Patents Issued in July 3, 2018
  • Patent number: 10013062
    Abstract: A sheet jammer device comprises a first jamming sheet having a first surface within a compression region. A first inflatable bladder includes a first contact area within the compression region and a second jamming sheet has a surface within the compression. A second inflatable bladder that includes a second contact area that is within the compression region. An amount of inflation of the first inflatable bladder and the second inflatable bladder controls the first friction force and the second friction force to restrict movement of the first jamming sheet relative to the second jamming sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Roy Corson, Sean Jason Keller, Tristan Thomas Trutna, Charles Stewart, Raymond King
  • Patent number: 10013063
    Abstract: A system of the present disclosure may include a haptic output device configured to output a haptic effect to a touch surface; a touch sensitive input device configured to detect a first user interaction and transmit a first sensor signal, the touch sensitive input device further configured to detect a second user interaction and transmit a second sensor signal, wherein at least part of the first user interaction occurs at the same time as the second user interaction; a processor in communication with the sensor, the processor configured to: receive the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal; determine a haptic effect based in part on the first user interaction and the second user interaction; transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to the haptic output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent Levesque, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10013064
    Abstract: A haptic device configured to provide haptic feedback to a user. In one aspect, a user or part of a user is located on the haptic device including actuators and damping elements. A haptic feedback wave is generated by an actuator and propagated to the user or part of the user on the haptic device. Damping elements receive the haptic feedback wave and suppress the haptic feedback wave to reduce a reflection thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Jason Keller, Tristan Thomas Trutna, Ravish Mehra, Christoph Omid Hohnerlein, Elia Gatti, Riccardo DeSalvo, David R. Perek
  • Patent number: 10013065
    Abstract: An example system includes a plurality of moveable light emitters, each moveable light emitter configured to independently emit a display light from a current display location within that moveable light emitter's range of motion responsive to activation from a corresponding light activator. The system also includes a location engine to determine, for each light emitter, the current display location of that light emitter, and a mapping engine to map, for each current display location, the light activator activating the light emitter currently located at that current display location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Sasa Junuzovic, Michel Pahud, Eyal Ofek, Yoichi Ochiai, Michael J. Sinclair
  • Patent number: 10013067
    Abstract: Disclosed are a gesture control method, device and system, during gesture control, a gesture control center identifies a gesture for a controlled device, and transmits manipulation information corresponding to an identified gesture to the controlled device; and the controlled device performs a corresponding operation according to received manipulation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Haijun Liu, Lidong Lin, Yunjun Zhou, Zheng Huang, Chuanyang Miao
  • Patent number: 10013068
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a projection unit that projects an image, a projection mirror that reflects an image projected by the projection unit towards a projection surface, an image capturing unit that captures an image of a subject placed on the projection surface, and an image capturing mirror that is arranged in an image capturing optical path from the subject to the image capturing unit in order to capture an image of the subject placed on the projection surface. The projection unit and the image capturing unit are arranged below the projection mirror and the image capturing mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Yamaguchi, Haruhiko Nakatsu
  • Patent number: 10013069
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to detect vibration inducing hand movements are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sensor to detect a vibration in a hand of a user wearing the apparatus. The example apparatus further includes a processor to analyze the vibration to identify a user selection of a virtual control associated with an input to an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Viswanath Dibbur
  • Patent number: 10013070
    Abstract: Provided is a hand gesture recognition technique. A hand gesture recognition system according to one aspect of the present invention includes an image capturing unit that captures an image of a gesture recognition region to acquire a depth image; a hand region extractor that extracts a hand region from the depth image; and a hand gesture recognizer that analyzes the extracted hand region to recognize a hand gesture included in the depth image as a grasp gesture or a release gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Yang Keun Ahn, Young Choong Park
  • Patent number: 10013071
    Abstract: Disclosed is a three-dimensional gesture sensing method. The three-dimensional gesture sensing method comprises the following steps. Step A: driving at least one first conductive line of conductive lines in the touch sensing device as a first working sensing line, and driving at least one second conductive line of the conductive lines in the touch sensing device as a second working sensing line, such that a sensing area is formed between the first working sensing line and the second working sensing line. Step B: detecting a conductor according to the sensing area. Step C: dynamically adjusting at least the area, the position or the amount of the sensing area according to the conductor to implement a three-dimensional gesture sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Han Chen, Chi-Chieh Liao, Chia-Yi Lee
  • Patent number: 10013072
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a gesture made by a user of the computing device with respect to one or more surfaces of the computing device, the gesture comprising a single trajectory in three dimensions including: an earlier portion in a first direction along at least one of the surfaces; and immediately following the earlier portion of the single trajectory, a later portion in a second direction comprising a second series of points distant from the surfaces, wherein the second direction comprises a deflection from the first direction that follows through on the earlier portion of the single trajectory; determining a user input based at least in part on a speed of the gesture along the earlier portion of the single trajectory and a speed of the gesture along the later portion of the single trajectory; and executing one or more actions based on the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Luke St. Clair
  • Patent number: 10013073
    Abstract: A rotary input device comprising: a bezel portion that includes one or more pressing members; and one or more switch units, wherein each of the switch units is arranged to come in physical contact with any of the pressing members when the bezel portion is rotated, and generate an electrical on/off signal when the switch unit comes in physical contact with any of the pressing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Eun Kim, Ki-Young Kwon, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Ji-Hoon Park, Tae-Yoon An, Tae-Won Um, In-Ho Oh, Jae-Woong Choi
  • Patent number: 10013074
    Abstract: An accessory for an electronic device, such as a mobile computing device, includes a housing and a support element that are configured to support the electronic device in an inclined orientation. The support element of the accessory may comprise an elongated recess that receives a portion (e.g., an edge portion) of an electronic device to orient and support the electronic device in the inclined orientation. The accessory may also include a peripheral component, such as a user interface component (e.g., a keyboard, a track pad, etc.) or any other component that may enhance or supplement functionality of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ZAGG Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.
