Patents Examined by Tsegaye Seyoum
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Patent number: 8089463Abstract: A chargeable wireless mouse includes a mouse body, a chargeable battery, a charging slot and a wireless signal receiver. A magnetic element and an electricity conducting structure are disposed within the charging slot. The wireless signal receiver includes a USB connecting part and a charging plate member. The wireless signal receiver is connected with a computer host via a USB connecting port. When the wireless signal receiver is accommodated within the charging slot, the metallic plate member is magnetically attracted by the magnetic element and the wireless signal receiver is clamped by the electricity conducting structure, so that the wireless signal receiver is fixed in the charging slot. At the same time, the charging plate member is contacted with the conducting member such that electricity is transmitted to charge the chargeable battery.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.Inventors: Chun-Che Wu, Chun-Nan Su
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Patent number: 8072401Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first transistor coupled to a supply voltage end, a second transistor coupled to a ground end, a storage capacitor, a third transistor coupled to a data end, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor coupled to the second transistor and the second end of the storage capacitor, and a light-emitting element coupled to the fourth transistor. The first transistor is used for conducting a supply voltage from the supply voltage end in response to a trigger of an enable signal. The second transistor is used for conducting a ground voltage from the ground end when a scan signal voltage is triggered. The storage capacitor includes a first end and a second end coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively. The third transistor is used for conducting a data signal voltage when the scan signal voltage is triggered. The fourth transistor is used for generating a conducting current based on the data signal voltage when the scan signal voltage is not triggered.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Hau-yan Lu, Chi-wen Chen, Ting-chang Chang
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Patent number: 8044935Abstract: A scroll wheel device for computer mouse is disclosed, which comprises: a scroll wheel, having a scraggly structure formed in the interior thereof; and an adjusting unit. In an exemplary embodiment, the scraggly structure can be a sawtooth-like structure patterned on a circumferential area of a hollowed portion formed inside the scroll wheel; and an adjusting unit is further comprised of an adjusting rod and a braking part, in which the braking part, being made of an elastic material, can be an elastic strip; and the adjusting rod is formed with screw thread. Thereby, by rotating the adjusting rod, the braking part is driven to move along the adjusting rod in response to the rotation of screw thread so that the relative position of the braking part with respect to the scraggly structure is changed accordingly and thus the braking mode of the scroll wheel device is changed.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventor: Te-Ping Hsu
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Patent number: 8018424Abstract: A backlight unit usable in a liquid crystal display. In one embodiment, the backlight unit includes a substrate having an edge zone and a central zone surrounded by the edge zone, a first plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the central zone of the substrate, a second plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the edge zone of the substrate, and an electronic controlling means for controlling the light emitted from the first plurality of light emitting elements and the second plurality of light emitting elements such that in operation, the output power per unit area by the second plurality of light emitting elements in the edge zone is less than that by the first plurality of light emitting elements in the central zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Shin-Chin Tseng, Shen-Hong Chou, Fu-Cheng Wei, Shien-Chih Ho, Horng-Bin Hsu, Chung Peng
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Patent number: 7999763Abstract: A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. In the plasma display apparatus, a data signal includes a voltage rising period during which the data signal gradually rises to a first voltage using an inductor, a voltage maintaining period during which the data signal is maintained at a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and a voltage falling period during which the data signal gradually falls to a voltage equal to or less than the second voltage. A magnitude of the first voltage is equal to or more than one half of a magnitude of the second voltage, and is less than the magnitude of the second voltage. A current flowing in the inductor ranges from zero ampere to a maximum current value of the inductor at a time when a voltage of the data signal is equal to the first voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jung Gwan Han, Bong Sup Jung, Chi Yun Ok, Hyun Lark Do
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Patent number: 7948466Abstract: A dual resolution circuit for supporting normal resolution display mode and half resolution display mode is disclosed. In the dual resolution circuit, cascaded shift registers are controlled by a group of clock signals to generate intermediate scan signals in response to a start pulse. A normal/reverse scan switch, controlling a normal scan mode and a reverse scan mode, feeds back the intermediate scan signal from one shift register to another shift register. A dual resolution switch switches signal paths of the intermediate scan signals to logic gates. The logic gates perform logic operation on an enablement signal and the intermediate scan signals to generate final scan signals used in dual resolution display modes.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventor: Szu-Hsien Lee
