Patents by Inventor Frank Seto

Frank Seto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus to reduce latency of touch events
    Patent number: 9710098
    Abstract: A system includes: a touch path module to receive a plurality of touch events and to generate an output based on the touch events; and a rendering module to: receive a video image; receive the output of the touch path module; determine a plurality of points defining a boundary of a shape, the shape being determined based on the output of the touch path module; combine the video image with overlay data in accordance with the plurality of points to generate a combined display image; and output the combined display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Xiong, Frank Seto
  • Method and apparatus to reduce display lag of soft keyboard presses
    Patent number: 9483176
    Abstract: A method of indicating a selected at least one of keys on a keyboard of a display device, the keyboard having a layout including a plurality of keys, the method including identifying the selected at least one of the keys based on a location of the selected at least one of the keys on the keyboard of the display device, updating a rendered video frame with a stored image of the selected at least one of the keys to generate an updated video frame indicating the selection of the at least one of the keys for displaying by the display device, the stored image of the selected at least one of the keys corresponding to the selected at least one of the keys, and while another video frame indicating the selection of the at least one of the keys is being rendered, displaying the updated video frame by the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Xiong, Frank Seto
  • Method and apparatus to reduce display lag using image overlay
    Patent number: 9383840
    Abstract: A system includes a touch path logic configured to receive a plurality of touch events and to generate an output based on the touch events; and a rendering logic configured to receive a video image; receive the output of the touch path logic; combine the video image with overlay data in accordance with the output of the touch path logic to generate a combined display image; and output the combined display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank Seto, Wei Xiong
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE LATENCY OF TOUCH EVENTS
    Publication number: 20150277653
    Abstract: A system includes: a touch path module to receive a plurality of touch events and to generate an output based on the touch events; and a rendering module to: receive a video image; receive the output of the touch path module; determine a plurality of points defining a boundary of a shape, the shape being determined based on the output of the touch path module; combine the video image with overlay data in accordance with the plurality of points to generate a combined display image; and output the combined display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Wei Xiong, Frank Seto
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE DISPLAY LAG OF SOFT KEYBOARD PRESSES
    Publication number: 20150012868
    Abstract: A method of indicating a selected at least one of keys on a keyboard of a display device, the keyboard having a layout including a plurality of keys, the method including identifying the selected at least one of the keys based on a location of the selected at least one of the keys on the keyboard of the display device, updating a rendered video frame with a stored image of the selected at least one of the keys to generate an updated video frame indicating the selection of the at least one of the keys for displaying by the display device, the stored image of the selected at least one of the keys corresponding to the selected at least one of the keys, and while another video frame indicating the selection of the at least one of the keys is being rendered, displaying the updated video frame by the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Wei Xiong, Frank Seto
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE DISPLAY LAG USING IMAGE OVERLAY
    Publication number: 20140313144
    Abstract: A system includes a touch path logic configured to receive a plurality of touch events and to generate an output based on the touch events; and a rendering logic configured to receive a video image; receive the output of the touch path logic; combine the video image with overlay data in accordance with the output of the touch path logic to generate a combined display image; and output the combined display image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Frank Seto, Wei Xiong