Patents Issued in March 7, 2017
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Patent number: 9589515Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, multiple data line groups which are arranged on the substrate sequentially and adjacently, and multiple gate line groups which are arranged on the substrate sequentially and adjacently. The display panel further includes multiple pixel electrode array units which are arranged in an array on the substrate. The pixel electrodes in the pixel electrode array unit are electrically connected with the data lines and the gate lines via switch elements. Data driving signals received by any two adjacent pixel electrodes in a same column have opposite polarities. The pixel electrode array unit includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode, and a fourth pixel electrode. Data driving signals received by any two adjacent pixel electrodes of a same type in the same row have opposite polarities.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kang Yang, Jun Ma, Tianyi Wu, Hao Chen
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Patent number: 9589516Abstract: A method of driving a display panel, the method including outputting video data to a display panel during an N-th (N is a natural number) frame, outputting video data to the display panel during an (N+1)-th frame, comparing polarities of video data of the N-th frame and corresponding polarities of video data of the (N+1)-th frame, and controlling polarities of video data of an (N+2)-th frame, according to the result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ki-Hyun Pyun, Seung-Woon Shin, Jong-Young Yun, Bong-Chool Jeon, Jun-Ho Hwang
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Patent number: 9589517Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device for performing pause driving, occurrence of flicker is effectively suppressed while an increase in power consumption is suppressed. When an image change determination portion (11) detects an image change in a period from the previous refresh frame until generation of a predetermined number of times of pause frames, a reversal driving control portion (13) sets the next frame after a frame where an image change has been detected to a refresh frame where a reversal driving technique is a column-reversal driving. When the image change determination portion (11) does not detect an image change in the period from the previous refresh frame until generation of the predetermined number of times of pause frames, the reversal driving control portion (13) sets the next frame after the final pause frame to a refresh frame where a reversal driving technique is a dot-reversal driving.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuhiko Suyama, Kouji Kumada, Norio Ohmura, Noriyuki Tanaka, Takuya Sone
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Patent number: 9589518Abstract: A display device includes a display portion comprising pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, a source driver for applying a pixel voltage to pixels through signal lines, and a control portion for controlling the source driver. The first and second pixels each include a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel includes a light exit portion and a color filter for a first hue. The second sub-pixel includes a light exit portion and a color filter for a second hue. An area of the light exit portion of the first sub-pixel of the first pixel is smaller than that of the first sub-pixel of the second pixel. The control portion converts the video signal for the first sub-pixel into a brighter one. The source driver applies the pixel voltage to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel based on the video signal after conversion.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshiki Onishi
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Patent number: 9589519Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display area comprising a gate line and a data line, and a gate driver connected to a terminal of the gate line. The gate driver includes a plurality of stages that are integrated on a substrate, and each stage comprises an inverter unit, an output unit, and a Q node stabilization unit. The output unit includes a first transistor and a first capacitor, wherein the first transistor includes an input terminal for receiving a clock signal, a control terminal connected to a node Q, and an output terminal connected to a gate voltage output terminal to output a gate voltage. A Vgs voltage of a transistor in the Q node stabilization unit has a value of equal to or less than 0 V when the output unit outputs a gate-on voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung Hwan Hwang, Beom Jun Kim, Seong Yeol Syn, Bong-Jun Lee, You Mee Hyun
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Patent number: 9589520Abstract: The present invention provides a self-compensating gate driving circuit, comprising: a plurality of GOA units which are cascade connected, and a Nth GOA unit controls charge to a Nth horizontal scanning line G(n) in a display area, and the Nth GOA unit controls charge to a Nth horizontal scanning line G(n) in a display area, and the Nth GOA unit comprises a pull-up controlling part, a pull-up part, a transmission part, a first pull-down part, a bootstrap capacitor part and a pull-down holding part; the pull-up part, the first pull-down part, the bootstrap capacitor part and the pull-down holding circuit are respectively coupled to a Nth gate signal point Q(N) and the Nth horizontal scanning line G(n), and the pull-up controlling part and the transmission part are respectively coupled to the Nth gate signal point Q(N), and the pull-down holding part is inputted with a first DC low voltage VSS1.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Chao Dai
