Patents Examined by Sujit Shah
  • Patent number: 9922236
    Abstract: Eyeglasses include a left lens, a right lens and an IMU sensor and a GPS unit. A camera and a memory are coupled to the eyeglasses. A processor is connected to the IMU, the GPS unit and the at least one camera and is adapted to recognize objects by analyzing image data based on the stored object data and inertial measurement data or location data. The processor is also adapted to determine a desirable event based on the object, previously determined user data, and a time. The processor is also adapted to determine a destination based on the determined desirable event and determine a navigation path for navigating the eyeglasses to the destination based on the determined destination, image data, and inertial measurement data or location data. The processor is also adapted to determine output data based on the determined navigation path. A speaker is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Moore, Joseph M. A. Djugash, Yasuhiro Ota
  • Patent number: 9891760
    Abstract: In an example implementation, a portable computing device may alternate between scanning for tactile input, such as a user's finger on a trackpad, and scanning for wireless input, such as a near field communication (NFC) signal. If tactile input is received, the portable computing device may stop scanning for wireless input while the portable computing device continues to receive the tactile input. When the portable computing device stops receiving the tactile input, the portable computing device may return to alternating between scanning for tactile input and scanning for wireless input. If wireless input is received, the portable computing device may stop scanning for tactile input while wirelessly communicating with the device from which the wireless input was received. When the portable computing device is finished wirelessly communicating with the device, the portable computing device may return to alternating between scanning for tactile input and scanning for wireless input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Matthew D. Tenuta
  • Patent number: 9841843
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with high definition, which includes a plurality of sets each including a photosensor and a display element including a light-emitting element arranged in a matrix is provided, wherein a power supply line electrically connected to the display element also serves as a power supply line electrically connected to the photosensor. Thus, the semiconductor device with high definition can be provided without decreasing the width of each power supply line. Thus, the definition of the semiconductor device can be improved while securing the stability of the potential of the power supply line. The stability of the potential of the power supply line leads to the stability of the driving voltage of the display element and the stability of the driving voltage of the photosensor. Accordingly, the semiconductor device with high definition, high display quality, and high accuracy of imaging or detection of an object can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Takayuki Ikeda, Takeshi Aoki
  • Patent number: 9837021
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes an (i?1)th pixel, an i-th pixel, and an (i+1)th pixel, each including an organic light emitting diode and a driving transistor to control a driving current flowing through the organic light emitting diode. A first node of the i-th pixel, to which a control electrode of the driving transistor of the i-th pixel is connected, is initialized to an initialization voltage in synchronization with an (i?1)th scan signal applied to the i-th pixel, and an anode of the organic light emitting diode of the i-th pixel is initialized to the initialization voltage in synchronization with an i-th scan signal applied to the (i+1)th pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongho Lee, Dohyun Kwon, Su-Yeon Sim, Ju-Won Yoon, Gichang Lee, Seungmin Lee, Iljeong Lee, Choongyoul Im
  • Patent number: 9804864
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of mapping inputs and system thereof. A computing device is configured to access a previously created profile for, such as, game play using a communicatively coupled controller to manipulate events on the computing device. The profile can be locally accessed from the computing device or remotely accessed from a cloud. The profile includes at least one mapping, each associating an input from the controller to an instruction understandable by an event on the computing device. The controller is integral with the computing device or is a physically disjoint device separate from the computing device. In some embodiments, the computing device is communicatively coupled with a camera configured to capture the input. One or more features of the controller can also be mapped to instructions understandable by the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Bluestack Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashi Kant Sharma, Sharad Agrawal, Suman Saraf, David P. Reese, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9778808
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, where the touch panel includes: a substrate; a first sensing electrode pattern disposed on the insulation substrate, including a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a first connection to connect the plurality of first sensing electrodes in a first direction, and a plurality of floating electrodes; and a second sensing electrode pattern including a plurality of second sensing electrodes insulated from the plurality of floating electrodes and overlapping the plurality of floating electrodes and a second connection to connect the plurality of second sensing electrodes in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first sensing electrode pattern includes nanowire. The second sensing electrode pattern includes a transparent conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Han Bae, Jin Hwan Kim, Hee Woong Park, Byeong Kyu Jeon
  • Patent number: 9766698