    Inventor: David P. Gengler
  • Patent number: 10013075
    Abstract: A light guide is provided for illuminating innumerable constructions, but which is ideally suited for illuminating the keys of a keyboard. The light guide includes a translucent planar plate having a top, a bottom and sides. Further, the light guide includes one or more cavities which project upwardly into the translucent plate from its bottom surface. The cavities are hollow or filled with a translucent material so that the translucent plate and the one or more cavities form translucent interfaces where the cavities interface with the plate. The light guide also includes a reflector which covers the plate bottom and cavity openings. Light produced by a light source, preferably in the form of one or more LEDs, is transmitted to and through the translucent plate until striking the plate-cavity interfaces where the light is refracted into the cavities' interior or reflected upwardly to the plate's upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Shipman
  • Patent number: 10013076
    Abstract: An input device includes at least one key structure and a film circuit board disposed below the key structure. The key structure includes a top cover, a plunger, a sleeve, a rod, a first elastic element, a second elastic element and a bottom cover. The plunger is assembled on the top cover and has a protruding portion protruding from a first opening of the top cover and a guiding portion. The sleeve is assembled inside the plunger. The rod is movably disposed in the sleeve. The first elastic element is disposed in the rod, wherein the guiding portion passes through the first elastic element so that a first end of the first elastic element leans against the plunger. The bottom cover having a second opening locks the top cover. A second end and a third end of the second elastic element respectively lean against the sleeve and the bottom cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Su, Rong-Shu Li
  • Patent number: 10013077
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for filtering a plurality of data items according to user input are presented. Each of the data items, such as media content files, is identified via a multiple-character identifier. A collection of individual characters is presented to a user for selection. A character sequence is received from the user, wherein the character sequence includes at least one character selection selected from the collection of individual characters. For each character selection in the sequence, more than one character from the collection is associated with the character selection. The data items are then filtered based on the associated characters corresponding to each character selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: Luke VanDuyn, Henry Gregg Martch, Morgan Haden Kirby
  • Patent number: 10013078
    Abstract: There is provided a failure identification method of an optical navigation device including the steps of: constructing a fixed noise map according to image frames captured by an image sensor; calculating a feature value of the fixed noise map; identifying whether the fixed noise map is uniform or not according to the feature value; and generating an alert signal when the fixed noise map is non-uniform for indicating failure of the optical navigation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Willie Song
  • Patent number: 10013079
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display unit that displays an image; a touch detection unit that detects an instruction input provided by a pointing device to a display surface of the display unit; an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a display color at an instruction input position, the display color being detected by a color sensor included in the pointing device; and a determination unit that performs determination processing to determine the instruction input position based on a color of the image and the color indicated by the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Togashi, Michio Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10013080
    Abstract: A manipulation apparatus that generates a manipulation reaction force on a manipulation knob by energizing a coil disposed between a coil-side yoke and a magnet. A permanent magnet is disposed on a contact portion for a housing of a knob base on which the manipulation knob is mounted. An electromagnet is disposed on a support portion of the housing that supports the contact portion. The electromagnet is energized to generate a repulsive force between the support portion and the contact portion. This reduces a friction force exerted between the support portion and the contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motoki Tachiiri
  • Patent number: 10013081
    Abstract: An apparatus utilizes multiple strain gauge (“SG”) sensing units which are each disposed adjacent an inner surface of the device housing. Electrical voltage generated by the SGs is amplified by one or more amplifiers to maximize the resolution between a voltage output of an SG when in a non-pressed state and a voltage output of the SG when in a pressed state. Additionally, an electronic circuit is configured to identify a baseline voltage output for an SG over a period of time for comparing to a voltage output for the SG when the SG is in a pressed state such that the pressed state of the SG can be identified by the electronic circuit by comparing a current output voltage of the SG to the identified baseline voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Reed Kugler, Alexey Polyudov, Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Debanjan Mukherjee, James B. Miller, James Aaron Cooper, Kelvin Kwong, Philip Quinn
  • Patent number: 10013082