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Patent number: 9589521Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus having a wire-on-array structure is disclosed. The liquid crystal display apparatus has a plurality of driving IC units, a plurality of first conductive-wire sets and second conductive-wire sets. The driving IC units are arranged at intervals in a peripheral circuit area around the active area of the liquid crystal display apparatus. The first conductive-wire sets and the second conductive-wire sets are connected alternately between every two of the plurality of driving IC units. Each first conductive-wire set has a conducting structure for connecting to a common electrode. The arrangement of the first conductive-wire sets and the second conductive-wire sets facilitates achievement of thin bezel design.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shishuai Huang
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Patent number: 9589522Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes applying a gate signal to a gate line of a display panel to drive the gate line, and driving a data line of the display panel by applying a data signal to the data line, where the driving the data line of the display panel includes over-driving the data line based on a data load signal and a polarity control signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-Jin Shin, Sung-In Kang, Tae-Gwang Jeong, Bong-Kyun Jo
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Patent number: 9589523Abstract: A GOA circuit comprising GOA units and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The N-staged GOA units charge the Nth-staged horizontal scanning line in the display region, and comprise N-staged pull-up control circuits, N-staged pull-up circuits, N-staged transfer circuits, N-staged pull-down circuits, and N-staged pull-down holding circuits. The N-staged pull-up circuits turn on when the Nth-staged gate signal point is at a high voltage level, receive a first clock signal and charge the N-staged horizontal scanning lines when the first clock signal is at a high voltage level. The N-staged transfer circuits receive a second clock signal when the Nth-staged gate signal point is at the high voltage level and output N-staged transfer signals to control the operation of the (N+1)-staged GOA units. The disclosure may ensure the scanning lines in the GOA circuit to be better charged for facilitating normal operation for each point in the circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Juncheng Xiao
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Patent number: 9589524Abstract: A display device includes a source driver integrated circuit (IC) including an equalizer for boosting a data signal received through a pair of signal lines depending on an equalization (EQ) setting value and a clock recovery circuit recovering a clock of the data signal, and a timing controller, which is connected to the source driver IC through the signal line pair and transmits the data signal to the source driver IC. The source driver IC samples the data signal in conformity with a timing of an internal clock output when the clock recovery circuit is in a lock state. The source driver IC further includes an equalizer control circuit for initializing the equalizer when the clock recovery circuit is in an unlock state and the EQ setting value is changed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Daekyu Park
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Patent number: 9589525Abstract: A method of driving a display panel is disclosed. In one aspect, the display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in odd and even rows and a plurality of odd and even gate lines respectively connected to the pixels of the corresponding odd and even rows. The method includes outputting odd gate signals to the odd numbered gate lines during two consecutive subframes and outputting even gate signals to the even numbered gate lines during two consecutive subframes. A frame is divided into two subframes.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Won Kim, Joon-Chul Goh, Hong-Soo Kim
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Patent number: 9589526Abstract: A pixel for a display device includes a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a switching transistor coupled between a data line and the first and second pixel areas. The first pixel area includes a first threshold compensation point and the second pixel area includes a second threshold compensation point. The first threshold compensation point has a turn-on period different from a turn-on period of the second threshold compensation point, and at least one of the first pixel area or the second pixel area includes an organic light emitting diode.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwang-Sub Shin
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Patent number: 9589527Abstract: A display device including a display panel, including a plurality of pixels, a driver circuit configured to display an image on the display panel in response to an image signal and a control signal, and a voltage generator configured to generate an analog driving voltage for an operation of the driver circuit in response to a voltage control signal. The driver circuit is configured to compare the image signal to ripple image patterns and is configured to output the voltage control signal to change a voltage level of the analog driving voltage, according to the result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Seok Hong, Yeon-Sun Na, Dongin Kim, Kwan-Young Oh, Changgil Oh, Bum Lee, Jae-Won Jeong
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Patent number: 9589528Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes signal lines, scanning lines, pixel switching elements, a signal line driving circuit, a scanning line driving circuit and a display pixel, wherein the signal line driving circuit is configured to apply a voltage, which is identical to a voltage of the counter-electrode, to all the signal lines when a control signal, which is supplied from an outside of the insulative substrate, is at a first logic level, and the scanning line driving circuit is configured to turn on all the pixel switching elements when the control signal is at the first logic level, and to turn off the pixel switching elements at different timings when the control signal is at a second logic level.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Masaki Miyatake, Akihiko Saitoh
