Patents Examined by Van Chow
  • Patent number: 11307411
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a device that supports work of picking or sorting an article from a warehouse and the like, which allows the picking work to be carried out accurately and quickly. The device includes: a camera that photographs an automatically-readable identifier that is attached to a storage location of an article; an information processing unit that detects the identifier from an image photographed by the camera and processes the image of the identifier; and a display that displays information such as image information and text information. The information processing unit processes, based on the detected identifier and picking work order information, image on a specific identifier, and the processed image is displayed on the display at a location related to the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO KANETSU SOLUTIONS K.K., M. SOFT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Watanabe, Tadao Ito, Juji Yokoya, Norio Yagishita, Norihiro Wada, Yuka Tsushima, Michio Yokoyama, Hideaki Yonaga, Yasuhide Matsumoto, Rokuro Iwase
  • Patent number: 9940863
    Abstract: A display device according to example embodiments includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image; a gamma voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of gamma sets respectively corresponding to a plurality of luminance ranges, and configured to compare a target luminance level with the luminance ranges to select a target gamma set among the gamma sets, and to generate a plurality of gamma voltages using the target gamma set, the target luminance level being a luminance level of the image; a first dimming controller configured to scale input image data based on the target luminance level; a second dimming controller configured to determine an off duty ratio of an emission signal based on the target luminance level; and a display panel driver configured to drive the display panel based on the input image data and the gamma voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bo-Young An
  • Patent number: 9933866
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch sensor of the device. At least some of the signals are high-voltage signals generated by a relatively large potential difference compared to a voltage within a voltage range of approximately 1 to approximately 3 volts. The stylus includes a stylus tip, and one or more of the one or more electrodes are disposed at the stylus tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Shahrooz Shahparnia, Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Yassar Ali, Izhar Bentov
  • Patent number: 9933890
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same. A touch panel can include a substrate, a transparent electrode base on the substrate, a first transparent electrode on the transparent electrode base and extending in a first direction, and a second transparent electrode on the transparent electrode base and extending in a second direction. A method of manufacturing a touch panel can include preparing a substrate and a transparent electrode base, forming a transparent electrode over the transparent electrode base, and forming an electrode material over the transparent electrode base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Keun Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 9921707
    Abstract: A touch key of an operation console includes a circuit board (310) having a light source (312, 314), a light transmitting portion (322) transmitting light, a non-transparent light shielding portion (324) and a semi-transparent operation panel (300) covering upper surfaces of the light transmitting portion and the light shielding portion. The light transmitting portion accommodates the light source. The surfaces of light transmitting portion and light shielding portion in contact with each other are tightly sealed, and the circuit board (310) and the light shielding portion (324) cover the light transmitting portion (322) such that the light is emitted only from the surface in contact with the operation panel (300). Thus, leakage of light from around a figure indicating a touch key can be prevented, and the operation console comes to have a high-class look.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakamura, Hidenobu Mandai, Kazuhiro Matsuyama, Hiroyuki Nagao, Kazuhisa Yoneda
  • Patent number: 9921655
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method of providing haptic effects to a first user of a multi-user application. The method includes executing a first instance of the multi-user application on a first computing platform associated with the first user. The multi-user application is configured to interface with an object based on control inputs received from the first user and based on control inputs received from a second user via a second computing platform executing a second instance of the multi-user application, and responsive to performance of a first control input by the second user on the second computing platform, the method includes generating a first haptic effect for the first user on the first computing platform, the first haptic effect conveying information to the first user about the effect of the first control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventor: David M. Birnbaum
  • Patent number: 9911379
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a substrate and an active pattern formed over the substrate and including first to fourth regions, the first and fourth regions connected to each other. The display also includes a gate insulation layer formed over the active pattern, and a first gate electrode formed over the gate insulation layer. The first gate electrode, the first region and the second region define a first transistor. The display also includes a second gate electrode formed over the gate insulation layer, and the second gate electrode, the third region and the fourth region define a second transistor. The display also includes a first insulating interlayer formed over the first and second gate electrodes and a conductive pattern formed over the first insulating interlayer. An OLED is configured to receive a driving current from the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Hae Kim, Ki-Myeong Eom
  • Patent number: 9905188
    Abstract: Provided is a gate driving circuit including driving stages which provide a plurality of pixels of a display panel with gate signals, wherein any one of the driving stages includes a thin film transistor including a first control electrode, an activation part overlapping the first control electrode, an input electrode overlapping the activation part, an output electrode overlapping the activation part, and a second electrode disposed on the first control electrode and the activation part; and a capacitor including a first electrode disposed on the layer on which the first control electrode is disposed, a second electrode, which overlaps at least a portion of the first electrode and is disposed on the layer on which the input electrode is disposed, and a third electrode which overlaps the first and second electrodes and is electrically connected to the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhyun Park, Sunghwan Kim, Seyoung Song, Kyoungju Shin, Jaekeun Lim, Chongchul Chai
  • Patent number: 9905147
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device comprises a display comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a display plane. The display device is configured to determine a virtual plane at which a long-sighted user of the display device who is looking at the display sees sharp. Further, the display device is configured to determine a first contiguous group of pixels of the display which are located within a first optical path from a first virtual pixel of the virtual plane to an eye of the long-sighted user, and to determine a second contiguous group of pixels of the display which are located within a second optical path from a second virtual pixel of the virtual plane to the eye of the long-sighted user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Joachim Hirschler, Johann Schmid
