Patents Examined by Tony N Ngo
  • Patent number: 10047916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED pixel device comprising: a plurality of individual controllable LED pixels arranged in an array; a LED pixel controller adapted to control said number of individual controllable LED pixels; an optical diffuser arranged in front of at least a part of said LED pixels, said optical diffuser receive light from said LED pixels and diffuses the received light; at least one diffuser actuator adapted to moved said LED pixels and said optical diffuser in relation to each other, diffuser controller adapted to control the diffuser actuator; wherein the optical diffuser and the LED pixels can be moved between a non-mixing position and a mixing position, where in said non-mixing position the light emitted by the LED pixels are separated when hitting the optical diffuser and where in the mixing position the light emitted by said LED pixels are at least partial overlapping when hitting said optical diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MARTIN PROFESSIONAL APS
    Inventor: Paul Pelletier
  • Patent number: 10014863
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device boosts an output voltage which is to be boosted based on the reference power supply voltage, based on another power supply voltage before the reference power supply voltage is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Japan GK
    Inventors: Yutaka Saeki, Kenichi Kaneshige
  • Patent number: 9997139
    Abstract: A method of controlling an output voltage of an apparatus is provided. The method includes comparing an input voltage of the apparatus with a reference voltage, activating the output voltage when the input voltage is greater than or equal to the reference voltage, comparing the input voltage with a first low limit voltage or a first high limit voltage, comparing a first elapse time with a reference time when the input voltage is less than or equal to the first low limit voltage, comparing a second elapse time with the reference time when the input voltage is greater than or equal to the first high limit voltage, and deactivating the output voltage when the first elapse time or the second elapse time is longer than or equal to the reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Soon Lee, Mi-Kyung Kang, Yong-Sik Hwang
  • Patent number: 9989807
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix shape. Each pixel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode. Two data lines are positioned between two adjacent pixel columns of the plurality of pixels. First subpixel electrodes in a first pixel row and a second pixel row are connected to a first gate line. Second subpixel electrodes in the second pixel row and a third pixel row are connected to a second gate line. A first data voltage applied to the first subpixel electrodes is higher than a second data voltage applied to the second subpixel electrodes. First duration of a first gate signal applied to the first gate line is shorter than second duration of a second gate signal applied to the second gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haeng Won Park
  • Patent number: 9990056
    Abstract: An input device includes a detection unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a compensation unit. The detection unit is configured to detect an operation by a user for controlling an electronic device and output an operation signal corresponding to the operation. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire the detected operation signal and a differential value of the operation signal. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire a function defined by the differential value to compensate for a delay in response of the operation signal with respect to the operation by the user. The compensation unit is configured to compensate the operation signal with the acquired function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9978306
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes first pixel groups each including first pixels disposed in a display area, and sub-pixel groups each including second pixels disposed at an outermost area of the display area and surrounding the first pixels, in which each of the second pixels has a size smaller than a size of each of the first pixels, the second pixels in each of the sub-pixel groups are respectively connected to each other in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gichang Lee, Insoo Wang, Yongsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 9959003
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch window including a sensing electrode to sense a position, and a wire to electrically connect the sensing electrode. A width of the sensing electrode is variable in the sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hong Lee, Chan Kyu Koo, Hyun Soo Kim, Jun Sik Shin, Joon Hyuk Yang
  • Patent number: 9954110
    Abstract: Provided is an EL display device which is provided with a power supply line driver circuit including a transistor having capability in supplying a large amount of current over an insulating substrate where a pixel portion is formed. An active matrix EL display device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of power supply lines over an insulating substrate; a transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor with a field-effect mobility of at least higher than or equal to 80 cm2/Vs, preferably higher than or equal to 120 cm2/Vs over the insulating substrate; and a power supply line driver circuit including the transistor as a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 9898948
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a scan driver, a first data driver, a second data driver, and a timing controller. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The scan driver supplies scan signals to the pixels. The first data driver is connected to first ends of data lines and supplies data voltages to the pixels through the data lines during an active period of the scan signals. The second data driver is connected to second ends of the data lines and supplies the data voltages to the pixels through the data lines during the active period of the scan signals. The timing controller controls the scan driver and the first and second data drivers. The first and second data drivers swap at least two of the data voltages based on a swap control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Ho Lim, Jin-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 9900450
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a processing portion, a storage portion, and a touch pad. The processing portion is adapted to accept input of a value for a prescribed processing condition for an image forming job. The storage portion is adapted to store the value accepted by the processing portion. The touch pad is adapted to accept a touch operation. The processing portion updates the value stored in the storage portion based on a manner of change in touch position resulting from a second touch operation on the touch pad while a first touch operation in a prescribed region of the touch pad continues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Asai, Jiro Goto, Takashi Oikawa
  • Patent number: 9891742
    Abstract: A method, information handling system, and display assembly utilizes wherein a first touch panel indication is detected, and it is determined whether the first touch panel indication is from a defined bending area or from a defined non-bending area. When the first touch panel indication is from the defined bending area, it is determined if there is a second touch panel indication from an other touch sensor element adjacent to the first touch sensor element. When there is a simultaneous second touch panel indication, the touch location is interpolated based on the locations of the first and the other touch sensor elements. When there is a sequential second touch panel indication, the touch location is extrapolated based on locations of the first and the other touch sensor elements and a sequence of the first touch panel indication and the second touch panel indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Stefan Peana
  • Patent number: 9880671
    Abstract: A touch input detector is disclosed. The touch input detector includes an acoustic transmitter for transmitting an acoustic wave across a touch input medium. The touch input detector also includes an acoustic receiver for receiving the transmitted acoustic wave, wherein the timing of the incidence of the acoustic wave on the acoustic receiver indicates at least a portion of a touch input location on a surface of the touch input medium. The touch input detector further includes an acoustic dampening material coupled to the touch input medium to dampen reflections of the transmitted acoustic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sentons Inc.
    Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Yenyu Hsieh, Michael L. Khitrov, Allan Boerner, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih
  • Patent number: 9875006
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (“GUI”) can be presented on a remote control accessory device that has user input and display devices. The GUI can be defined and managed by a portable media device that is controlled using the GUI. The portable media device can provide the accessory with a GUI image to be displayed. The accessory can send information to the portable media device indicative of a user operation of an input device in response to the displayed image. The portable media device can process this input to identify the action requested by the user and take the appropriate action, which can include updating the GUI image provided to the accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Alsina, Szu Wen Huang, William Bull, Anthony M. Fadell, Jesse Lee Dorogusker, Emily Clark Schubert, Shyam S. Toprani
  • Patent number: 9865204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of display technology, and provides a circuit and a method for eliminating a shutdown after-image, and a display device. The circuit for eliminating the shutdown after-image in a liquid crystal panel comprises a control module configured to apply a common voltage of a liquid crystal panel to a gate line of the liquid crystal panel under the control of a shutdown signal when the liquid crystal panel is shut down. According to the present invention, it is able to eliminate the shutdown after-image and prevent the occurrence of large shutdown current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY., LTD.
    Inventors: Rongcheng Liu, Douqing Zhang, Hengzhen Liang
  • Patent number: 9857885
    Abstract: An input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method that are capable of correcting an output signal when a hand movement is input to the input apparatus and with which a user does not feel a phase delay are provided. An input apparatus includes a velocity calculation section, a filter, a control section, and a memory. The velocity calculation section calculates velocity values of a casing in X?- and Y?-axis directions based on physical amounts output from a sensor unit like acceleration values in the X?- and Y?-axis directions output from an acceleration sensor unit. The filter attenuates, by predetermined scale factors, velocity values of signals of the predetermined frequency range out of the velocity values calculated by the velocity calculation section. Since the filter dynamically attenuates the velocity values of a shake frequency range in accordance with the velocity values, a precise pointing operation with a pointer becomes possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9852707
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: gate lines extending in a first direction; data lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; pixels connected to corresponding ones of the gate lines and data lines; a gate driver to drive the gate lines in response to a gate clock signal; a data driver to drive the data lines; a memory to store charge share signals corresponding to the gate lines; a timing controller controlling the data driver and the gate driver, in response to an externally input control signal and an image signal, and to output a gate pulse signal to the gate lines; and a clock generator configured to generate the gate clock signal in response to the gate pulse signal. The timing controller is configured to output the gate pulse signals according to the charge share signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Woon Shin, Jae-Kook Kim, JeongJin Park, Choongseob Oh, Hyoungbin Lim, Yong-Ju Jeong, Minsung Choi
  • Patent number: 9852697
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a driving thin film transistor (TFT) configured to control an amount of current flowing in the OLED depending on a difference between a data voltage and a reference voltage, a source driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to produce the data voltages corresponding to data of an input image and apply the data voltages to data lines connected to the pixels, an image analyzer configured to analyze the data of the input image and produce reference voltage control data, and a reference voltage regulator configured to produce the reference voltages varying depending on the input image based on the reference voltage control data and apply the reference voltages to reference lines connected to the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunggi Lim, Kyoungdon Woo
  • Patent number: 9846507
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for transmitting and receiving data using a wireless communication module and a control method thereof, and there is provided a mobile terminal for performing a notification display function in cooperation with a wireless communication unit, a touch screen and a controller, wherein the controller performs the notification display function through the steps of receiving notification information for notifying that information satisfying a preset condition is displayed on the other terminal, from the other terminal connected thereto in a wireless manner, and controlling the touch screen to display visual information indicating that information satisfying the preset condition is displayed on the transmitting terminal based on the notification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongyun Heo, Junghoon Chu, Hyungtae Jang, Minhun Kang
  • Patent number: 9846563
    Abstract: A method, system and mobile terminal for implementing multimedia playing are described, which includes that a mobile terminal sends multimedia stream data to be played to another-end mobile terminal via a connection established based on NFC technology, and the mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal decode the multimedia stream data to be played, and respectively play corresponding parts of the decoded multimedia stream data in accordance with the respective part playing mode. In this way, two mobile terminals can respectively playing part of a multimedia image based on NFC technology, a multimedia image can be clearly amplified and displayed via the splicing of mobile terminal screens, thereby helping a user quickly solve the problem that a mobile terminal screen is small and not good for amplifying and displaying the multimedia image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunning Li
  • Patent number: 9842859
    Abstract: The driver circuit includes an inverter circuit having a first thin film transistor including a first oxide semiconductor film and a second transistor including a second oxide semiconductor film. The first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor are enhancement transistors, in which a silicon oxide film including an OH group is provided on and in contact with the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film, and a silicon nitride film is provided on and in contact with the silicon oxide film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Koyama, Shunpei Yamazaki