    Abstract: A haptic system for a minimally invasive, hand-held surgical instrument and the system's various parts including a graphical user haptic interface, one or more haptic interfaces associated with a hand-held handle used to control a sensorized end-effector of the surgical instrument or inserted catheters, associated hardware, and an operating system. The system enables users to acquire, read, modify, store, write, and download sensor-acquired data in real time. The system can provide: an open, universally compatible platform capable of sensing or acquiring physiological signals/data in any format; processing of the sensor acquired data within an operating system; and outputting the processed signals to hardware which generates tangible sensations via one or more haptic interfaces. These tangible sensations can be modified by the user in real time as the system ensures the temporal relationship of sensed fiducial events are not altered or shifted relative to the generated and displayed haptic signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Stuart Schecter, LLC
    Inventor: Stuart O. Schecter
  • Patent number: 10013083
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses and computer-readable media for utilizing real world objects to interact with a user interface are presented. The method may comprise a device processing image data to identify an interactive surface area and an interacting object. Subsequently, the device may determine at least two regions of the interactive surface area. In addition, the device may map commands of a user interface to the at least two regions of the interactive surface area. Subsequently, the device may determine a selected region of the interactive surface area based on a proximity of the interacting object to the interactive surface area. In addition, the device may perform a mapped command of the user interface, wherein the mapped command is determined based on the selected region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandru Amariutei, Evan Robbert Hildreth
  • Patent number: 10013084
    Abstract: A touch window includes a substrate; a sensing electrode disposed on the substrate in a bending direction of the substrate; and a wire for electrically connecting the sensing electrode. The sensing electrode includes a first sensing electrode extending in one direction on an effective area; and a second sensing electrode extending in a direction different from the extension direction of the first sensing electrode. The wire includes a first wire connected to the first sensing electrode; and a second wire connected to the second sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mun Suk Kang, Do Youb Kwon, Ji Chang Ryu, Soung Kyu Park, Seok Pyo Yun, Gyu Rin Lee, Jin Seok Lee, Chung Wan Lee, Jae Hak Her
  • Patent number: 10013085
    Abstract: The invention disclosure a full-in-cell touch screen panel and a mobile device including a plurality of the sensor pads arranged in a matrix, a plurality of data lines arranged along the row direction of the matrix, a data driving device connected to the data lines and a plurality of transistors formed on the data line, wherein each transistor of the plurality of the transistors is formed in each of the data line, the drain electrode of each transistor is connected to the corresponding data line, the gate electrodes of all of the plurality of the transistors are all connected to the specific enable terminal of the data driving device. According to the full-in-cell touch screen panel and its display apparatus, the electric charge coupled to the liquid crystal in the touch scanning period can be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feilin Ji, Taisheng An
  • Patent number: 10013086
    Abstract: An in cell touch panel and a method for driving the same, and a display device are provided. A transparent conductive layer is divided into second touch electrodes and common electrodes, that is, a conventional entire common electrode layer is divided into second touch electrodes and common electrodes insulated from each other; accordingly, during a display operation, both the second touch electrodes and the common electrodes are applied with common electrode signals; and, during an touch operation, ones of the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are applied with touch scanning signals while the other ones of the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are coupled to the touch scanning signals and perform outputting, so that a touch function and a display function are achieved by asynchronous drivings. The second touch electrodes are manufactured such that no additional steps should be included for sole manufacture of the second touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Yingming Liu, Weijie Zhao, Changfeng Li, Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10013087
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a semiconductor display device having a touch panel, which can reduce power consumption. The semiconductor display device includes a panel which is provided with a pixel portion and a driver circuit which controls an input of the image signal to the pixel portion, and a touch panel provided in a position overlapping with the panel in the pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a display element configured to perform display in accordance with voltage of the image signal to be input, and a transistor configured to control retention of the voltage. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The driving frequency of the driver circuit, that is, the number of writing operations of the image signal for a certain period is changed in accordance with an operation signal from a touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 10013088
    Abstract: A flat panel display having an integrated touch screen panel directly formed on a sealing thin film is disclosed. In the display, sensing lines of the touch screen panel are formed to extend to a substrate of the display panel, on which organic light emitting elements are formed, so that the touch screen panel and the display panel are connected to a flexible printed circuit board, thereby simplifying manufacturing processes and decreasing product cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Soo Kim, Do-Youb Kim, Myoung-Seop Song, Sang-Kyun Cho
  • Patent number: 10013089