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating interaction with a three-dimensional user interface. A method may include receiving an indication of an eye movement input to an imaging sensor. The method may further include determining, by a processor, a relation of the eye movement to at least one of a displayed element of a three-dimensional user interface. The method may additionally include causing, based at least in part on the determined relation, a selection of at least one of a displayed element of the three-dimensional user image. The method may also include causing a modification of a displayed element of the at least one selected displayed element of the three-dimensional image. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jussi Huhtala, Katja Kytökorpi, Mikko Paldanius, Sarjanoja Ari-Heikki, Minna Karukka
  • Patent number: 9766704
    Abstract: A touch assembly is provided including a touch surface for receiving a touch force. At least one haptic feedback device is coupled to the touch surface for selectively vibrating the touch surface. At least one switch is operably coupled with the touch surface and is adjustable between an activated configuration and a deactivated configuration. At least one microprocessor is in electrical communication with the at least one haptic feedback device and the at least one switch for actuating the at least one haptic feedback device in response to the at least one switch adjusting from the activated configuration to the deactivated configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Allen Pfau, Jay Patrick Dark, David Michael Whitton
  • Patent number: 9761168
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display panel, a display method thereof and a display device. The method comprises: confirming a received image to be displayed as a preset pure-colored image; for each of the green subpixels, comparing the grayscale value that the green subpixel corresponds to with that of the red subpixel or the blue subpixel at a place corresponding to the green subpixel in a previous row to find out the difference; and adjusting the grayscale value of the green subpixel for displaying based on the difference. The grayscale value of the green subpixel is increased or decreased by a preset value according to whether the difference is greater than 0. Thereby the charging capacities of all the green subpixels are substantially the same, so as to avoid brightness difference and eliminate light and dark stripes appearing in the display panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaixuan Wang, Hongliang Yuan, Wei Li, Jiantao Liu, Zhenfu Ma, Yingzi Wang
  • Patent number: 9760185
    Abstract: A pointing device includes: a film that includes a protruding portion which protrudes upward, and a plane portion which extends from the protruding portion; a first conducting layer that is disposed under the film; a second conducting layer that is disposed on a base material and is opposed to the first conducting layer; and a plurality of spacers that are formed on any one of a lower portion of the first conducting layer and an upper portion of the second conducting layer, and are arranged, between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, so as to be spaced mutually; wherein an interval between the spacers in an area of the plane portion is formed so as to become narrower than an interval between the spacers in an area of the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Nakajima, Fujio Seki
  • Patent number: 9746670
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for presenting information near the eyes, comprising a support (12) that can be carried on the head (10) of a user and comprising a monocular display unit (16) which is disposed on the support (12) and is positioned in a peripheral region of the field of vision of a first eye (14) of the user during use. According to a first aspect of the invention, a light-collecting unit (18, 20) on which ambient light can impinge is disposed on the support (12), and the light-collecting unit (18, 20) is coupled to the display unit (16) in order to illuminate same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Asfour, Hans-Peter Haar
  • Patent number: 9715294
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an in-cell touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. A plurality of nanowire arrays are added between an array substrate and an opposite substrate, nanowires in each nanowire array extend in a direction perpendicular to the array substrate and the opposite substrate; the newly-added nanowire arrays and s pacers provided between the array substrate and the opposite substrate form piezoelectric sensitive elements. Thus, when cell thickness between the array substrate and the opposite substrate is slightly changed due to pressure on the touch panel by any object, a nanowire array may be slightly deformed by squeeze of a spacer, the deformed nanowire array may release charges to change an electrical signal applied to an electrode wire connected thereto, and a touch point can be positioned by detecting a change in the electrical signal, thus achieving high touch sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Hui Wang, Hengzhen Liang
  • Patent number: 9690384
    Abstract: A user can use a finger, or other such object, to provide input to a computing device. The finger can be positioned and/or oriented at a distance from the device, and the device can determine an input that the user is attempting to provide based on a position, motion, or gesture associated with the finger. One or more cameras can capture image information, which can be analyzed to attempt to determine the location and/or orientation of the finger. If the finger is at least partially outside a field of view of the camera(s), the device can use another sensor (e.g., EMF) to determine one or more potential locations of the fingertip. The image information then can be used to determine which of the potential locations actually corresponds to the fingertip by analyzing that portion of the finger or hand represented in the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac S. Noble, David A. Fotland
  • Patent number: 9678586