  • Patent number: 9906195
    Abstract: An amplifier including: an input terminal coupled to a first node; an output terminal coupled to a second node; and a transistor coupled between a first power source and a second power source, the transistor including: a gate electrode coupled to the first node; a drain electrode coupled to the second node; a source electrode coupled to a third node; and a bulk electrode coupled to a fourth node and configured to receive a bulk voltage to change a threshold voltage of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nasrin Jaffari
  • Patent number: 9904390
    Abstract: A display device includes a touch display panel, a switch circuit, and a driver chip. The touch display panel includes a touch circuit and a display circuit. The driver chip is coupled to the display circuit for driving the touch display panel to display images. The driver chip is coupled to the touch circuit through the switch circuit, for turning off a touch function of the touch display panel. The disclosure also provides a touch display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 9898118
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a position detecting substrate includes a first base material, a sensing electrode formed of metal on the first base material and configured to detect a position, an adhesive layer facing the first base material and the sensing electrode and including a resin, and a second base material adhered to the sensing electrode by the adhesive layer, wherein assuming the force required to peel the sensing electrode from the first base material to be A, the force required to peel the adhesive layer from the first base material to be B and the force required to peel the second base material from the adhesive layer to be C, then A>B, or A>C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ide, Toshimasa Ishigaki, Daisuke Sonoda
  • Patent number: 9892677
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display is discussed. The organic light emitting diode display according to an embodiment a plurality of pixels configured to operate in an image mode for displaying images, and in an electricity generation mode for generating an electric current. Each pixel includes an organic light emitting diode and a pixel driving circuit. The pixel driving circuit electrically separates the corresponding light emitting diode from one or more adjacent organic light emitting diodes in the image mode, and electrically connects the corresponding light emitting diode to the one or more adjacent organic light emitting diodes in the electricity generation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Jeong, Bokyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 9891778
    Abstract: A touch key of an operation console includes a circuit board (310) having a light source (312, 314), a light transmitting portion (322) transmitting light, a non-transparent light shielding portion (324) and a semi-transparent operation panel (300) covering upper surfaces of the light transmitting portion and the light shielding portion. The light transmitting portion accommodates the light source. The surfaces of light transmitting portion and light shielding portion in contact with each other are tightly sealed, and the circuit board (310) and the light shielding portion (324) cover the light transmitting portion (322) such that the light is emitted only from the surface in contact with the operation panel (300). Thus, leakage of light from around a figure indicating a touch key can be prevented, and the operation console comes to have a high-class look.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakamura, Hidenobu Mandai, Kazuhiro Matsuyama, Hiroyuki Nagao, Kazuhisa Yoneda
  • Patent number: 9886118
    Abstract: One or more transparent transistor force sensitive structures can be included in an electronic device. The transistor force sensitive structures(s) is used to detect a force that is applied to the electronic device, to a component in the electronic device, and/or to an input region of the electronic device. As one example, the one or more transparent transistor force sensitive structures may be included in a display stack of a display in an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Vosgueritchian, James E. Pedder, John Stephen Smith, Xiaonan Wen
  • Patent number: 9881554
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a technical field of display technology, and provide a driving method for a pixel circuit and a driving device thereof. A problem of cost increase can be solved which is caused by an increase in a number of storages when adjustment is made by way of Gamma curve and table lookup, by means of the technical solutions according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The driving method of the pixel circuit includes acquiring brightness information of a display screen in a light-emitting phase (S101); determining a duty cycle of a pulse signal according to the brightness information (S102); inputting a high level to the first voltage terminal, and inputting the pulse signal with the duty cycle to a gate of the first switching transistor by the first gate line (S103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song Meng, Danna Song
  • Patent number: 9870099
    Abstract: A device includes an electronic display supported in a display chassis, a digitizer sensor overlaid on the electronic display, a circuit configured to detected touch interaction with the digitizer sensor based on output sampled and a display controller configured to control output on the electronic display. The electronic display includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) shield layer. The ESD shield layer is electrically connected to device ground and the impedance to the device ground of the ESD shield layer is configured to be sensitive to pressure applied on the digitizer sensor during user interaction. The digitizer sensor output is sensitive to the change in the impedance of ESD shield layer to the device ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Eliyahu Barel
  • Patent number: 9870751
    Abstract: A power supplying module for an electronic device with a display function includes a first power supplying unit, for charging an output end according to a first clock signal, wherein the output end is coupled to a driving module of the electronic device; and a clock generating unit, for adjusting the first clock signal when an event occurs to make the first power supplying unit charge the output end when the event occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Chia-Chi Cheng
  • Patent number: 9870090
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an array substrate, a touch display device and a driving method thereof. The array substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region. The display region includes a plurality of scan lines and the peripheral region comprises a gate electrode driving circuit and a touch driving circuit, the gate electrode driving circuit includes a plurality of stages of shift registers. Each of the plurality of stages of shift registers corresponds to and is electrically connected to one of the plurality of scan lines. The plurality of stages of shift registers are disposed at one side or two sides of the peripheral region. The shift registers disposed at at least one side of the peripheral region are divided into N groups of shift registers. The touch driving circuit includes N groups of touch selection outputting units corresponding to the N groups of shift registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying Sun
  • Patent number: 9864500
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying content on a display device by using a combination of an initial scroll speed set by an explicit action, preferably flicking the screen, and the subsequent change of scroll speed by controlling the difference of the tilt of the device from a reference orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Mayank Sanganeria