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a novel data input and output panel with high definition is provided. A method for driving the semiconductor device having the novel data input and output panel with high definition is provided. The data input and output panel includes, over a substrate, proximity sensors, signal lines electrically connected to the proximity sensors, and pixels electrically connected to the signal lines. The signal lines can supply image signals to the pixels, can supply control signals to the proximity sensors, and can be supplied with sensing signals from the proximity sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Takemura
  • Patent number: 10013090
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a self-capacitance touch display panel, a display device comprising the self-capacitance touch display panel, and a method of driving the self-capacitance touch display panel, so as to increase aperture opening ratio and transmissivity of pixels of the self-capacitance touch display panel. The self-capacitance touch display panel comprises an array substrate and a color filter substrate that are disposed to face one another, the array substrate comprising a common electrode disposed on a base substrate, the common electrode being configured to double as a plurality of touch electrodes, each touch electrode being electrically connected with a touch electrode wire. The touch electrode wire is configured to double as a common electrode wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanchen Li, Shuai Han, Panhua Wang
  • Patent number: 10013091
    Abstract: The display device includes: a scan line driving circuit selecting a potential supplied to a scan line; a driver chip; a plurality of source wires connected to a detection circuit; a terminal connected to an inspection wire controlling the scan line driving circuit; and a protection circuit arranged between the inspection wire and the terminal When it is assumed that an extending direction of a switch circuit connected with the plurality of source wires is an X axis direction, that one side of the X axis direction is an X1 side, and that the other side therein is an X2 side, the plurality of source wires are arranged closer to the X1 side than a center of the region in the X axis direction, and the terminal and the protection circuit are arranged closer to the X2 side than the center of the region in the X axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 10013092
    Abstract: A tactile touch sensor (TTS) system and method allowing physical augmentation of a high-resolution touch sensor array (TSA) is disclosed. Physical augmentation is accomplished using a TSA physical overlay (TPO) placed on top of the TSA. The TPO is constructed to transmit forces to the underlying TSA. Force transmission is accomplished by either using a flexible overlay or with a rigid mechanical overlay that transmits user forces exerted on the overlay to the underlying TSA. Incorporation of TPO identifiers (TPI) within the TPO permits identification of the TPO by a TPO detector (TPD) allowing operational characteristics of the TSA to be automatically reconfigured to conform to the currently applied TPO structure by a user computing device (UCD). The UCD may be configured to automatically load an appropriate application software driver (ASD) in response to a TPI read by the TPD from the currently applied TPO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sensel, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, John Aaron Zarraga
  • Patent number: 10013093
    Abstract: A touch input device that includes an operation input unit, a control unit, a memory unit and a display unit. The operation input unit includes a pressing sensor and a touch sensor. When obtaining a detected operation position (x, y) based on an operation detection signal from the touch sensor, the control unit compares a signal level DSp of a press detection signal from the pressing sensor and a first threshold THSp. When determining that the signal level DSp is larger than the first threshold THSp, the control unit reads the detected operation position (x, y) obtained immediately before the determination, and fixes the detected operation position (x, y). The control unit determines operation input contents by using the fixed detected operation position (x, y) and a pressing amount based on the signal level DSp obtained at each sampling timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kano, Hiroaki Kitada
  • Patent number: 10013094
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for operating a mobile device including a touch screen, a memory, and a vibratory feedback mechanism coupled to at least one processor. A plurality of applications including an application is stored, utilizing the memory. Indicia is displayed, utilizing the touchscreen. A first pressure signal indicative of a first magnitude of pressure being applied to the touch screen is identified in connection with the indicia. In response to the first pressure signal indicative of the first magnitude of pressure being applied to the touch screen, a first state is identified, utilizing the at least one processor. In response to the identification of the first state, an operation is performed, utilizing the at least one processor. A second pressure signal is identified indicative of a second magnitude of pressure being applied to the touch screen that is greater than the first magnitude, in connection with the indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: P4TENTS1, LLC
    Inventor: Michael S Smith
  • Patent number: 10013095
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for operating a mobile device including a touch screen, a memory, and a vibratory feedback mechanism coupled to at least one processor. A plurality of applications including an application is stored, utilizing the memory. Indicia is displayed, utilizing the touchscreen. A first pressure signal indicative of a first magnitude of pressure being applied to the touch screen is identified in connection with the indicia. In response to the first pressure signal indicative of the first magnitude of pressure being applied to the touch screen, a first state is identified, utilizing the at least one processor. In response to the identification of the first state, an operation is performed, utilizing the at least one processor. A second pressure signal is identified indicative of a second magnitude of pressure being applied to the touch screen that is greater than the first magnitude, in connection with the indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: P4TENTS1, LLC