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device having a smaller overall physical size and a lower production cost, and is minimally affected by electrical interference versus conventional input devices. Embodiments discussed herein include an input device that has a sensor controller disposed in close proximity to a plurality of sensing elements that are used to sense and acquire positional information of an input object. In one embodiment, the sensor controller and at least portions of the sensor electrodes are disposed between two transparent substrates that are positioned near a display device. In some embodiments, the sensor controller is disposed in an edge region of a substrate which has a sensing region through which the adjacently positioned sensor electrodes are configured to sense the presence of an input object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Joseph Kurth Reynolds
  • Patent number: 9666131
    Abstract: The pixel circuit includes a first pixel sub-circuit , a second pixel sub-circuit, an initialization module and a data voltage writing module connected to the first pixel sub-circuit and the second pixel sub-circuit; the initialization module is connected to the reset signal terminal and the low potential terminal; the data voltage writing module is connected to a data voltage and a gate signal terminal, and is configured to firstly write a first data voltage to the first pixel sub-circuit and the second pixel sub-circuit and compensate for a driving module of the first pixel sub-circuit, and then to write a second data voltage to the second pixel sub-circuit and compensate for a driving module of the second pixel sub-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junsheng Chen
  • Patent number: 9659516
    Abstract: A drive device of a display panel includes a controller that controls operations of a scanning-control signal output circuit and a common-electrode voltage control circuit, wherein when the controller receives a changeover command that indicates changeover of a scanning order of a plurality of scanning signal lines, the controller controls an operation of the scanning-control signal output circuit so that a scanning order of the plurality of scanning signal lines is changed over between a normal order and a reverse order and controls an operation of the common-electrode voltage control circuit so that a voltage of the common electrode is changed over between a voltage determined in advance for normal-order scan and a voltage determined in advance for reverse-order scan, during a scanning order changeover period as a predetermined period after ending last scanning of a scanning signal line during a frame period in which the changeover command is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinsuke Yokonuma
  • Patent number: 9646550
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes a display panel for displaying a picture thereon, first to (n)th upper data drive ICs for supplying pixel voltages to one side of each data line in the display panel, first to (n)th bottom data drive ICs for supplying pixel voltages to the other side of each data line, a first timing controller for generating an upper data control signal and for controlling operation of the upper data drive ICs, and a second timing controller for generating a bottom data control signal and for controlling operation of the bottom data drive ICs wherein at least one of the first and second timing controllers analyzes the picture data applied thereto and controls the polarities of the pixel voltages to be forwarded from the upper data drive ICs and the bottom data drive ICs with reference to the result of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Kim, Young-Ho Kim, Sung-Jo Koo
  • Patent number: 9639213
    Abstract: Detecting a location of a touch input is disclosed. Each of a plurality of transmitters coupled to a propagating medium emits a signal that is distinguishable from other signals emitted from other transmitters. The signals from the transmitters are received from at least one receiver coupled to the propagating medium to detect the location of the touch input on a surface of the propagating medium as indicated by an effect of the touch input on each of the distinguishable signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Sentons Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh, Shirish A. Altekar
  • Patent number: 9639148
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes a display module including a window glass, a touch panel, and a display panel; a display holding frame that secures the display module, the display holding frame having a screw accepting part on a rear surface which is opposite to the display panel; a cabinet case, which encloses the display holding frame, and which has a screw hole corresponding to the screw accepting part of the display holding frame; and a bolt or screw inserted into the screw accepting part of the display holding frame through the screw hole in the cabinet case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kato, Kouichiro Takashima, Koji Endo, Hiroshi Kubo
  • Patent number: 9588619
    Abstract: Touch sensitivity is enabled using a touch system that comprises a panel configured to conduct signals, e.g. by TIR, along detection lines across a touch surface. A signal processor operates in a sequence of repetitions to: generate data samples that represent detected signal energy on the actual detection lines; generate based on the data samples, an interpolated sinogram comprising interpolation samples that represent fictitious detection lines which have a desired location on the touch surface; and reconstruct a signal interaction pattern for the touch surface based on the interpolated sinogram. The signal processor implements an error correction to counteract the influence of a change in validity status for a data sample among the data samples, by identifying interpolation samples affected by the change in validity status, and by setting each identified interpolation sample to a value that maintains a relative signal transmission of the fictitious detection line from a former repetition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Tomas Christiansson, Andreas Björklund, Mats Petter Wallander, Nicklas Ohlsson