Patents Examined by Vinh Lam
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Patent number: 8947396Abstract: A resistive touch panel includes an ITO layer, a glass layer, and an insulation layer sandwiched between the ITO layer and the glass layer. The ITO layer is cut into a continuous zigzag-shaped ITO strip by a number of first and second etched lines which are equidistantly spaced and arranged in an alternate fashion. The ITO strip is connected between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The glass layer includes an ITO covering portion and a peripheral output bus surrounding the ITO covering portion. The resistance touch panel defines a Cartesian coordinate system for locating a touch point thereon, each touch point spatially corresponding to a given position on the ITO strip, the power supply generates a given voltage at given position of the ITO strip, the output bus transmits a signal associated with the voltage to an outside processor. A related electronic device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wei-Guo Xiao, Yi-Ying Chen, Chiu-Hsiung Lin
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Patent number: 8937586Abstract: A device for reducing flickers of a liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel is divided into a plurality of blocks. The device includes a memory, a common voltage generation unit, and a controller. The memory is used for storing a plurality of initial codes. Each initial code corresponds to a block of the plurality of blocks and a common voltage. The controller is used for generating a control signal to the common voltage generation unit when the controller starts to count scan start signals corresponding to the block. The common voltage generation unit is used for reading the initial code from the memory according to the control signal, and generating the common voltage to the block according to the initial code.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Shih-Yu Wang, Chia-Yi Lu
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Patent number: 8928590Abstract: A gesture-enabled keyboard and method are defined. The gesture-enabled keyboard includes a keyboard housing including one or more keyboard keys for typing and a pair of stereo camera sensors mounted within the keyboard housing, a field of view of the pair of stereo camera sensors projecting substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the keyboard housing. A background of the field of view is updated when one or more alternative input devices are in use. A gesture region including a plurality of interaction zones and a virtual membrane defining a region of transition from one of the plurality of interaction zones to another of the plurality of interaction zones is defined within the field of view of the pair of stereo camera sensors. Gesture interaction is enabled when one or more gesture objects are positioned within the gesture region, and when one or more alternative input devices are not in use.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Edge 3 Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Tarek El Dokor
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Patent number: 8917262Abstract: A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2011Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Integrated Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shen-Tai Liaw, Nae-Jye Hwang, Feng-Sheng Lin, Chih-Ming Yuan
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Patent number: 8884856Abstract: A video system including a sequential color liquid crystal display with a panel of pixels arranged in rows and columns, including a mechanism that controls unit brightness levels on each pixel in the panel called grey levels, each grey level corresponding to a video information received at the input. The grey level controlled on a pixel is achieved with an analog voltage that varies monotonously depending on the row associated with the pixel and/or a color to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: ThalesInventors: Hugues Lebrun, Thierry Kretz
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Patent number: 8872742Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid crystal display device and its driving method for improving a visual picture quality. A liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment includes a liquid crystal display panel where plural pixels composed of sub-pixels arranged in a fixed pattern are arranged by the unit of one horizontal line; a timing controller for controlling the gray level realization of digital data inputted from a system; and a data drive circuit that differently realigns a data pattern of the digital data by the unit of one horizontal line for each k horizontal period, that converts the digital data of the realigned data pattern into analog data voltages, and that makes the analog data voltages, which are buffered in accord with the realigned data pattern, in accord with an arrangement pattern of the sub-pixels constituting each pixel to supply the analog data voltages to each pixel.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Chul Choi, Sun Young Kim
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Patent number: 8860681Abstract: A device and computer program product for determining a level of cleanliness of a multi-touch screen display, characterizing objects that make contact with the screen, and initiating a specific maintenance action on the screen, based on screen cleanliness and the object(s) characterization(s). A screen diagnostic and maintenance (SDM) utility initiates a number of procedures to determine the type of object(s) and a set of characteristics of object(s) that make contact with the touch screen. Based on the results of the procedures, the SDM utility characterizes/identifies the object(s). In addition, the SDM utility initiates maintenance screen check(s) based on information stored in maintenance configuration file(s). Based on the results of the maintenance check(s), configuration file(s) data and type and characterization of the object(s) that have made contact with the screen, the SDM utility determines the type of maintenance that is performed and the timing/schedule of the maintenance action(s).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nicole M. Arnold, Lydia M. Do, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Lisa A. Seacat
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Patent number: 8842103Abstract: A method of driving liquid crystal display panel includes generating a plurality of eye data frames from a received frame of image data. A high data frame having a first liquid crystal rotating attribute and a low data frame having a lesser second liquid crystal rotating attribute are respectively generated from a respective two of the generated plurality of eye data frames. The high data frame and the low data frame are alternatingly used to drive the liquid crystal display panel according to a time division rate such that liquid crystal molecules are subjected to low and higher crystal rotating forces. In one embodiment, each pixel is space-divided into first and second sub areas having different distances between the first and second pixel electrodes, and the high data and the low data are time-divided and displayed on the pixel, enhancing visibility of the resulting image for different viewing angles.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hwa-Sung Woo, Dong-Gyu Kim, Kye-Hun Lee, Hyang-Yul Kim, Joo-Nyung Jang
