Patents Examined by William Lu
  • Patent number: 10139914
    Abstract: Described are apparatus and methods for reconstructing a full human skeletal pose or a partial skeletal pose by aggregating and fusing various data from various sensors, and for detecting the occurrence of gestures from poses that occur over a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nod, Inc.
    Inventor: Anusankar Elangovan
  • Patent number: 10136394
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that reduce network management overhead required for the operation of wireless femtocells. In one aspect of the invention, a central network entity governs the simultaneous operation of several femtocells by specifying modes of operation, and operational parameters for one or more of the femtocells. In one embodiment, at least one of the specified modes of operation directs a femtocell to operate in a substantially autonomous manner within the network-defined operational parameters. The network-defined constraints are provided to the femtocell for example, responsive to a successful registration attempt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hyung-Nam Choi, Maik Bienas, Achim Luft
  • Patent number: 10133467
    Abstract: Creating deactivate a portion of the touch screen, and position the deactivated portion on a edge of the touch screen such that a user can hold the touch screen device with the thumb resting on the deactivated portion, without accidentally activating icons or active links on the touch screen. The deactivated portion can be moved, cloned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SEEFAA SCITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhigang Ma
  • Patent number: 10126816
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a non-tactile device including a receiving device configured to receive signals corresponding to a user's brain waves or movements, the brain waves or movements corresponding to a series of directional intentions, the intentions defining at least one line pattern, a processor configured to process the at least one line pattern, each of said at least one line patterns associated with an action of the device, and output a control signal to the non-tactile device related to the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Naqi Logics LLC
    Inventor: David Lee Segal
  • Patent number: 10120509
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to remove common mode noise projected onto a touch sensor array from a display. The system is configured to activate two rows of electrodes at the same time, while coupling remaining rows of electrodes to ground. A first one of the two activated rows is used for detection of a touch and a second one of the two activated rows is used to detect common mode noise from the display. The common mode noise detected by the second row is removed from signals received from a plurality of columns of the touch sensor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD
    Inventors: Praveesh Chandran, Lokesh Kumar Korapati, Mythreyi Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 10121428
    Abstract: A power supply module includes a source driver power supply circuit, a gate driver power supply circuit, a first capacitor group, a second capacitor group and a switch module. The source driver power supply circuit and the gate driver power supply circuit are utilized for driving a source driver and a gate driver of a display device, respectively. The first capacitor group includes at least one first storage capacitor for storing electric charges for driving source driving signals, and at least one first flying capacitor. The second capacitor group includes at least one second storage capacitor for storing electric charges for driving gate driving signals, and at least one second flying capacitor. The switch module is utilized for switching the first capacitor group to be used for the gate driver power supply circuit or switching the second capacitor group to be used for the source driver power supply circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tsun-Sen Lin, Min-Nan Liao
  • Patent number: 10108277
    Abstract: A position detection apparatus of the electrostatic coupling type is provided, to detect not only a position of a pointer but also information other than the position information such as, for example, pointer pressure or side switch information. The pointer transmits two codes such that a pressure applied to a pen tip is associated with a time difference between the two codes. A position detector carries out a correlation matching operation between signals generated in reception conductors and correlation calculation codes corresponding to the two codes, to thereby detect a position on a sensor section pointed to by the pointer from a result of the correlation matching operation and based on at least one of the codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Oda, Sadao Yamamoto, Yoshihisa Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10078996
    Abstract: A processing device for an industrial vehicle includes a field-replaceable user interface. The processing device includes a service module and a main module. The service module, which is field replaceable, includes a display having a touch screen, at least one user input control and a service module circuit board. The main module comprises a main module circuit board. The service module circuit board and the main module circuit board include complementary rigid couplers that connect independently of a cable there between when the service module is mated with the main module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony T. Castaneda, Gregg E. Hillman, Timothy A. Wellman
  • Patent number: 10074323
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an image display area including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and a peripheral area disposed outside the image display area and including circuitry. The peripheral area includes a first potential supply layer, a second potential supply layer and a third potential supply layer. The first potential supply layer is provided to supply a potential to a common electrode of the plurality of pixels in the image display area. The third potential supply layer is connected to power supply circuitry for receiving the potential. The second potential supply layer includes bridge patterns separated by spaces, and the bridge patterns connect the first potential supply layer and the second potential supply layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Nakayama, Hiroyuki Yabuki, Ryutaro Oke
  • Patent number: 10067588
    Abstract: A touch scanning circuit and a driving method thereof, a touch driving circuit and a display panel. The touch scanning circuit includes: an input sub-circuit, a first control sub-circuit, a second control sub-circuit, a shift output sub-circuit and a touch output sub-circuit. The input sub-circuit is configured to control a potential of a first node; the first control sub-circuit is configured to control connection and disconnection between the first node and a third node; the second control sub-circuit is configured to control a potential of a second node; the shift output sub-circuit is configured to control a potential of a shift output end according to the third node and the second node; and the touch output sub-circuit is configured to control a signal outputted from a touch output end according to the second node, the shift output end and the first clock signal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Tan, Yin Deng, Dongmei Wei
