Patents Examined by Thuy Pardo
  • Patent number: 10089952
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a power management integrated circuit outputting a driving voltage and a gamma voltage, a timing controller outputting an image data signal and a driving control signal, a data driver converting the image data signal to a data voltage signal based on the driving voltage, the gamma voltage, and the driving control signal, a power connecting portion connecting the power management integrated circuit and the data driver, a voltage detector detecting the driving voltage and the gamma voltage that are voltage-dropped in the power connecting portion, and outputting a feedback signal, and a power adjustor receiving the feedback signal and outputting a power control signal to the power management integrated circuit, and adjusting the driving voltage and the gamma voltage based on the power control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanguk Nam, Youngil Ban, Sunkyu Son, Sunkoo Kang, Taegon Kim
  • Patent number: 10074318
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling liquid crystal display brightness includes: a zone image grayscale determining section configured to determine grayscale values of pixels in a zone image data block under a predetermined rule according to a received image signal; a zone backlight value pre-obtaining section configured to pre-obtain a zone backlight value corresponding to the zone image data block according to the grayscale values; a zone backlight value gain section configured, when it is determined that the zone backlight value is above a first threshold, to multiply the zone backlight value with a backlight value gain coefficient to obtain a backlight value to which a gain is applied, corresponding to the zone image data block, and to output the backlight value to which the gain is applied, to a driver circuit of backlight source in a backlight zone corresponding to the zone image data block, to control brightness of the backlight source in the corresponding backlight zone as a result of driving, where the backl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: HISENSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuxin Zhang, Shunming Huang, Zhicheng Song
  • Patent number: 10067614
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel and a display device are disclosed. A plurality of mutually independent self-capacitance electrodes arranged in the same layer are disposed in the touch panel in accordance with the self-capacitance principle. A touch detection chip can determine the touch position by the detection of the capacitance variation of the self-capacitance electrode. Compared with the case that body capacitance only acts on the projected capacitance in mutual capacitance, the in-cell touch panel can effectively improve the signal-to-noise ratio of touch and hence can improve the accuracy of touch sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunlei Wang, Hailin Xue, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu
  • Patent number: 10062321
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first-transistor including gate-electrode receiving first emission control signal, first-electrode connected to ELVDD, and second-electrode connected to first node, a second-transistor including gate-electrode receiving second emission control signal, first-electrode, and second-electrode connected to second node, a third-transistor including gate-electrode connected to third node, first-electrode connected to first node, and second-electrode connected to first-electrode of the second-transistor, an OLED including anode connected to second node and cathode connected to ELVSS, a fourth-transistor including gate-electrode receiving bias scan signal, first-electrode connected to initialization voltage, and second-electrode connected to second node, a fifth-transistor including gate-electrode receiving bias scan signal, first-electrode connected to reference voltage, and second-electrode connected to third node, a sixth-transistor including gate-electrode receiving data scan signal, fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Su Na, Kyoung-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 10042477
    Abstract: A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oliver P. King-Smith, Bernardus H. Smit, Peyman Hadizad
  • Patent number: 10042494
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, which includes: a substrate including a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of touch leads. The display region also includes a plurality of touch electrodes insulated from each other and electrically connected to the touch leads. The non-display region includes a first polar plate of a first capacitor and a second polar plate of the first capacitor, which are formed by overlapping the first polar plate of the first capacitor with the second polar plate of the first capacitor in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The non-display region includes a first signal bus, which is partially overlapped with the first polar plate of the first capacitor and the second polar plate of the first capacitor in the direction perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: Shanghai AVIC OPTO Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huijun Jin
  • Patent number: 10045405
    Abstract: The Multiple Display-units LED light device has special light effects which means the more than one of display-unit can be assembly into one viewing product install within the base by certain strength or assembly means which has the prong means or other unlimited power source mans to supply the electric signal to the said LEDs to make the eye-catching light effects. The display unit may have the build-in input-end or separated input-end to allow to match the said receptacle means of the base. The base with LED related circuit, prong means and other control means, IC means may disposed into the base or incorporated with sealed-unit to make the light beam to be seen by viewer though the viewing area for dedicated art, word, signal, data, design, motion liquid, 3 dimensional, geometric design, art, digital data, liquid crystal screen, LCD and colored image with color change LEDs for illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Tseng-Lu Chien
  • Patent number: 10042391
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of operating an electronic device having a foldable display by displaying information on a screen of the foldable display, determining that the screen is folded into a plurality of layers, altering an attribute of the information in response to the determining that the screen is folded into the plurality of layers; and displaying the information with the altered attribute on the screen being folded into the plurality of layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsang Yun, Soyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10043451
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a substrate including a display area configured to display an image and a non-display area surrounding the display area. A plurality of OLEDs are positioned in the display area, each of the OLEDs including first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other. A plurality of pixel circuits are positioned in the display area, each of the pixel circuits including a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) and a node line electrically connected to at least two of the TFTs and at least partially overlapping the corresponding first electrode in the depth dimension of the OLED display so as to form a parasitic capacitor. The parasitic capacitor includes a first parasitic capacitor and a second parasitic capacitor, the first parasitic capacitor having a larger capacitance than that of the second parasitic capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Min Lee, Hyo Min Kim, Ye Ji Lee, Hyuk Sang Jun
  • Patent number: 10032418
