Patents by Inventor Pinky Yu

Pinky Yu 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).

  • Patent number: 7755615
    Abstract: A touchscreen display system (418) is provided which includes a touchscreen (420), a touchscreen input detector (422), a capacitive sensor driver (423), and a display driver (424). The touchscreen input detector (422) is coupled to a first layer (504) of the touchscreen (420) and determines a touchscreen (420) input in response to sensing tactile inputs during a sensing time interval (610). The display driver (424) is coupled to a second layer (506) of the touchscreen (420) and provides a drive voltage (606, 608) at a first voltage level to the plurality of optical shutter segments (508) during a first portion (620) of the sensing time interval (610) and maintains the drive voltage (606, 608) at substantially zero volts during a second portion (622) of the sensing time interval (610), the second portion (622) being greater than half of the sensing time interval (610).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken K Foo, John W Kaehler, Pinky Yu
  • Publication number: 20080143689
    Abstract: A touchscreen display system (418) is provided which includes a touchscreen (420), a touchscreen input detector (422), a capacitive sensor driver (423), and a display driver (424). The touchscreen input detector (422) is coupled to a first layer (504) of the touchscreen (420) and determines a touchscreen (420) input in response to sensing tactile inputs during a sensing time interval (610). The display driver (424) is coupled to a second layer (506) of the touchscreen (420) and provides a drive voltage (606, 608) at a first voltage level to the plurality of optical shutter segments (508) during a first portion (620) of the sensing time interval (610) and maintains the drive voltage (606, 608) at substantially zero volts during a second portion (622) of the sensing time interval (610), the second portion (622) being greater than half of the sensing time interval (610).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Ken K. Foo, John W. Kaehler, Pinky Yu
  • Publication number: 20080043002
    Abstract: An embodiment generally relates to a method of communicating with a plurality of registers in a display driver integrated circuit (IC). The method includes providing a data message and driving the data message over color select lines of the display driver IC in response to the display driver IC being in an overscan condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: John W. Kaehler, Ken Foo, Pinky Yu
  • Patent number: 7295199
    Abstract: A display device including a plurality of display elements (500) arranged in a matrix, wherein each display element includes a display pixel (510) coupled to a switch (530), and each display element includes an addressable latch (540) having an output coupled to a controlling input of the switch. The addressable latch includes a row address input (532) and a column address input (556). In one mode of operation, at least some display elements are activated at a first rate, and other display elements are activated at a second rate less than the first refresh rate by selectively addressing the display elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Ken K. Foo, Robert J. Bero, Pinky Yu
  • Publication number: 20050057552
    Abstract: A display device including a plurality of display elements (500) arranged in a matrix, each display element including a display pixel (510) coupled to a switch (530), each display element including an addressable latch (540) having an output coupled to a controlling input of the switch, the addressable latch having a row address input (532) and a column address input (556). In one mode of operation, at least some display elements are activated at a first rate, and other display elements are activated at a second rate less than the first refresh rate by selectively addressing the display elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Ken Foo, Robert Bero, Pinky Yu