  • Patent number: 10067605
    Abstract: In a driving method for reducing display interference in in-cell multi-touch panel, a display driving signal is provided to K gate lines and a display image signal is provided to L source lines so as to drive corresponding transistors and capacitors in a display frame for displaying an image. The method also provides a touch driving signal to N touch driving lines and receives touch signals from M sensing lines to thereby detect one or more touch point positions of an external object in a touch frame based on the touch driving signal. In each touch frame, a sequence of providing the touch driving signal to N touch driving lines is different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: FOCALTECH SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsin-Mao Huang, Pei-Chang Ho, Szu-Mien Wang
  • Patent number: 10067596
    Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
  • Patent number: 10068527
    Abstract: A pixel includes five transistors and a capacitor. A first transistor controls current to be supplied to a light-emitting element. A second transistor is connected between a gate electrode of the first transistor and a first power supply. A third transistor is connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a second terminal of the first transistor. The capacitor is coupled between the third transistor and the second terminal of the first transistor. The fourth transistor is connected between the second terminal of the first transistor and a second power supply. The fifth transistor is connected between the second terminal of the third transistor and a signal line. The capacitor may be the only capacitor in the pixel, and the signal line may receive an initialization voltage and a gray scale data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kumeta, Takeshi Okuno, Eiji Kanda, Ryo Ishii, Naoaki Komiya
  • Patent number: 10062334
    Abstract: Quantum dot backlights for use in displays and processes for controlling the dimming of quantum dot backlights are provided. The backlight can include an LED (e.g., a blue LED) configured to emit a light through a sheet of quantum dots. The quantum dots can be configured to emit colored light (e.g., red and green light) in response to the light emitted from the LED. To control the relative luminance of the LED, the backlight can be controlled through the use of current dimming to adjust the brightness of the LED at high relative luminance settings to increase the light output efficiency and can include the use of pulse width modulation to adjust the brightness of the LED at low relative luminance settings to reduce the amount of wavelength shift experienced by the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chenhua You, Jean-Jacques P. Drolet
  • Patent number: 10061346
    Abstract: A portable information handling system may be equipped with a folded continuous multielement touch display that covers a front and back surface of a display member. Based on a physical state and a usage case of the portable information handling system, certain elements in the multielement touch display may be selectively deactivated or disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Lawrence Edward Knepper, Asim Mukarram Siddiqui, Rex W. Bryan
  • Patent number: 10061413
    Abstract: An operating element which is cylindrical and has two touch panels with touch-sensitive surfaces, the touch panels being arranged on two outer sides of the operating element which face away from one another, an operating command being able to be input by touching the surfaces of both touch panels, a first focal point for touch being able to be detected on a first touch panel and a second focal point for touch being able to be detected on the second touch panel, and a direction associated with the operating command being able to be dynamically determined by the focal points of the touching of the surfaces of the two touch panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Fink
  • Patent number: 10061381
    Abstract: This invention relates to computer technology, and more particularly to input devices, and can be used in computer games, for controlling objects in spaces simulated on an electronic computer, and is intended to provide more reliable and accurate control of a motion system by means of a device, comprising buttons, and a body having a pivot with a stem which is rigidly connected to an operator's seat by an arm with clamps. The body is rigidly connected to a control element in the form of an H-shaped frame with clamps and with curved supporting surfaces for the forearms of the operator, said control element being capable of movement by virtue of the pivot, the rigidity of movement of which can be adjusted with the aid of a regulator, disposed inside the body; buttons, pivoting buttons, multi-contact buttons and rollers are situated on the front parts of the control element, opposite one another along the side edges of said front parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Inventor: Andrey Valerievich Gruzdev
  • Patent number: 10043456
    Abstract: A display device includes a first support plate and a second support plate opposite the first support plate. A plurality of pixel regions are positioned between the first support plate and the second support plate and arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A controller is configured to: determine that a measured operating condition value for a first performance property of the display device is outside an operating range for the first performance property; adjust a first value for a first device parameter to an adjusted first value based on the measured operating condition value; and adjust a second value for a second device parameter to an adjusted second value based on the measured operating condition value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Petrus Maria de Greef
  • Patent number: 10043439
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a plurality of pixels located in a matrix. The plurality of pixels include first sub pixels and second sub pixels, the second sub pixels being adjacent to the first sub pixels. The display device further comprises a plurality of assisting lines formed between the first sub pixels and the second sub pixels, the areas not overlapping the openings of the banks as seen in a plan view. As seen in a cross-sectional view, regarding each of the first sub pixels and the second sub pixel adjacent thereto, a distance between an edge of the opening of the bank demarcating the first sub pixel and a corresponding assisting line, among the assisting lines, is longer than a distance between an edge of the opening of the bank demarcating the second sub pixel and the corresponding assisting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10043483
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel arrangement structure, an array substrate, a display apparatus and a display control method. The display control method includes obtaining a first grayscale value, a second grayscale value, a third grayscale value and a fourth grayscale value of a blue sub-pixel of four pixel units in a repeating unit; and calculating an actual display value of the blue sub-pixel based on the first grayscale value, the second grayscale value, the third grayscale value and the fourth grayscale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Danna Song, Song Meng, Cuili Gai, Zhongyuan Wu