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes: a plurality of light sources; a display device that includes a display area provided with n1 pixels and that is irradiated with light from the light sources; a light source controller controlling an operation of the light sources; and a display controller controlling an output gradation value of part or all of the pixels. The display area includes a plurality of partial areas, the partial areas corresponding to the light sources on a one-to-one basis. The light source controller determines the amount of light emitted from each light source corresponding to a corresponding one of the partial areas based on luminance of light required for the corresponding partial area. The display controller performs first correction and second correction when the amounts of light emitted from two light sources corresponding to two adjacent partial areas are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sako, Naoyuki Takasaki, Tsutomu Harada, Tatsuya Yata, Shigenori Aoki
  • Patent number: 10031663
    Abstract: An interface operating control device applied in an electronic device with an interface includes a sensing module, a recognizing module, a bottom layer executing module, and an operating module. The sensing module outputs sensing signal when a distance between the object and the interface is less than a preset distance. The recognizing module receives the sensing signal and acquires operating characteristics of the object according the sensing signal. The bottom layer executing module boots an application mode corresponding to the operating characteristics acquired currently. The operating module determines different intensity applied on the interface by the object according to total areas touching on the interface, and executes different operation instructions of the application mode currently operating according to the different intensity. Therefore, a system of the electronic device can be accessed rapidly and conveniently, and the users can get abundant operations and experiences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NANNING FUGUI PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Hsin Chang
  • Patent number: 10019111
    Abstract: An electrostatic capacitance-type input device in which input position detecting electrodes are disposed in an input area of a substrate, includes a lower layer-side conductive film, an interlayer insulating film, and an upper layer-side conductive film, which are stacked on the substrate in order from the substrate side. A first input position detecting electrode and a second input position detecting electrode are formed as the input position detecting electrodes by a first conductive film out of the lower and upper layer-side conductive films. A relay electrode overlaps with the first input position detecting electrode in the intersection portion to be electrically connected to the discontinued portion of the second input position detecting electrode. An input area shield electrode that overlaps with the first and second input position detecting electrodes are formed by a second conductive film out of the lower and upper layer-side conductive films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 10007477
    Abstract: A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Marc Peter Hosein, Steve Yankovich
  • Patent number: 9997107
    Abstract: The OLED voltage of a selected pixel is extracted from the pixel produced when the pixel is programmed so that the pixel current is a function of the OLED voltage. One method for extracting the OLED voltage is to first program the pixel in a way that the current is not a function of OLED voltage, and then in a way that the current is a function of OLED voltage. During the latter stage, the programming voltage is changed so that the pixel current is the same as the pixel current when the pixel was programmed in a way that the current was not a function of OLED voltage. The difference in the two programming voltages is then used to extract the OLED voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Jaimal Soni, Ricky Yik Hei Ngan, Gholamreza Chaji, Nino Zahirovic, Joseph Marcel Dionne
  • Patent number: 9983784
    Abstract: Techniques involving gestures and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, an input is recognized by a computing device as corresponding to a gesture, the gesture defined using a plurality of parameters, at least one of which having a threshold that varies with respect to another one of the parameters. An operation is caused to be performed by the computing device that corresponds to the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Naji S. Shafi, Jesse G. Tobiason, Patrick Allan Gianelli, Joseph J. Brychell, Jeffery S. Welden
  • Patent number: 9971431
    Abstract: A flexible device, an instruction signal generation apparatus for the flexible device, and a bend detection method for the flexible device. The instruction signal generation apparatus comprises a sensing module (101) and a responding module (102), the sensing module (101) is configured to generate a sense signal having a magnitude associated with a bend degree of the flexible device when the flexible device is bent; and the responding module (102) is configured to receive the sense signal outputted from the sensing module (101) and generate an instruction signal according to the sense signal. A bend type user input manner for the flexible device can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhao Li
  • Patent number: 9952660
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to determine that an unobtrusive gesture has been received on a first electronic device and send a signal to a second electronic device in response to the unobtrusive gesture. The first electronic device can also be configured to receive a signal from the second electronic device, determine an unobtrusive output in response to the signal, and generate an unobtrusive notification in response to the received signal. In an example, the first electronic device is a part of jewelry worn by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atul N. Hatalkar, Anna-Marie Mansour, Fai Yeung, Norman T. Bright, Dzung D. Tran, Fu Zhou, Nicholas Moe Khosravy, Charles Carter Jernigan, Kahyun Kim, Eric Lewallen, Rowland L. Brown, James W. Lundell
  • Patent number: 9953600
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a switching element and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element. A display panel driver applies a driving signal to the display panel. The display panel driver includes a printed circuit board including a first bonding pad and a flexible substrate electrically connecting the printed circuit board with the display panel. The flexible substrate includes a second bonding pad. The second bonding pad is electrically connected to the first bonding pad of the printed circuit board. The first bonding pad overlaps the second bonding pad. At least a portion of the first bonding pad and at least a portion of the second bonding pad extend in a direction which is at an acute angle with respect to a first direction parallel with a relatively longer side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hui Jang, Chong-Guk Lee, Sang-Moon Moh, Su-Mi Moon
  • Patent number: 9946229
    Abstract: Disclosed are a smart watch and a method for controlling the same, which determine a notification device that provides a notification of an event, based on wearing/non-wearing of a smart watch and on a distance between the smart watch and an external digital device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyorim Park, Doyoung Lee, Yongsin Kim
  • Patent number: 9933908
    Abstract: This document describes interactive textiles. An interactive textile includes a grid of conductive thread woven into the interactive textile to form a capacitive touch sensor that is configured to detect touch-input. The interactive textile can process the touch-input to generate touch data that is useable to control various remote devices. For example, the interactive textiles may aid users in controlling volume on a stereo, pausing a movie playing on a television, or selecting a webpage on a desktop computer. Due to the flexibility of textiles, the interactive textile may be easily integrated within flexible objects, such as clothing, handbags, fabric casings, hats, and so forth. In one or more implementations, the interactive textiles may be integrated within various hard objects, such as by injection molding the interactive textile into a plastic cup, a hard casing of a smart phone, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Ivan Poupyrev