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Patent number: 7911463Abstract: A method according to one embodiment may include generating, by a controller, a plurality of control signals to control operations of inverter circuitry to generate an AC signal from a DC signal. The method of this embodiment may also include using the control signals generated by the controller to also control operations of power factor correction (PFC) circuitry, via the inverter circuitry, to enable the PFC circuitry to generate power factor correction of an input source coupled to the PFC circuitry and the inverter circuitry. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: O2Micro International LimitedInventors: Yung-Lin Lin, Da Liu
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Patent number: 7903076Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes several driving circuit units and several switch units. Each driving circuit unit outputs several driving signals to several scan lines sequentially. One of the switch units is respectively disposed between two adjacent driving circuit units and conducts or blocks a first and a second clock signal transmitted to driving circuit units.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventor: Sheng-Kai Hsu
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Patent number: 7897885Abstract: A digitizer pen includes a solar cell for converting solar power into electrical energy, an energy storing circuit connected electrically to the solar cell for storing electrical energy therefrom, a magnetic field generating circuit for receiving electrical energy from one of the solar cell and the energy storing circuit, and a pen housing unit for receiving the solar cell, the energy storing circuit and the magnetic field generating circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Inventor: Huo-Lu Tsai
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Patent number: 7852299Abstract: A display device includes a driving transistor for supplying driving current to a display element; a first switch connecting the driving transistor to a corresponding data line; a second switch selectively connecting a control electrode of the driving transistor to one of two main electrodes of the driving transistor; and a third switch connecting the driving transistor to the display element in one pixel. The first switch is controlled by a first control line. The second and third switches each include two switching elements connected in series controlled by the first control line and a second control line, respectively. Four functions of writing of data in the pixel, light emission of the display element by supplying current, non-light emission of the display element, and examination of the pixel operation can be switched using the two control lines.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Somei Kawasaki, Tatsuhito Goden
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Patent number: 7847767Abstract: A pixel circuit has a light emitting diode, a first driving transistor, a second driving transistor, a capacitor, and a switch unit. When a scan signal is asserted, the switch unit couples sources/drains of the second driving transistor respectively to a first and a second source/drain of the first driving transistor, and couples a gate and second source/drain of the first driving transistor together. When the scan signal is de-asserted, the switch unit decouples one of the sources/drains of the second driving transistor from the first/second source/drain of the first driving transistor, and decouples the gate from the second source/drain of the first driving transistor.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventor: Yu-Wen Chiou
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Patent number: 7843409Abstract: The present relates to a dual panel apparatus including two panels driven simultaneously. The dual panel apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel and a data driver. The first panel has a plurality of pixels formed in cross areas of data lines and first scan lines. The second panel has a plurality of second pixels formed in cross areas of the data lines and second scan lines. The data driver provides compensating precharge current to one or more data line. The dual panel apparatus uses two panels as main display device and sub display device, and thus the unit cost of the dual panel apparatus is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Jun Hong, Hak Su Kim, Jae Do Lee
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Patent number: 7812802Abstract: An overdrive accuracy adjustment device and method for use in a liquid crystal display panel is presented. According to a current grayscale value of a pixel in an awaiting to be displayed image and a previous grayscale value of the corresponding pixel in an already-displayed image, the corresponding overdrive grayscale value is found from a look-up table. In order to more efficiently use the limited storage capacity of the look-up table as well as improve the accuracy of the overdrive, in accordance with the physical characteristics of the liquid crystal display panel in particular (in particular to the grayscale values which often require the overdrive), the gap size between the current grayscale values and/or the gap size between the previous grayscale values may be adjusted in the look-up table, without having to increase the quantity of the overdrive grayscale values stored in the look-up table.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: VastView Technology Inc.Inventors: Chang-Cheng Lin, Yuh-Ren Shen, Cheng-Chung Peng