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Patent number: 8842112Abstract: An image display device equalizes an amount of shift in Vth of a driving element for each pixel. Provided are a light-emitting element (D1) that emits light corresponding to current flowing therethrough; a driving element (Q1) that is connected to the light-emitting element (D1) and controls light emission of the light-emitting element (D1); and a controller (U1) that detects a threshold voltage of the driving element (D1) and controls an applied voltage to the driving element (D1) based on the detected threshold voltage. The controller (U1) applies voltages for a reverse or forward bias to the driving element (D1) based on a comparison result between the threshold voltage and a predetermined threshold when the light-emitting element (D1) does not emit light.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Takasugi, Taro Hasumi
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Patent number: 8836681Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for reducing artifacts in an image generated by a display device. In one aspect, data is written to a display and a position of display elements is maintained based on the application of a bias voltage pattern. The bias voltage pattern includes alternating polarities along one dimension in a pattern having a first frequency spectrum, and alternating polarities along a second dimension in a pattern having a second frequency spectrum that is different than the first frequency spectrum. At least one of the first and second frequency spectrums may include a plurality of frequency components.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Manu Parmar, Jeho Lee, Nao S. Chuei, Koorosh Aflatooni
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Patent number: 8830211Abstract: Bending wave vibration is used to calculate information relating to a contact on a contact sensitive device. The contact sensitive device has a member capable of supporting bending waves, and a device attached to the member measures bending wave propagation in the member to determine a measured bending wave signal. The measured bending wave signal is processed to calculate information relating to the contact. The contact sensitive device may comprise a transparent touch sensitive plate mounted in front of a display device.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: NVF Tech Ltd.Inventor: Nicholas P. R. Hill
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Patent number: 8830173Abstract: A signal line used in a key matrix is shared between a signal line used in a first display unit and a signal line used in a second display unit. Two types of periodical pulse signals are superimposed on a level signal which indicates data displayed on the second display unit. One type is a pulse signal for detecting key input and another type is a pulse signal which indicates data displayed on the first display unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuichi Naoi, Yasufumi Ogasawara
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Patent number: 8823665Abstract: A handheld electronic device and a frame control method of digital information thereof. The handheld electronic device comprises a display module, a detection module and a processing module. The display module is used to display the digital information. The detection module is connected to the display module and used to detect whether the display module is touched by a predetermined method and also used to detect a duration time or a motion track when the display module is touched by the predetermined method. The processing module is connected to the display module and the detection module and determines whether the duration time exceeds a threshold value or the motion track corresponds to a preset graphic. When the duration time exceeds the threshold value or the motion track corresponds to the preset graphic, the processing module would execute a preset process action of the digital information.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Altek CorporationInventor: Tai-Jung Hsieh
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Patent number: 8816993Abstract: A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Integrated Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Chih-Ming Yuan, Shen-Tai Liaw, Nae-Jye Hwang
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Patent number: 8810527Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of touching positions on a locus of touching operations, determines an operation direction of an operation by using a determination condition set based on the plurality of acquired touching positions, and performs an action predetermined in association with the determined operation direction. In addition, the information processing apparatus stores the determined operation direction on a memory and changes the determination condition based on the operation direction stored on the memory to determine an operation direction of a touching operation executed after the operation for which the operation direction has been determined and stored.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koichi Nakagawa
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Patent number: 8803832Abstract: [Object] To provide a contact operation determination apparatus, a contact operation determination method, and a program that are capable of avoiding erroneous determination in an end portion of a contact detection area.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Ohashi, Tsuyoshi Oobayashi
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Patent number: 8803860Abstract: A display system includes a display panel of pixels, a gate driver and a compensation unit. The gate driver receives a control signal and based on the control signal, generates a gate signal to drive a transistor included in a pixel. The compensation unit measures and compensates for a fall time of the gate driver. The compensation unit includes a replica gate driver, a peak RMS detector, a comparator and a counter. The replica gate driver generates a replica gate signal based on the control signal. The peak RMS detector calculates a peak RMS of the replica gate signal. The comparator compares the peak RMS of the replica gate signal and a reference voltage and generates a comparator value. The counter is controlled by the comparator value to generate a compensation value used to adjust the gate driver and the replica gate driver. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Shafiq M. Jamal
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Patent number: 8786567Abstract: A software touchscreen displayed on start up for a LAN for an automated light. The software touchscreen is displayed by the software on initial startup, and later, after the initial startup, the same touchscreen is used for controlling the light.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Production Resource Group, LLCInventor: Charles Reese
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Patent number: 8780089Abstract: A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Integrated Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Chih-Ming Yuan, Shen-Tai Liaw, Nae-Jye Hwang
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Patent number: 8780097Abstract: A system for detecting newton ring mura on a display includes sensing an image of the display with an image capture device and determining a border boundary of an illuminated portion of the display. The image is spatially filtered as defined by the border boundary using a filter that reduces sensor noise and a grid pattern of the display. The spatially filtered image is processed to determine if a region proximate a pixel location is a potential newton ring mura defect and characterizing the potential newton ring mura defects to remove at least one of the potential newton ring mura defects.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventors: Xinyu Xu, Xiao-fan Feng, Chang Yuan