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Patent number: 9589529Abstract: A device enabling for a user to control a flexible display more convenient and precise and a controlling method therefor, are discussed. According to one embodiment disclosed for this, the device includes a flexible display, a length measuring unit configured to measure an expanded length of the flexible display expanded from the device, a speed measuring unit configured to measure a speed of which the flexible display expanded from the device and a processor configured to control the flexible display, the length measuring unit, and the speed measuring unit, wherein if the flexible display is expanded to a unit length, the processor displays an application execution screen corresponding to the unit length in the flexible display.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Yongsin Kim
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Patent number: 9589530Abstract: The patent application relates to a method of controlling a display device including display elements arranged in a matrix with n rows of display elements. The method includes: driving a first row of display elements, with a first output of a driving system being connected to the first row and disconnected from at least one further row of display elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Pavel Novoselov, Jozef Elisabeth Aubert
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Patent number: 9589531Abstract: Video signals for a mobile terminal are converted to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal. The video signal is processed to provide a converted video signal appropriate for an alternative display terminal that is separate from the mobile terminal. This converted video signal is then provided for the alternative display terminal to accommodate the corresponding video display on a screen provided by the alternative (e.g., external) display terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Tiejun Wang, William E. Halal, Tiehong Wang, Ximing Wang
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Patent number: 9589532Abstract: A data driver includes buffers respectively outputting data voltages corresponding to pixel image data, bias units corresponding to the buffers in a one-to-one correspondence and driving the buffers, respectively, and a global setting part applying control level values to the bias units. Each of the bias units includes a bias signal generating unit that selects one control level value among the control level values based on a corresponding pixel image data among the pixel image data and generates a bias signal having a control level corresponding to the selected control level value and a current generating unit that generates a corresponding bias current in response to the bias signal and applies the corresponding bias current to a corresponding buffer among the buffers.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Suhyeong Park, Hoyong Jung
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Patent number: 9589533Abstract: A system displays graphics with an in-vehicle information system and a mobile electronic device. The in-vehicle information system receives encoded graphics data from the mobile electronic device and displays the encoded data with a graphical output device. The mobile electronic device executes program instructions to generate a series of graphics frames that are generated at a first frame rate and stored in an off-screen frame buffer in the mobile electronic device, generate encoded data corresponding to the series of graphics frames, and transmit the encoded data to the in-vehicle information system.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Holger Banski, Jens Faenger
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Patent number: 9589534Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for converting RGB data to WRGB data, which includes: a color enhancement assembly, which is configured to conduct color enhancement for input RGB values in order to obtain color-enhanced RGB values; and a four color conversion assembly, which is configured for converting the color-enhanced RGB values into output WRGB values. The present invention also discloses a method for converting RGB data to WRGB data. The system and method for converting RGB data to WRGB data according to the present invention allows for improvement of transmittance of a display device while at the same time increasing saturation of a display image and providing an effect of color enhancement.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Jinjun Wu
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Patent number: 9589535Abstract: Disclosed is a social dress up game that may be a fun mobile app that may be played collaboratively with friends, using the photo capability of a mobile phone or smart mobile device. One player will separately take a picture of a friend, and then invite two friends to join. Each player will dress up one part or component of the whole body of the photo—head, body or legs. In the end, the three different parts will be merged into an interesting and unique image of their friend that they can also share with the game players. Since each game player would have worked on only that player's component, the resulting merged image will be a surprise to all players.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Amy Poon, Margaret Szeto, Konstantin Orlov, Varghese Mathai
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Patent number: 9589536Abstract: A gate controlling unit, a gate controlling circuit, an array substrate and a display panel, where, the gate controlling unit includes: a gate driving subunit configured for driving a gate line; a first reset subunit configured for resetting the gate driving subunit after the gate driving subunit finishes driving the gate line; and a suspension and resumption subunit configured for controlling the gate driving subunit to suspend and resume the gate driving subunit. The gate controlling circuit, formed by cascaded gate controlling units connected in series, can be suspended and resumed several times within a frame. The display panel with the gate controlling circuit can perform scanning of the touch signal during the suspension time period, thereby ensuring the stability of the display system and both improved touch position reporting rate and better linearity of the touch system.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignees: SHANGHAI AVIC OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD, TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Liu, Kerui Xi