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Patent number: 7804486Abstract: A trackball rotates a three-dimensional image displayed by a computer. Displacement data is generated for designated first and second non-antipodal points on the surface of the trackball's roller ball, for displacement of the designated first and second points during a time interval between a starting time and an ending time. The displacement data is used to generate a rotational transformation that is representative of a change in rotational orientation of the roller ball occurring during the time interval. The generated transformation is then applied to the displayed computer image to cause the image to be rotated around an image pivot point in correspondence with the rotation of the roller ball around its center.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Inventor: Robert W. Smyth
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Patent number: 7746301Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) (20) includes: a gate driving integrated circuit (IC) (22) for scanning an LCD panel (24) of the LCD; a data driving IC (23) for providing a plurality of gradation voltages to the LCD panel; a primary control circuit board (21) configured for providing the operation voltage to the data driving IC; and a flexible printed circuit board (25) connected between the LCD panel and the primary control circuit board. The data driving IC includes a voltage detecting circuit (230), which detects an operation voltage applied to the gate driving IC and is configured to provide an all-scanning signal to the gate driving IC.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Innolux Display Corp.Inventor: Hsi-Yao Wu
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Patent number: 7728803Abstract: A method for driving an LCD monitor includes receiving image data corresponding to a pixel of the LCD monitor, comparing pixel values of a first frame data and a second frame data in the image data, dividing the second frame data into a plurality of sub-frame data when a difference between the first frame data and the second frame is greater than a predetermined value, adjusting pixel values of the sub-frame data according to the pixel value of the second frame data, and sequentially displaying the sub-frame data by the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Yu-Tsung Hu
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Patent number: 7714846Abstract: Digital signal processed touchscreen system. The invention employs amplitude ramped signals across a touchscreen. The pattern to which the amplitude ramped electric signals are provided may be located on the surface of the touchscreen, or alternatively on the backside of the touchscreen. The signal processing employed by the invention, using digital signal processing techniques, is operable to discern a user's touch and to determine its location. A dielectric, protective surface is used to enable implementation into a wide variety of applications, including those applications that are environmentally rugged and have, until now, been too rugged for prior art touchscreen systems. The invention employs a user generated unbalanced capacitive load generated on the touchscreen to identify the location of the user's touch.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Patrick T. Gray
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Patent number: 7710398Abstract: A computer mouse having rotational detectability is disclosed. The mouse has an outer housing adapted for directional movement on a horizontal plane. The mouse includes the conventional left and right buttons and scroll wheel. Additionally, the mouse includes an extendable plunger which, when extended, prohibits movement of the mouse in x-y directions yet permits rotational movement about the plunger. A sensor is included proximate the plunger for measuring rotational movement of the mouse about the plunger in the horizontal plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Akihiro Machida
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Patent number: 7667689Abstract: A mouse device includes a mouse main body, a roller, a rolling shaft and a switching mechanism. The roller is disposed within the mouse main body and partially protruded from the mouse main body. The rolling shaft is sheathed by the roller and has plural saw-toothed structures on the periphery thereof. The witching mechanism includes a metallic piece stand a first resilient element, a metallic piece, an indentation, a push rod and a fixing hook. By means of the switching mechanism, the mouse device is operated in a clicking-feel-imparting mode or a clicking-feel-lacking mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Chih Cheng, Cheng-Wen Wang
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Patent number: 7656381Abstract: Systems for providing dual resolution control of display panels are provided. A representative system incorporates two pairs of shift registers, each of the shift registers outputting a shifting signal; two pairs of logic gates; and a switching network coupled among the shifting registers and the logic gates. In a low resolution mode, the switching network causes the shift registers to output shifting signals, with corresponding pulses of the shifting signals of the shift registers of the first pair temporally overlapping with corresponding pulses of the shifting signals of the shift registers of the second pair; and wherein, responsive to the shifting signals, the logic gates output panel control signals, with corresponding pulses of the panel control signals of the logic gates of the first pair not temporally overlapping with corresponding pulses of the panel control signals of the logic gates of the second pair.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.Inventor: Ping Luo