Patents Examined by William Boddie
  • Multi-functional hand-held device
    Patent number: 11275405
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-functional hand-held device capable of configuring user inputs based on how the device is to be used. Preferably, the multi-functional hand-held device has at most only a few physical buttons, keys, or switches so that its display size can be substantially increased. The multi-functional hand-held device also incorporates a variety of input mechanisms, including touch sensitive screens, touch sensitive housings, display actuators, audio input, etc. The device also incorporates a user-configurable GUI for each of the multiple functions of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Steven P. Hotelling
  • Gallery picker service
    Patent number: 11262792
    Abstract: Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Z124
    Inventors: Alexander de Paz, Martin Gimpl, Mohammed Selim
  • Method and apparatus for compensating image data for LED display
    Patent number: 11263956
    Abstract: An LED display system has and LED display panel coupled to a driver circuitry. The driver circuitry includes a scrambled PWM generator, a register, and a memory. The scrambled PWM generator receives an image data from an external source and, after certain compensations, is sent to a scramble PWM generator to be distributed according to a new set of rules that involves a compensation image data K. Image data K can be an empirical value or obtained according a formula using coefficients p and q, which can be obtained by calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SCT LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Li, Yi Zhang, Shang-Kuan Tang, Shean-Yih Chiou
  • Method for processing image, and display device
    Patent number: 11257443
    Abstract: A display device and an image processing method thereof are provided. An image processing method of a display device, according to the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: dividing a display unit of the display device into a plurality of regions; measuring brightness expression performance of the display device, including a value of a relation between the average brightness of the display unit and the brightness of one region among the plurality of regions; calculating an average brightness of an image inputted to the display device; mapping, to the measured brightness expression performance, the calculated average brightness of the inputted image; adjusting the brightness of a region, excluding an emphasized region, of the inputted image so as to generate an adjusted image; and outputting the adjusted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Ryeul Rhyu
  • Display device
    Patent number: 11256298
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and a connector. The substrate includes a display area, a first pad area, and a second pad area. The display area has a plurality of pixels. The first pad area and the second pad area are adjacent respective sides of the display area and are connected to different ones of the pixels. The connector connects the first pad area and the second pad area when the substrate is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hae-Kwan Seo
  • Picture frame display apparatus and a display method
    Patent number: 11250763
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display apparatus including a solution-on-chip (SOC) comprising a first input port receiving video data, a second input port configured to receive image data in a first resolution, and a central-processing unit comprising a frame-cut block integrated with an image processor to divide a frame of image data in the first resolution to 4 parts of the frame in a second resolution in a serial order. The display apparatus further includes a FPGA configured to write, read, and process respective one of the 4 parts of the frame in the serial order sent from the SOC to reconstruct a frame of image data in the first resolution. Furthermore, the display apparatus includes a TCON configured to receive the frame of the image data in the first resolution reconstructed by the FPGA and a display panel driven by the TCON to display the frame of image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ran Duan
  • Sensor for detecting pen signal transmitted from pen
    Patent number: 11249564
    Abstract: A sensor is provided for detecting a pen signal transmitted from a pen. The sensor includes a touch sensor, flexible printed circuit (FPC) connector terminals, and a detection pattern. The touch sensor has linear electrodes, which form a position detection area and are configured to respectively detect the pen signal. The FPC connector terminals are connected to the linear electrodes, respectively, via routing traces arranged outside the position detection area. The detection pattern is arranged in a region outside the position detection area, near the FPC connector terminals, and is configured to detect the pen signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Kadowaki, Yutaka Kamioka
  • Touch sensor and display device including the same
    Patent number: 11243647
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a substrate, an insulating layer, a sensor, and sensing lines. The substrate includes: a sensing region, and a peripheral region at a periphery of the sensing region. The insulating layer is on the substrate. The insulating layer includes contact holes. The sensor is on the substrate and overlaps the sensing region. The sensing lines are on the substrate and overlap the peripheral region. The sensing lines are connected to the sensor. Each of the sensing lines is formed as a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure includes a first electrically conductive layer on the substrate, and a second electrically conductive layer connected to the first electrically conductive layer via a contact hole among the contact holes. Widths of the sensing lines are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Yul Seo, Yu Jin Choi, Yeon Ju Kang, Ki Hyuk Kim, Gyeong Nam Bang
  • Electronic device for charging battery of external electronic device and method thereof
    Patent number: 11237650
    Abstract: An electronic device include a housing, a touchscreen display viewable through a portion of the housing, a wireless communication circuitry disposed inside the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing and operatively connected to the touchscreen display and the wireless communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive a first signal indicating a charging state of a battery from an external electronic device including the battery through the wireless communication circuitry, and to provide a user interface corresponding to charging of the battery, based at least partially on the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongwoon Kim, Jinwan An
  • Piezoresistive sensor for detecting a physical disturbance
    Patent number: 11231334
    Abstract: A sensor includes a plurality of piezoresistive elements and a plurality of electrical connection terminals. The plurality of piezoresistive elements are fabricated on a first side of a substrate. A second side of the substrate is configured to be coupled to an object where a physical disturbance is to be detected. A plurality of electrical connection terminals are coupled to the first side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh, Shirish A. Altekar
  • Low power touch sensing during a sleep state of an electronic device
    Patent number: 11226668
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device can sense touch on its touch screen while in a sleep state in a manner that allows the electronic device to respond to certain touch inputs, while consuming less power due to touch sensing than while in an awake state. For example, sensing touch during the sleep state can allow the electronic device to wake (e.g., transition from the sleep state to the awake state) in response to detecting a certain touch input (e.g., a tap or other touch input) on its touch screen while in the sleep state. Various ways for the electronic device to sense touch during the sleep state are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taif A. Syed, Bingrui Yang, Christopher Tenzin Mullens, Sumant Ranganathan