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Patent number: 9589537Abstract: The present invention provides a shift register, a driving method, a gate driving apparatus and a display apparatus. Said shift register comprises a pull-up unit, a reset unit, a pull-down unit and a signal output; the pull-up unit is connected to said signal output and pulls up an output signal; the reset unit is connected to a control end of said pull-up unit and said signal output respectively and resets the potential of the control end of said pull-up unit after said output signal is at high level; the pull-down unit is connected to a control end of said pull-up unit and said signal output respectively and pulls down the potential of the control end of said pull-up unit and said output signal after said reset unit has reset the potential of the control end of said pull-up unit, so that said pull-up unit switches off.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaojing Qi, Bo Wu, Wen Tan, Young Yik Ko
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Patent number: 9589538Abstract: Controlling virtual objects displayed on a display device includes controlling display, on a display device, of multiple virtual objects, each of the multiple virtual objects being capable of movement based on a first type of input and being capable of alteration based on a second type of input that is different than the first type of input, the alteration being different from movement. A subset of the multiple virtual objects as candidates for restriction is identified, and based on identifying the subset of virtual objects as candidates for restriction, a responsiveness to the first type of input for the subset of virtual objects is restricted. The first type of input applied to a first virtual object included in the subset of virtual objects and a second virtual object included in the multiple virtual objects is detected, with the second virtual object being excluded from the subset of virtual objects.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: PERCEPTIVE PIXEL, INC.Inventors: Philip L. Davidson, Jefferson Y. Han
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Patent number: 9589539Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment including: a sensor to detect a contact position of a touch operation on a screen of a display; a display controller to display, on the screen, first information indicative of a first process to be performed, and to display, on the screen, second information in place of the first information when a moving distance of a contact position of the touch operation exceeds a first value, the second information indicative of a second process to be performed; and a processor to perform the first process when the touch operation finishes while the first information is displayed on the screen and to perform the second process when the touch operation finishes while the second information is displayed on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Yusam Huang
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Patent number: 9589540Abstract: A battery operated device, having a display with two or more available refresh rates, has its refresh rate selected so as to match the video frame rate of video data played back on the display. This selection is made by coordinating the resources in the device that are used to process the video from its reception through to its display.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2011Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yongjun Wu, Shyam Sadhwani, Naveen Thumpudi, Stephen Estrop, Glenn Evans
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Patent number: 9589541Abstract: A pixel history machine may receive a location for a portion of a screen. The pixel history machine may present a first screen with a first portion and store the first portion. The pixel history machine is configured to present a second screen with a second portion of the second screen. The pixel history machine is configured to receive a request that the first portion of the first screen be presented within the second screen. This request may take the form of a gesture being detected by the pixel history machine. In response to this request, the pixel history machine presents the first portion of the first screen within the second screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Saumil Ashvin Gandhi
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Patent number: 9589542Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal including: a terminal body that has a first side and a second side; a first display that is located at the first side; a second display that is located at the second side; a sensor that is configured to detect rotation of the mobile terminal; and a controller that is configured to: cause the first display to display a first information; and cause the second display to display a second information when the sensor detects that the mobile terminal is rotated a threshold amount, such that a general direction that the first side faced prior to the rotating of the mobile terminal is generally the same as a general direction that the second side faces after the rotating of the mobile terminal, wherein the second information is related to the first information.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Chulbae Lee, Jipyo Hong, Sungwon Shin, Hyolin Kim, Jiyeon Lee, Hyungtae Jang, Yoonchan Won, Yongjae Kim
