Patents Examined by Thuy Pardo
  • Patent number: 9933907
    Abstract: A plurality of first lattice passing line segments are defined. The first lattice passing line segments extend in a first direction through lattice points adjacent to each other among a plurality of lattice points at which a plurality of first component portions and a plurality of second component portions of a black matrix are connected to each other. Ones of two or more first partial wires and two or more first lattice passing line segments are arranged in straight lines extending in the first direction, and the other ones are arranged along the first direction and located at unequal distances from the ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takashi Miyayama, Tae Orita
  • Patent number: 9894173
    Abstract: A computer implemented method determines validity of web-based interactions. Web-based interaction data relating to a web-based interaction may be accessed. The web-based interaction data may include aggregate measure data that may include a number of unique queries per web-based session. The validity of the web-based interaction may be determined based on the aggregate measure data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventor: Stephan Doliov
  • Patent number: 9886153
    Abstract: A touch sensing system for avoiding display noises includes a touch display panel, a display driver integrated circuit and a touch control integrated circuit. The display driver integrated circuit is connected to the touch display panel for performing a display operation. The touch control integrated circuit is connected to the touch display panel and the display driver integrated circuit. The touch control integrated circuit performs a touch sensing on the touch display panel in a vertical blanking interval based on a vertical synchronous signal to generate a first set of touch position data, and perform a touch sensing on the touch display panel in a non-vertical blanking interval to generate a second set of touch position data. The touch control integrated circuit updates the second set of touch position data based on the first set of touch position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: FORCALTECH SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsin-Mao Huang, Hsiang-Cheng Yu, Shu-Ming Fan
  • Patent number: 9886146
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provides a touch switch “touch to turn” for electronic devices. More specifically, it provides a touch interface including an active graphene element which is contained in a housing or on a working surface of an electronic device. The active graphene element includes at least one layer of graphene arranged on a polymer layer. This active graphene element is electrically connected to the electronic device in such a way that touching the active graphene element causes a change in the state of said electronic device, in particular, causing the electronic device to be turned ON or turned OFF. This disclosure further encompasses the use of such touch switches in electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventor: Piotr Nawrocki
  • Patent number: 9881983
    Abstract: An OLED display is disclosed. A plurality of signal lines are formed over a substrate, and a plurality of pixels are formed over the substrate in a matrix form and electrically connected to corresponding signal lines. The signal lines include a plurality of scan lines configured to transmit a scan signal, a plurality of initialization lines configured to transmit an initialization signal, and a plurality of data lines configured to transmit a data signal. An n-th row pixel includes a switching thin film transistor (TFT) electrically connected to an n-th row scan line and a corresponding data line among the data lines. A driving TFT is electrically connected to a drain of the switching TFT, an OLED is electrically connected to a drain of the driving TFT, and an initialization TFT is configured to be turned on based on an initialization signal transmitted via an n-th row initialization line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Koo Her, Chong Chul Chai, Ji Hye Lee
  • Patent number: 9874946
    Abstract: An input device includes: an operating section which is held by a user and operated in a three-dimensional free space in order to operate an information processing apparatus by remote control; a calculation section which calculates a hand shake related value for controlling selection of an image to be controlled which is displayed on the information processing apparatus, the hand shake related value being relevant to an amount of hand shake of the operating section; and an output section which outputs the hand shake related value as an operation signal for operating the information processing apparatus by remote control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Ken Onogi
  • Patent number: 9873509
    Abstract: A signage display system for an aircraft includes a controller for receiving input and generating a command, a central controller connected to the controller, the central controller receiving the command and generating a display signal responsive to the command, at least one peripheral device connected to the central controller, the peripheral device receiving the display signal prompting the device to display safety information, an input associated with the peripheral device for receiving an acknowledgement of the safety information and generating an acknowledgement signal responsive to the acknowledgement, such that display of the safety information is discontinued in response to receipt of the acknowledgement. A method and set of instructions also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Gagnon, Joseph Rezile, David Bisson
  • Patent number: 9870147
    Abstract: A touch control method of a portable device which includes a display and a touch sensor relating to the display, comprises steps of sensing user's touch start and touch moving toward one direction on the touch sensor, moving an image presented on the display according to the user's touch moving, temporarily fixing the moved image, sensing user's following touch on the moved image, and activating a linked function by using coordinates of the following touch on the moved image, wherein the moved image provides an image area around an opposite border of the display to be exposed from one border of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Inventor: Hyon Jo Ji
  • Patent number: 9871990
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a dual use remote-control device. In one embodiment, a dual use remote-control device may include a first set of input controls such as buttons positioned on a top side of the housing, a second set of input controls positioned on a bottom side of the housing including a QWERTY keyboard and an optical sensor to remotely control movement of a cursor on a display by the optical sensor detecting movement of a user's finger across the optical sensor or movement of the optical sensor across an object such as a table, arm of a chair or user's lap. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: Luke VanDuyn, Neil Marten, Nathan Hale
  • Patent number: 9865216
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a gate line and a data line and a gate driver connected to an end of the gate line, the gate driver including at least one stages integrated on a substrate configured to output a gate voltage, in which the stage includes an inverter unit and an output unit, in which the output unit includes a first transistor and a first capacitor. The first transistor includes an input terminal applied with a clock signal, a control terminal connected to the node Q, and an output terminal connected to a gate voltage output terminal through which the gate voltage is output. An inverter voltage output from the inverter is lower than the low voltage of the gate voltage output by the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo-Wan Yoon, Yeong-Keun Kwon, Ji-Sun Kim, Jong Hee Kim, Young Wan Seo, Jae Keun Lim
