Patents Examined by Yaron Cohen
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Patent number: 10719114Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd., STMicroelectronics Ltd.Inventors: Andy Lin, Johnny Yoon, Danny Sheng
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Patent number: 10712863Abstract: An example input device for force and proximity sensing includes a plurality of touch electrodes comprising touch transmitter electrodes and touch receiver electrodes, a force electrode layer comprising a plurality of force electrodes, and a processing system. When operating in a proximity sensing mode, the processing system drives the touch transmitter electrodes with touch transmitter signals and determines a position of an input object, within a sensing region defined by the plurality of touch electrodes, based at least in part on a transcapacitive proximity measurement acquired from the touch receiver electrodes. When operating in a force sensing mode, the processing system drives the plurality of force electrodes with force transmitter signals and determines a force of the input object based at least in part on a transcapacitive force measurement based on a change in capacitance between the plurality of force electrodes and the plurality of touch electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATEDInventors: David Hoch, Adam L. Schwartz
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Patent number: 10705605Abstract: A display control unit causes an accumulation image list screen having a list of accumulation images to be displayed on a head-mounted display. A detection unit detects an eye gaze of a user directed at one of the accumulation images on the basis of a captured image from an eye gaze detection camera of the head-mounted display. A time measurement unit measures an eye fixation duration of the user for the accumulation image. An evaluation unit replaces the eye fixation duration with an interest level of the user for the accumulation image on the basis of evaluation criteria. An information accepting unit accepts the interest level as information about the eye fixation duration. An information management unit records the image ID of the accumulation image and the interest level to a storage device in association with each other as image interest-level information.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Mayuko Ikuta, Yuki Okabe
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Patent number: 10685611Abstract: A display driving apparatus applied to a panel is disclosed. The panel displays a first image with a first refresh rate. A first refresh cycle corresponding to the first refresh rate includes a refresh period and at least one non-refresh period. The display driving apparatus includes a real-time determination module and a data processing module. The real-time determination module is coupled to the panel and used to immediately determine whether the panel wants to replace the originally displayed first image with a second image during the first refresh cycle. The data processing module is coupled to the real-time determination module and the panel. If a determination result of the real-time determination module is yes, the data processing module immediately controls the panel to start to display the second image at a first time during the first refresh cycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Po-Cheng Lin, Hua-Ming Lu
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Patent number: 10671215Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.Inventor: Darren Laney Leigh
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Patent number: 10664152Abstract: An input apparatus for vehicle includes a display origin displaying unit, a finger detector, an axial position detector, and a display content selector. The axial position detector causes positions of respective fingers of a driver, detected by the finger detector provided on a steering wheel rim in a circumferential direction thereof, to correspond to axial positions in respective first and second directions of axial directions set to a display. The first and second axial directions are respectively set corresponding to first and second directions of directions, starting from a second origin, in the circumferential direction. The second origin is set to the steering wheel rim and corresponds to a first origin displayed on the display. The display content selector selects a content displayed on the display, on the basis of an intersection of the axial positions in the respective axial directions brought into the correspondence by the axial position detector.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Isamu Nagasawa
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Patent number: 10656831Abstract: A display input device includes a display panel, a touch panel, and a controller. The controller displays a cursor which indicates an input position in an input result display field. When a specific key is touched first, and while the touch is kept, the touched position moves to a character key, and then the touch ceases, the controller makes the cursor move to the position of the character corresponding to a touch-end key, which is the character key on which the touch ceases.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Shinichi Nakanishi
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Patent number: 10627963Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present system and method includes a substrate; a display active layer disposed on the substrate, the display active layer including a plurality of pixels that are configured to display a first color, a second color, and a third color, respectively, and a touch sensing layer disposed on the display active layer. The touch sensing layer includes first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes, which are separated from each other, and gaps between the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes. The gaps are formed to expose first color pixels configured to display the first color and non-pixel areas.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Duk Jin Lee, In Young Han, Hye Jung Park, Jung Hee Son, Woo Suk Jung
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Patent number: 10620717Abstract: In embodiments of a camera-based input device, the input device includes an inertial measurement unit that collects motion data associated with velocity and acceleration of the input device in an environment, such as in three-dimensional (3D) space. The input device also includes at least two visual light cameras that capture images of the environment. A positioning application is implemented to receive the motion data from the inertial measurement unit, and receive the images of the environment from the at least two visual light cameras. The positioning application can then determine positions of the input device based on the motion data and the images correlated with a map of the environment, and track a motion of the input device in the environment based on the determined positions of the input device.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Daniel Joseph McCulloch, Nicholas Gervase Fajt, Adam G. Poulos, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Lev Cherkashin, Brent Charles Allen, Constantin Dulu, Muhammad Jabir Kapasi, Michael Grabner, Michael Edward Samples, Cecilia Bong, Miguel Angel Susffalich, Varun Ramesh Mani, Anthony James Ambrus, Arthur C. Tomlin, James Gerard Dack, Jeffrey Alan Kohler, Eric S. Rehmeyer, Edward D. Parker
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Patent number: 10613696Abstract: An operation unit of an input device has an operation body having a closed-end tubular shape and provided to be rotatable relative to a device body, and a sensor body provided on the device body in the operation body. The operation body enables a touch operation onto operation face S formed on at least a top face part, and enables a rotating operation that is different from the touch operation by rotating relative to the device body while holding its side face. The sensor body includes a detection face that is capable of detecting the touch operation of a detection target in contact with operation face S, and a periphery of the detection face and a periphery of a top face part of the operation body overlap each other in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Sho Sonoda, Takuma Besshi, Shogo Maenaka
