Patents Examined by Yaron Cohen
  • Patent number: 10254901
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an integrated circuit configured to be operatively coupled to a sensor array that is configured to generate an ultrasonic wave. The integrated circuit includes a transmitter circuit configured to provide a first signal to the sensor array. The integrated circuit further includes a receiver circuit configured to receive a second signal from the sensor array in response to providing the first signal. The sensor array includes an ultrasonic transmitter configured to generate the ultrasonic wave in response to the first signal and a piezoelectric receiver layer configured to detect a reflection of the ultrasonic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Dickinson, Lennart Karl-Axel Mathe, Scott McCarthy, Kostadin Dimitrov Djordjev, Louis Dominic Oliveira, Qubo Zhou
  • Patent number: 10222981
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to displaying holographic keyboard and hand images in a holographic environment are provided. In one embodiment depth information of an actual position of a user's hand is received from a capture device. The user's hand is spaced by an initial actual distance from the capture device, and a holographic keyboard image is displayed spatially separated by a virtual distance from a holographic hand image. The user's hand is determined to move to an updated actual distance from the capture device. In response, the holographic keyboard image is maintained spatially separated by substantially the virtual distance from the holographic hand image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rotem Bennet, Lewey Geselowitz, Wei Zhang, Adam G. Poulos, John Bevis, Kim Pascal Pimmel, Nicholas Gervase Fajt
  • Patent number: 10204589
    Abstract: Disclosed are a source driver and a display device including the same. The source driver may include: an output buffer unit including a pair of output buffers controlled by a first power down signal and another pair of output buffers controlled by a second power down signal; and a charge sharing unit configured to control output buffers to share charge when the first or second power down signal is enabled, the output buffers being driven in the same driving range among the pair of output buffers and the other pair of output buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bok Kim, Young Tae Kim, Joon Ho Na
  • Patent number: 10185533
    Abstract: A video wall control system for controlling a video wall including a plurality of screens, the video wall control system including: at least one client module controlling the layout of the video wall; a central control module acquiring camera unique identification (UID) and a video stream from a monitoring system, storing the camera UID and the video stream, and controlling the layout of the video wall; a storage module storing the modified video wall layout; a gateway module receiving a layout modification event from the client module or the central control module and load the modified video wall layout from the storage module; and a decoding module loading the camera UID and the video stream from the central control module, receiving the modified video wall layout from the gateway module, and modifying the layout of the video wall based on the received modified video wall layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Dae Sang Kim, Young In Yun
  • Patent number: 10185391
    Abstract: A screen display control method is provided for controlling screen display of an electronic device more efficiently. A screen display control method includes determining a resolution of a camera, recognizing a face of a user using the camera operating at the determined resolution, and controlling screen display of the electronic device based on the face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wooyong Lee, Gyuhee Han, Kwangkyu Park, Seungjoon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10133416
    Abstract: A frequency division modulated touch detector having row and column conductors arranged such that the path of the row conductors cross the paths of the column conductors, and signal emitters associated with each row, the emitters being adapted to transmit a signal having a specific frequency and initial phase on each row conductor, and a receiver associated with each column to receive signals present on the column conductor. A signal processor is adapted to determine an in-phase and a quadrature component for each of the transmitted signal found in the received signals, and to project a vector representing the transmitted frequencies at their initial phase onto the respective in-phase and quadrature component to determine a measurement for each transmitted signal on each column, and create a heat map reflecting those measurements, the heat map thus containing data reflective of touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventor: Darren Laney Leigh
  • Patent number: 10133531
    Abstract: To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. To provide a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed. To provide a display device that can display an image along a curved surface. The display device includes two display panels, two plates, two stages, two driver circuits, two adjusting units, and a frame. Each display panel includes a display portion, an operating circuit portion, a terminal, an external electrode, a transparent portion, and a first portion and has flexibility. Each transparent portion includes a region transmitting visible light. The display panels are fixed so that transparent portions and parts of the display portions extend beyond the plates. The display portion of one of the two display panels overlaps with the transparent portion of the other display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratories Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yoshitani, Kazuhiko Fujita, Akihiro Kaita
  • Patent number: 10056032
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display includes: a display panel including first and second pixels, each having an organic light-emitting diode; and a data driver including a first operational amplifier having a non-inverting terminal coupled to a reference voltage terminal and an inverting terminal coupled to the first pixel, and a second operational amplifier having a non-inverting terminal coupled to the reference voltage terminal and an inverting terminal coupled to the second pixel. The first pixel includes a sensing transistor, a first driving transistor, and a first switch transistor. The second pixel includes a second driving transistor and a second switch transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Joo Hyung Lee, Kyung Youl Min
  • Patent number: 9959032
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus, method and computer program product are described. At least the apparatus includes comprising a display control device that controls a display of a lock release screen that has displayed thereon a manipulation object and a target object. A manipulation detection device detects a lock release manipulation as a detected moving of the manipulation object toward the target object. The display control device changes an appearance of the target object in response to the manipulation detection device detecting the moving of the manipulation object toward the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yunha Cho, Satoshi Asai
  • Patent number: 9958919
    Abstract: An embodiment is a circuit for use with a display device, the circuit including: a first input node configured to be operatively coupled to a first port of a data source device that provides the display device with data, to receive a first direct voltage used for a real-time display of the data on the display device; and at least one output node, configured to operatively provide the display device with at least one output voltage generated based on the first direct voltage, wherein the first port is isolated from a data port used to transmit the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) R&D CO., LTD., STMICROELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Danny Sheng, Andy Lin, Johnny Yoon