  • Patent number: 9857845
    Abstract: A flexible electronic device includes a base substrate and first and second lines disposed thereon. The first and second lines extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction. Each of the first and second lines includes a first conductive layer including first and second portions alternately disposed with each other, and second conductive layers respectively overlapped with the first portions in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions. The second conductive layer are not overlapped with the second portions of the first conductive layer in the third direction. The first and second conductive layers have a first modulus and a second modulus, respectively. A first width in the second direction of each of the first portions is smaller than a second width in the second direction of each of the second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-moo Hong, Kyuyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 9857596
    Abstract: Head mounted displays are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a head mounted display includes a front display module and a strap assembly. The strap assembly includes first and second connector arms coupling the strap assembly to the front display module. The head mounted display further includes a flex circuit for providing power and control to an electronic component coupled to the strap assembly. The flex circuit can deflect to allow the strap assembly to move relative to the front display module without damaging the flex circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Jared I. Drinkwater, Robin Michael Miller, Lesley Ribble Magrath, Blake Francis Andersen
  • Patent number: 9852708
    Abstract: A scan line to which a selection signal or a non-selection signal is input from its end, and a transistor in which a clock signal is input to a gate, the non-selection signal is input to a source, and a drain is connected to the scan line are provided. A signal input to the end of the scan line is switched from the selection signal to the non-selection signal at the same or substantially the same time as the transistor is turned on. The non-selection signal is input not only from one end but also from both ends of the scan line. This makes it possible to inhibit the potentials of portions in the scan line from being changed at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 9846516
    Abstract: An optical touch system includes a touch surface, a first light source and a first light-sensing unit. The first light source emits a first light. The first light is reflected at positions on a first section of the touch surface to form a first reference section at the first light-sensing unit. The first light is reflected at positions on a second section of the touch surface to form a second reference section at the first light-sensing unit. The second section is located between the first section and the first light-sensing unit. A touch object reflects the first light between the first section and the second section to produce a first input light region on the first reference section, or reflects the first light between the second section and the first light-sensing unit to produce a second input light region on the second reference section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-An Cho, Yu-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 9836210
    Abstract: A character input method and apparatus in an electronic terminal are provided. The character input method includes displaying a virtual keypad having at least one key area to which a plurality of characters are associated, displaying a plurality of areas when a touch is detected on the at least one key area, detecting whether the touch includes a drag and inputting, after the drag is detected, a character mapped to an area corresponding to a point where the drag is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hee-Jun Kang
  • Patent number: 9804317
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an image display panel, a light source device, and a control device. The light source device includes a light source that emits light and a light guide member arranged on the back surface side of the panel as seen from the display surface, receives the light via its side surface with respect to its surface facing the panel, and has divided areas arranged in a direction in which the light travels. Each area includes a light modulation layer brought in a light transmission state or in a light scattering state. The control device brings the layers in the scattering state in respective scattering control periods temporally different from each other. When bringing a light modulation layer in the scattering state, the control device controls the light source device with a drive pattern based on a distance between the side surface and the corresponding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Kato
  • Patent number: 9798405
    Abstract: A touch display panel structure, a method for forming the touch display panel structure, and a touch display device are provided. The touch display panel structure includes: a substrate, scan lines each including a plurality of scan line segments, touch electrode lines each disposed at an interval between adjacent scan line segments; a first dielectric layer and data lines; a second dielectric layer and a first interconnection structure; a first via hole through the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer; a third dielectric layer a common electrode layer; a second via hole through the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer; and a plurality of third via holes through the third dielectric layer, wherein each touch electrode is connected to a touch electrode line via the second via hole and the third via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Ding, Lingxiao Du, Feng Lu
  • Patent number: 9791974
    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: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 9791954
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display section that has a first period to consume predetermined power and a second period to consume less power than in the first period, and power consumption of which periodically changes by repeating the first period and the second period; a smoothing capacitor that stabilizes power supplied to the display section; and a power consumption unit that consumes the supplied power in the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Koji Noguchi, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Gen Koide, Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 9778764
    Abstract: An input device mounted in a vehicle, separated from a display unit and configured to input a finger operation to an operation surface to operate an image of the display unit is provided. The input device includes a detector that detects presence and absence of a finger in a groove, and controller that prohibits an input of a finger operation to an operation surface when a finger operation to the operation surface has not been performed for a predetermined time or longer and that cancels the prohibition of the input when determining the presence of sliding of the finger in the groove based on detection of the finger in the groove by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Suzuki