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Patent number: 9589543Abstract: One or more system, apparatus, method, and computer readable media is described for improving the quality of static image frames having a relatively long residence time in a frame buffer on a sink device. Where a compressed data channel links a source and sink, the source may encode additional frame data to improve the quality of a static frame presented by a sink display. A display source may encode frame data at a nominal quality and transmit a packetized stream of the compressed frame data. In the absence of a timely frame buffer update, the display source encodes additional information to improve the image quality of the representation of the now static frame. A display sink device presents a first representation of the frame at the nominal image quality, and presents a second representation of the frame at the improved image quality upon subsequently receiving the frame quality improvement data.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Inventors: Sean J. Lawrence, Raghavendra Angadimani
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Patent number: 9589544Abstract: A method of optimizing pixel signals for a liquid crystal display includes receiving the first, second and third pixel signals for the (n?1), (n) and (n+1)th frames. The first and second pixel signals are compared to determine if the second pixel signal requires overshooting or undershooting. The second and third pixel signals are compared to determine if the second pixel signal requires to be increased for pre-titling. The second pixel signal is compensated accordingly, thereby increasing liquid crystal response time.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jang-Kun Song, Dong-Won Park
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Patent number: 9589545Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ligature providing secure contact between the reed and mouthpiece while at the same time allowing for faster adjustment of the reed location and contact point with respect to the mouthpiece cavity such that longer or shorter reed vibrations can be easily obtained if desired. The improved ligature is adaptable to fit a wide range of woodwind instrument mouthpieces. In addition, the ligature has limited points of contact with the mouthpiece, so as to eliminate or reduce abrasions to the mouthpiece assembly associated with the application of the ligature.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: U.S. Band & Orchestra Supplies, Inc.Inventors: John Morrison, William Furman O'Dell, Christopher H. Converse
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Patent number: 9589546Abstract: Drum pedal assemblies are disclosed which can include one or more adjustment feature and/or interlocking feature. Adjustment features which can be included in embodiments of the invention can include spring tension adjustment features, pedal incline adjustment features, lever length adjustment features, and/or beater stem angle adjustment features. Drum pedal assemblies are also disclosed which can include slot-and-tab connections between assembly pieces, which can reduce or eliminate certain undesired pedal movements.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: DRUM WORKSHOP, INC.Inventor: Richard A. Sikra
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Patent number: 9589547Abstract: This disclosure generally pertains to various end pieces for releasably securing to a coupling element. In at least one example, the end piece may be used for releasably securing a guitar strap to a coupling element on a guitar. In various examples, the end piece can include a body having a first surface opposite a body having a second surface, a first aperture defining a first aperture opening communicating between the body first and second surfaces, and a plurality of resiliently flexible projection elements extending radially inward and spaced apart relation from the first aperture.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Hogjim, LLCInventor: Kyle Douglas Koster
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Patent number: 9589548Abstract: An electronic instrument comprising an elongated member, comprising a plurality of detectors aligned in the elongated member, each detector for detecting a finger-sized object in the vicinity thereof and for providing a corresponding signal; a processing unit operatively connected to the plurality of detectors, the processing unit for receiving the signals from the plurality of detectors and for generating a signal indicative of a sound to generate and a sound generating unit operatively connected to the processing unit, the sound generating unit for receiving the signal indicative of a sound to generate and for generating a sound accordingly and wherein the processing unit and the sound generating unit are located inside the elongated member.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Digiauxine, Inc.Inventor: Hami Monsarrat-Chanon
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Patent number: 9589549Abstract: The present invention is multi-expression control system designed to control the individual sound from one or more compact analog sound modulator systems, often called “pedals, effects or stomp boxes,” or collectively herein “effects pedals,” for guitars, basses and keyboards. It couples features that are proprietary with off-the shelf products resulting in a system that spans the distance between a third party foot pedal and third party effects pedals. The system gives a musician “hands free” control of any third party effects pedal that has manually controlled potentiometers during a live artistic performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Inventor: Buchanan M. McKay, II
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Patent number: 9589550Abstract: Various embodiments relate to determining an energy level of one or more sound components from a sound mix. Based on at least one sound mix signal received from a mixing device and at least one component signal received from one or more sound components, at least one signal value of the sound mix signal and at least one signal value of the component signal may be computed. The component signal corresponds to each of the one or more sound components. An energy level of the one or more sound components may be determined based on the sound mix signal value and the component signal value which corresponds to each of the one or more sound components. The energy level of the one or more sound components may be output in order to determine the energy level of each component in the sound mix.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: James Kirsch, Harsha Inna Kedage Rao
