may be projected to form the desired screen image. Systems and techniques for forming a binary halftone image from input image, correcting for misalignment between the first and second modulators and calibrating the projector system—e.g. overtime—for continuous image improvement are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Jerome Shields, Martin J. Richards, Juan P. Pertierra
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Patent number: 9933884Abstract: An electronic device includes a processor that acquires touch data values corresponding to different locations of a touch display, and identifies an island in the touch data that has touch data values acquired from adjacent locations of the touch display that indicate a potential touch. A first area of the island is determined from touch data values that exceed a first threshold value, and a second area of the island is determined from touch data values that exceed a second threshold value. If the first area is less than a multiple of the second area, coordinates of a location of the island are determined from the touch data values indicating the potential touch. If the first area is at least the multiple of the second area, coordinates of a location of the island are determined from the touch data values indicating the potential touch that exceed a third threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTDInventors: Manivannan Ponnarasu, Leo Lee
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Patent number: 9904359Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) may include a sensor unit, a display unit configured to display an image, and a control unit for measuring a tapping applied to the head-mounted display from a measurement value obtained by the sensor unit, and controlling the image displayed on the display unit by using the tapping as an input signal. When the HMD is used, an image displayed on the HMD may be controlled by using a tapping applied to the HMD as an input signal, and thus, an event may be processed without using any additional controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: FXGear Inc.Inventors: Kyung Gun Na, Kwang Jin Choi
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Patent number: 9817527Abstract: A touch sensing device includes an external interconnection region, patch electrodes, and internal interconnections. External interconnections are disposed in the external interconnection region. The patch electrodes are arranged in a first direction away from the external interconnection region. The patch electrodes include a first patch electrode and a second patch electrode. The internal interconnections have first ends connected to the patch electrodes, respectively, and second ends connected to one of the external interconnections. Each of the internal interconnections includes a detour portion, at least one of which at least partially extends away from the external interconnection region, and a main portion, which extends toward the external interconnection region. The detour portion of a first internal interconnection connected to the first patch electrode is longer than the detour portion of a second internal interconnection connected to the second patch electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Seung Lyong Bok
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Patent number: 9772736Abstract: A touch panel includes an upper electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, a lower electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the lower electrode substrate, an adhesive sheet bonding the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate to each other such that the transparent conductive films face each other, a film removed area formed on the upper electrode substrate by removing part of the transparent conductive film, the film removed area enclosing the two electrodes on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, and an outer rim electrode formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate in such a manner as to surround the film removed area, wherein the film removed area forms a closed loop.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventor: Maiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9733723Abstract: A remote data capture system includes a host computing device and a client computing device communicatively coupled to the host computing device. A capture device is coupled to the client computing device. The capture device is configured to receive an electrical input signal from a sensor and convert the input signal to corresponding input data having a predetermined electronic data format. The client computing device selectably transmits the input data to the host computing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Scriptel CorporationInventors: Michael Bodnar, Winston J. Powers
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Patent number: 9727199Abstract: A touch panel includes an upper electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, a lower electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the lower electrode substrate, an adhesive sheet bonding the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate to each other such that the transparent conductive films face each other, a film removed area formed on the upper electrode substrate by removing part of the transparent conductive film, the film removed area enclosing the two electrodes on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, and an outer rim electrode formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate in such a manner as to surround the film removed area, wherein the film removed area forms a closed loop.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventor: Maiko Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9728141Abstract: A projection display device is disclosed herein. The projection display device includes an image processing module and a light source driver. The image processing module is configured for receiving an image data and generating a display signal which includes an image period and a black state period. The light source driver is configured for generating a light driving signal to drive a projection light source, wherein the light driving signal includes a first segment and a second segment in the black state period, and the average amplitude of the light driving signal in the second segment is lower than the average amplitude of the light driving signal in the image period. A driving method is disclosed herein as well.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chung-Yi Yang, Bor Wang, Cheng-Hsun Chang
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Patent number: 9693045Abstract: An organic light emitting display is driven in a simultaneous (or concurrent) emission scheme. The organic light emitting display includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels coupled to scan lines, control lines, and data lines; a control line driver for providing control signals to the pixels through the control lines; and a power driver for applying a power at different levels to the pixels of the display unit during a plurality of periods of one frame. The control signals and the power are concurrently provided to the pixels included in the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Baek-Woon Lee