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Patent number: 10607566Abstract: A display light measurement method which can measure color representation of a various types of display devices regardless of the specification of the display device; a computer program, and a measurement system. A measurement device connected to an optical sensor can communicate with a target display device (information terminal) to be measured. The measurement device transmits content including a color patch to the display device to cause the display device to display the content and performs a measurement on the displayed content using the optical sensor. To perform measurements on many color patches, the measurement device repeats the following: when a measurement on one color patch being displayed is complete, the measurement device transmits content including another color patch to the display device to cause the display device to display the content and performs a measurement on the content being displayed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: EIZO CorporationInventors: Kensuke Nagashima, Takafumi Kawakami, Atsuyoshi Deyama, Junro Yonemitsu
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Patent number: 10599273Abstract: A display panel and a display device include first electrodes arranged in first direction and extending in second direction, and second electrodes arranged in second direction and extending in first direction; any two adjacent first electrode blocks in each first electrode are electrically connected to each other by a first connection electrode; any two adjacent second electrode blocks in each second electrode are connected to each other by a bridge structure, each bridge structure includes at least two bridges; each first connection electrode includes a first overlapping electrode and a first non-overlapping electrode, orthographic projections of the first overlapping electrode and the bridges on the display panel overlap, and orthographic projections of the first non-overlapping electrode and the bridges on the display panel do not overlap; and the first overlapping electrode has a length in the first direction smaller than the first non-overlapping electrode in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiayao Yang, Yilin Xu, Juan Zhu
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Patent number: 10599239Abstract: An array substrate for a touch sensor in-cell type display device is disclosed. The array includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on the base substrate and including a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns, a gate line extending in a first direction on the base substrate and disposed above and below in each pixel row, a data line extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction on the base substrate and disposed in every two pixel columns, a touch sensing line extending in the second direction on the base substrate and parallel to the data line, a plurality of touch blocks provided by grouping the plurality of pixels by a predetermined number on the base substrate, and a common electrode disposed in each of the plurality of touch blocks.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji Sun Kim, Young Wan Seo, Yu Jin Lee
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Patent number: 10573694Abstract: Disclosed are a backplane substrate, which has a modified dummy pixel configuration, thereby preventing water permeation and cracks from the side surface due to repeated folding, and a flexible display using the same. A plurality of slits is provided in a dummy pixel portion and separates an interlayer insulation stack for respective dummy pixels.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Won-Jin Choi
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Patent number: 10573253Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes a segment necessary luminance calculator, a segment necessary luminance corrector, and a light emission amount calculator. The segment necessary luminance calculator creates segment necessary luminance data indicating the luminance necessary for each of light-emitting segments in accordance with image data. The segment necessary luminance corrector corrects the segment necessary luminance data for each of light-emitting blocks according to the highest luminance of one or a plurality of light-emitting segments included in each light-emitting block, in accordance with control data for dividing a light-emitting region and a display region into a plurality of blocks and the segment necessary luminance data.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Kazuhiko Sako
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Patent number: 10558314Abstract: A resistive touch panel is placed above an electronic display and the assembly is housed in a sealed gasket. The resistive touch panel has at least two adjoining, seamless grid sections, each in communication with an input/output device. The resistive touch panel comprised of electronic circuits configured to minimize electromagnetic interference. The grid sections are surrounded by a series of receivers. The electronic display comprised of multiple layers configured to provide visibility in bright ambient conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: American Panel CorporationInventor: Ken Mahdi
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Patent number: 10552032Abstract: An apparatus, system and method are presented for implementing a user interface on a terminal. The terminal includes a processor, LCD display and touch-screen device. Software implemented by the processor receives input from the touch-screen device to determine complex interactions with the display that are then used to select and/or modify functions and features provided by the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Francesco Lippolis
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Patent number: 10540040Abstract: Dual power supply and energy recovery techniques are used in a capacitive touch panel that employs a concurrent drive scheme. A dual supply output buffer boosts a capacitor from an intermediate voltage level to a high voltage level. Energy recovery exchanges stored energy between a capacitor and an inductor. When both techniques are used together, power consumption of a capacitive touch panel drive circuit can be reduced dramatically, by as much as about 80%. Such high efficiency touch panels have wide application to ultra-thin touch screens, including those suitable for use in mobile devices and flexible displays.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTDInventor: Yannick Guedon
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Patent number: 10540931Abstract: According to an aspect, a display apparatus includes a segment necessary luminance calculator, a segment necessary luminance corrector, and a light emission amount calculator. The segment necessary luminance calculator creates segment necessary luminance data indicating the luminance necessary for each of light-emitting segments in accordance with image data. The segment necessary luminance corrector corrects the segment necessary luminance data for each of light-emitting blocks according to the highest luminance of one or a plurality of light-emitting segments included in each light-emitting block, in accordance with control data for dividing a light-emitting region and a display region into a plurality of blocks and the segment necessary luminance data.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Kazuhiko Sako
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Patent number: 10540027Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a display device that includes a display substrate coupled to a frame. A stiffener substrate is also coupled to the frame. A first force sensing element is disposed on the stiffener substrate, and the stiffener substrate is disposed between the first force sensing element and the display substrate. The display device also includes a second force sensing element, where a distance between the first force sensing element and the second force sensing element decreases when the display substrate is deflected.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATEDInventors: Pascale El Kallassi, Do Hee Kim, Patrick Smith, Richard Schediwy