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Patent number: 9589551Abstract: A system for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Inventor: Eric Aaron Langberg
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Patent number: 9589552Abstract: Provided is a percussion instrument capable of enhancing the expressiveness of performance. A struck surface plate that vibrates to produce a musical sound when struck is disposed on a case, and a sound emission hole is formed to penetrate the struck surface plate. A musical signal is generated by a sound source device according to detection results of percussion sensors that detect the vibration caused by the striking on the struck surface plate. A sounding body produces an electronic musical sound based on the musical signal generated by the sound source device. Because the sounding body is disposed in the case, the musical sound produced by the vibration of the case and the electronic musical sound can be produced from the one case. Accordingly, the expressiveness of the performance using the percussion instrument can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Roland CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Nishi
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Patent number: 9589553Abstract: A passive noise reduction device may be used with an instrument having at least one electromagnetic pickup. The device may include a device coil wound so as to form at least one free-shaped ring, a first terminal for connection to the pickup coil, and a second terminal for connection to ground. The device coil is responsive to the one or more stimuli so as to produce a noise electrical signal component in the device coil. The pickup coil and the device coil are in substantially the same plane. The noise reduction device coil is wound such that the pickup noise electrical signal component is substantially 180° out of phase with respect to the device noise electrical signal component, and such that the device noise electrical signal component destructively interferes with the pickup noise electrical signal component so as to reduce noise in a resultant electrical signal into the output circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Inventor: David John Ulbrick
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Patent number: 9589554Abstract: Electronic musical instruments as disclosed, include sensors to digitize and alter the sound using FSR sensors in the mouthpieces and other elements of the instrument to mimic the variations available in analog instruments.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Sensitronics, LLCInventor: Franklin N. Eventoff
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Patent number: 9589555Abstract: A cabinet structure includes multiple cover members configured to spatially partition an inside from an outside of a cabinet, and a clearance communicating between the inside and the outside of the cabinet is left between two cover members, the two cover members being adjacent to each other, of the cover members, and a passage defined by the clearance and leading from the inside to the outside of the cabinet through the clearance has a shape with multiple bends.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Naoki Matsuda, Masahiro Ishida
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Patent number: 9589556Abstract: A method for cancelling/reducing acoustic echoes in speech/audio signal enhancement processing comprises using a received reference signal to excite an adaptive filter wherein the output of the adaptive filter forms a replica signal of acoustic echo; the replica signal of acoustic echo is reduced adaptively by multiplying a gain to get a gained replica signal of acoustic echo wherein the gain is smaller in speech area and/or double-talk area than non-speech area; the gained replica signal of acoustic echo is subtracted from a microphone input signal to suppress the acoustic echo in the microphone input signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Inventor: Yang Gao
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Patent number: 9589557Abstract: An active noise reduction (ANR) circuit includes a digital feed-forward ANR pathway coupled to a feed-forward microphone, to detect environmental sounds in an environment external to a casing, and to a first acoustic driver to output sounds within the casing. The digital feed-forward ANR pathway applies a plurality of filters using a first set of coefficients to convert signals from the feed-forward microphone to feed-forward anti-noise sounds to reduce environmental sounds within the casing. In response to a stimulus, the digital feed-forward ANR pathway applies the plurality of filters using a second set of coefficients, which reduce the degree of feed-forward ANR to enable human speech sounds in the environment external to the casing to be conveyed from the feed-forward microphone to the acoustic driver with less reduction than provided by the first plurality of filters.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Ricardo F. Carreras, Marcel Joho
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Patent number: 9589558Abstract: A device and method that is configured to control the operation of a motor vehicle cabin active sound management (ASM) system that uses an ASM controller to control operation of one or more sound transducers that transmit audio signals in the cabin so as to alter vehicle powertrain-related sounds in the cabin, wherein the motor vehicle further comprises a mobile telephone system that is configured to receive incoming mobile telephone calls and transmit outgoing mobile telephone calls. The device can include a controller that is configured to receive from the mobile telephone system an indication that a mobile telephone call is incoming or an outgoing call is being initiated. After receiving the indication, the subject controller commands the ASM controller to cause operation of one or more sound transducers such that the level of vehicle powertrain-related sounds in the cabin is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Bose CorporationInventor: Martin Amandus Weber