  • Patent number: 9910527
    Abstract: A method, gesture interpretation unit and touch sensing device receiving touch input data indicating touch inputs on a touch surface of the touch sensing device, wherein the touch input data comprises positioning data and pressure data for each touch input, and determining from the touch input data: first, second and third touch input from a first, a second and a third object on the touch surface, and wherein the first, second and third objects are present on the touch surface during overlapping time periods; and while continuous contact of the first, second and third objects with the touch surface is maintained: calculating a geometric center of mass, and a pressure center of mass, for the first, second and third touch inputs; comparing the GCM with the determining a movement vector based on the result of the comparison; and moving the graphical interactive object in relation to the movement vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Nicklas Ohlsson, Andreas Olsson, Mattias Krus
  • Patent number: 9904457
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause a view of a three-dimensional graphical user interface to be displayed on a touch-sensitive display, the three-dimensional graphical user interface comprising a three-dimensional arrangement of a plurality of graphical objects, each of the graphical objects, when displayed, having an associated display parameter, to identify at least one graphical object for which the associated display parameter satisfies a predetermined criterion, and to enable individual selectability in respect of the identified at least one graphical object, wherein each individually selectable graphical object is selectable with a touch input and wherein individually selecting a graphical object with a touch input causes an action to be performed in respect of the selected graphical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Ashley Colley
  • Patent number: 9898101
    Abstract: An input device includes a casing having a concave compartment having an inner bottom end, the concave compartment formed at one end of an axis direction of the casing, a moveable object supported in the concave compartment and reciprocally moveable along the axis direction of the casing, and a transmitter to transmit a contact-detection signal of the input device contacting on a display face when the moveable object is pressed and moved into the inner bottom end of the concave compartment for a given distance. When the moveable object is pressed along the axis direction of the casing, the moveable object is moved into the inner bottom end along the axis direction of the casing, and when the moveable object is pressed along a direction slanted from the axis direction of the casing, the moveable object is moved into the inner bottom end along the slanted direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9870071
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for managing security of a terminal which increases reliability of an electronic signature. The apparatus includes a controller for detecting coordinate values of input positions of an electronic pen as interruption information when the interruption is received, and a memory for storing the detected input positions as additional electronic signature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yoon Park, Jae-Yung Yeo, Seung-Eun Lee, Seong-Min Je
  • Patent number: 9847051
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have multiple subpixels of different colors. To avoid undesired color shifts when operating the display, the display may be configured so that subpixels of different colors are not coupled to each other through parasitic capacitances. The subpixels may include red, green, and blue subpixels or subpixels of other colors. Each subpixel may include an organic light-emitting diode having an anode and a cathode. The anode of each organic light-emitting diode may be coupled to a respective storage capacitor. Capacitive coupling between subpixels can be minimized by configuring the subpixel structures of each pixel so that the storage capacitors of the subpixels do not overlap the anodes of other subpixels in the pixel. Anode and capacitor overlap with subpixel data lines may also be reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Won Choi, Koorosh Aflatooni, Shih Chang Chang, Young Bae Park
  • Patent number: 9841840
    Abstract: A capacitance sensing system can filter noise that presents in a subset of electrodes in the proximity of a sense object (i.e., finger). A capacitance sensing system can include a sense network comprising a plurality of electrodes for generating sense values; a noise listening circuit configured to detect noise on a plurality of the electrodes; and a filtering circuit that enables a filtering for localized noise events when detected noise values are above one level, and disables the filtering for localized noise events when detected noise values are below the one level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Darrin Vallis, Victor Kremin, Andriy Maharyta, Yuriy Boychuk, Anton Konovalov, Oleksandr Karpin, Ihor Musijchuk, Hans Klein, Edward Grivna
  • Patent number: 9766806
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to displaying holographic keyboard and hand images in a holographic environment are provided. In one embodiment depth information of an actual position of a user's hand is received. Using the depth information, a holographic hand image representing the user's hand is displayed in a virtual hand plane in the holographic environment. In response to receiving a keyboard activation input from the user and using the depth information, the holographic keyboard image is adaptively displayed in a virtual keyboard plane in the holographic environment at a virtual distance under the holographic hand image representing the user's hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rotem Bennet, Lewey Geselowitz, Wei Zhang, Adam G. Poulos, John Bevis, Kim Pascal Pimmel, Nicholas Gervase Fajt
  • Patent number: 9727151
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include identifying a contact on a surface of a trackpad of a computing device, calculating a value of a first speed of movement of the contact along the surface of the trackpad, calculating a value of a total distance moved by the contact along the surface of the trackpad, and blocking movement of a cursor on a display device based on determining that the value of the first speed of movement of the contact along the surface of the trackpad is less than a fast threshold speed, and based on determining that the value of the total distance moved by the contact along the surface of the trackpad is less than a threshold distance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew de los Reyes
  • Patent number: 9729685
    Abstract: Accurate and reliable techniques for determining information of an accessory device in relation to an electronic device are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan R. Kerr, Matthew D. Rohrbach, Steve P. Hotelling, Christopher T. Mullens, Martin P. Grunthaner, Michael A. Cretella, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9632600
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to stylus. For example, a stylus includes a pressure sensor and a sensor holder in contact with the pressure sensor. The stylus also includes a first spring having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end is in contact with the sensor holder. The stylus further includes a spring holder in contact with the proximal end. The stylus further includes a second spring in contact with the sensor holder to apply a preloading force to the pressure sensor. The entirety of the spring holder and a portion of the first spring are positioned within the second spring. The stylus further includes a tip portion in contact with the spring holder to compress the first spring in response to a compressing force applied to the tip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Shan-Chih Chen, Wei Jen Chen