  • Pixel circuit and driving method thereof, display panel and display apparatus
    Patent number: 11222581
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a method for driving a pixel circuit and a display panel are provided. An exemplary pixel circuit includes a data writing module and a driving transistor, a voltage of a first terminal of the driving transistor being greater than a voltage of a second terminal; a light-emitting control module and a light-emitting device, the light-emitting device being configured to emit light in response to the driving current generated by the driving transistor; a first initialization module and a second initialization module; and a reset module configured to cause the voltage of the second terminal of the driving transistor to be greater than or equal to the voltage of the first terminal of the driving transistor in response to a current-stage reset signal, an enable signal of the current-stage reset signal appearing after an enable signal of the current-stage light-emitting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Yuan, Yuheng Zhang, Wanming Huang, Jieliang Li
  • Systems and methods for interacting with multiple applications that are simultaneously displayed on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display
    Patent number: 11221698
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multitasking using touch-sensitive devices are disclosed. An example method includes: displaying a first application in a display area that occupies substantially all of a touch-sensitive display (TSD). While displaying the first application: displaying a dock overlaying a first portion of the display area; detecting a contact over a first affordance displayed within the dock, and the first affordance is associated with a second set of applications; detecting movement of the contact away from the dock. Upon detecting a liftoff of the contact from the TSD while the contact is over a second portion of the display area different from the first portion, the method further includes: displaying (i) the first set of application and (ii) at least some of the second set of applications in the display area that occupies substantially all of the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Richard R. Dellinger, Stephen O. Lemay, Brandon M. Walkin
  • Light directors for head mounted display
    Patent number: 11215830
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display and a light director assembly. The electronic display includes a region of subpixels that are configured to emit light. The light director assembly is coupled to receive the light and to direct the light to an optical assembly of the HMD. The light director assembly includes a plurality of light directors configured to reduce an angular distribution of the light emitted from corresponding subpixels included in the region of subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Evan M. Richards
  • Organic light emitting display and method of sensing deterioration of the same
    Patent number: 11217171
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and a method of sensing deterioration of the same are discussed. The organic light emitting display includes a display panel including a plurality of display lines, each of the display lines in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, each of the pixels including a light emitting element and a driving element, a panel driver configured to supply a gate signal and a data voltage synchronized with the gate signal to the pixels of the display lines, a sensing unit configured to sense driving characteristics of the pixels, and a timing controller configured to control operation timings of the panel driver and the sensing unit, and overlappingly shift a sensing driving sequence for at least some display lines in accordance with a line sequential manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongik Kim, Kyoungdon Woo
  • Apparatus for sensing user input
    Patent number: 11209927
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing user input to an electronic device is described. The apparatus utilizes multiple strain gauge (“SG”) sensing units which are each disposed adjacent an inner surface of the device housing. The SGs are configured to detect a particular type of user input administered to the sides of the device housing based on at least one of: the magnitude of strain applied to the SGs, the relative location of the applied strain, and the duration of the applied strain. The SGs are further configured to detect a second type of user input administered to a display screen of the electronic device caused by bowing of the device housing caused by user contact with the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Philip Quinn
  • Touch display device and method for manufacturing touch display device
    Patent number: 11199930
    Abstract: Discussed is a display device including a first substrate; a display panel including first and second electrodes disposed on the first substrate, and a light-emitting layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode; an encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode of the display panel; a first touch electrode unit disposed on the encapsulation layer and extending in one of a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a first passivation layer disposed on the first touch electrode unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HyunJun Min, YongMin Ha, SeungRok Shin
  • Color electrophoretic displays using same polarity reversing address pulse
    Patent number: 11195481
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display comprising a fluid including a first species of particles and a charge control agent disposed between first and second electrodes. When a first addressing impulse have an electrical polarity is applied to the medium, the first species of particles move in one direction relative to the electric field, but when a second addressing impulse, larger than the first addressing impulse but having the same electrical polarity, is applied to the medium, the first species of particles move in the opposed direction relative to the electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Telfer, Stephen Bull, Alain Bouchard, Craig A. Herb, Kosta Ladavac, Ana L. Lattes, Jennifer M. Morrison, Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Michael Thomas Regan, Luke M. Slominski, Lee Yezek, Kenneth R. Crounse, J. Ryan Kruse, Christopher L. Hoogeboom, Jason D. Feick, David Darrell Miller
  • Head mounted display assembly with structural frame and separate outer frame
    Patent number: 11187908
    Abstract: A method for assembling a head mounted display includes providing a rigid structural frame, and forming an inner optical assembly by assembling optical components to the structural frame including at least one micro-display configured to generate an image, and at least one reflective optical component configured to direct the image to a user's eye. The method includes assembling an outer frame to the inner optical assembly to provide protection for the optical components and customization of the head-mounted display for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Immy Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Peter Magyari
  • Pen
    Patent number: 11181996
    Abstract: A pen includes: an electrode; a power supply circuit which, in operation, supplies a first voltage; a low voltage integrated circuit (LVIC) coupled to the power supply circuit, wherein the LVIC, in operation, outputs a transmission signal at the first voltage; a high voltage integrated circuit (HVIC) including a level shifter which, in operation, outputs the transmission signal at a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage; an inter-IC wire which, in operation, supplies the transmission signal having the first voltage from the LVIC to the HVIC; an electrode wire which, in operation, supplies the transmission signal having the second voltage from the HVIC to the electrode; and a step-up circuit coupled to the power supply circuit, wherein the HVIC in operation, supplies the second voltage to the level shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Koike