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Patent number: 9589559Abstract: A wearable computing device can receive, via at least one input transducer, a first audio signal associated with ambient sound from an environment of the device. The device can then process the first audio signal so as to determine a second audio signal that is out of phase with the first audio signal and effective to substantially cancel at least a portion of the first audio signal. The device may then generate a noise-cancelling audio signal based on the second audio signal, based on a third audio signal, and based on one or more wearer-specific parameters, where the third audio signal is representative of a sound to be provided by the device. The device may then cause a bone conduction transducer (BCT) to vibrate so as to provide to an ear a noise-cancelling sound effective to substantially cancel at least a portion of the ambient sound.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Xuan Zhong, Jianchun Dong
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Patent number: 9589560Abstract: Features are disclosed for estimating a false rejection rate in a detection system. The false rejection rate can be estimated by fitting a model to a distribution of detection confidence scores. An estimated false rejection rate can then be computed for confidence scores that fall below a threshold. The false rejection rate and model can be verified once the detection system has been deployed by obtaining additional data with confidence scores falling below the threshold. Adjustments to the model or other operational parameters can be implemented based on the verified false rejection rate, model, or additional data.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shiv Naga Prasad Vitaladevuni, Bjorn Hoffmeister, Rohit Prasad
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Patent number: 9589561Abstract: A display apparatus which is capable of recognizing a voice and a method thereof are provided. The method includes receiving an uttered voice of a user, extracting a plurality of similar words which are similar to the uttered voice by extracting voice information from the uttered voice and measuring reliability of a plurality of words based on the extracted voice information, setting a word satisfying a predetermined condition from among the plurality of extracted similar words as a target word with respect to the uttered voice, and displaying at least one of the target word and a similar word list including similar words other than the target word. In this manner, a display apparatus may improve a recognition rate on an uttered voice of a user without changing an internal component related to voice recognition, such as, an acoustic model, a pronunciation dictionary, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chan-hee Choi, Kyung-mi Park, Jae-hyun Bae, Ki-hoon Shin
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Patent number: 9589562Abstract: A new pronunciation learning system for dynamically learning new pronunciations assisted by user correction logs. The user correction logs provide a record of speech recognition events and subsequent user behavior that implicitly confirms or rejects the recognition result and/or shows the user's intended words by via subsequent input. The system analyzes the correction logs and distills them down to a set of words which lack acceptable pronunciations. Hypothetical pronunciations, constrained by spelling and other linguistic knowledge, are generated for each of the words. Offline recognition determines the hypothetical pronunciations with a good acoustical match to the audio data likely to contain the words. The matching pronunciations are aggregated and adjudicated to select new pronunciations for the words to improve general or personalized recognition models.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas Kibre, Umut Ozertem, Sarangarajan Parthasarathy, Ziad Al Bawab
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Patent number: 9589563Abstract: A method for speech recognition of partial proper names is described which includes natural language processing (NLP), partial name candidate generation, speech recognition and post processing. Natural language processing techniques including shallow and deep parsing are applied to long proper names to identify syntactic units (for example, noun phrases). The syntactic units form a basis for generating a candidate list of partial names for each original full name. A partial name is part of the original name, with some words omitted, or word order changed, or even word substitution. After candidate partial names are generated, their phonetic transcriptions are incorporated into a model for a speech recognizer to recognize the partial names in a speech recognition system.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Lin Zhao, Zhe Feng, Kui Xu, Fuliang Weng
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Patent number: 9589564Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for recognizing speech in an utterance. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of receiving an utterance and obtaining acoustic features from the utterance. Further actions include providing the acoustic features from the utterance to multiple speech locale-specific hotword classifiers. Each speech locale-specific hotword classifier (i) may be associated with a respective speech locale, and (ii) may be configured to classify audio features as corresponding to, or as not corresponding to, a respective predefined term. Additional actions may include selecting a speech locale for use in transcribing the utterance based on one or more results from the multiple speech locale-specific hotword classifiers in response to providing the acoustic features from the utterance to the multiple speech locale-specific hotword classifiers.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Matthew Sharifi