    Inventor: Michael S Smith
  • Patent number: 10013096
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises generating, by a controller, a plurality of drive signals. The method further includes simultaneously transmitting, by the controller, the plurality of drive signals to a plurality of drive electrodes disposed on a touch sensor. The method further includes sensing a sense electrode of a plurality of sense electrodes disposed on the touch sensor. The sensing comprises measuring, for each drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes, at least one value indicative of a capacitance between the sense electrode and the drive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Vemund Kval Bakken, Izhar Bentov, Vivek Pant, Shahrooz Shahparnia
  • Patent number: 10013097
    Abstract: A touch screen panel and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch screen panel includes a substrate having a touch area and a peripheral area that surrounds the touch area and a plurality of first touch electrode patterns that are formed in the touch area, extend in a first direction, and are configured to transmit a first touch signal. The touch panel also includes a plurality of second touch electrode patterns that are formed in the touch area, extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, and are configured to transmit a second touch signal and a plurality of first driving circuit wirings that are formed in the peripheral area and are respectively electrically connected to the first touch electrode patterns. The first driving circuit wirings include a low resistance wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Choung, In-Bae Kim, Hong Sick Park, Byeong-Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 10013098
    Abstract: An operating method of a terminal based on multiple inputs and a portable terminal supporting the same are disclosed. The operating method includes: receiving a sensor signal in a state that a touch-down event having at least one touch point is being maintained, generating respective distinct commands according to at least one of a number of touch points of the touch-down event, and a type and a form of the certain sensor signal, activating one of a user function or controlling an operation of a currently activated user function according to the generated commands; and controlling variation in a screen output on a display panel according to the activation or the control of the user function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hwa Kim, Dong Jun Shin, Ji Young Kang
  • Patent number: 10013099
    Abstract: A touch panel including: a plurality of touch electrodes; and a plurality of touch signal lines electrically connected with the plurality of touch electrodes; wherein each of the plurality of touch electrodes is electrically connected with at least two of the touch signal lines, and the at least two touch signal lines electrically connected with the same touch electrode are electrically connected with each other via at least one conductive wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaoting Lin, Yuping Ma
  • Patent number: 10013100
    Abstract: A touch panel including a substrate a first signal line positioned on the substrate and extending in a first direction while being bent in a second direction several times and a second signal line positioned on the substrate and extending in the second direction while being bent in the first direction intersecting the first direction several times to intersect the first signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jee Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10013101
    Abstract: A device includes a controller coupled to a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first array of capacitive nodes substantially aligned with a second array of capacitive nodes in a mechanical stack. The controller is configured, when in a self-capacitive mode of operation, to send a first drive signal to a plurality of the electrodes of the first array, send a shield signal to at least a portion of the electrodes of the second array at the same time as the first drive signal is sent to the plurality of electrodes of the first array, and sense touch inputs based on signals received from the plurality of electrodes of the first array while the first drive signal is being sent to the plurality of electrodes of the first array and the shield signal is being sent to the at least a portion of the electrodes of the second array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Brunet, Richard P. Collins, Martin J. Simmons, Justin A. Church
  • Patent number: 10013102
    Abstract: A touch panel, a method for driving the touch panel and a touch display device are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, and multiple touch electrodes and touch electrode lines located on the substrate, the touch electrodes are respectively connected to the touch electrode lines. The touch electrodes include at least a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode, and the touch electrode lines include at least a first touch electrode line and a second touch electrode line. The first touch electrode line is disposed at a position where the first touch electrode line do not overlap with a projection region of other touch electrode driven simultaneously with the first touch electrode in the direction perpendicular to the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yingteng Zhai
  • Patent number: 10013103
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pixel signal from a memory is supplied to an arbitrary pixel. A controller selectively switches a scanning frequency of common electrodes including a touch detection system, between a higher frequency and a lower frequency, and allocates banks in the memory, each bank having a capacity of a fixed number of items of the pixel data. The controller defines one unit including a group of lines of the pixel data, sets a line number of the one unit to the fixed number when the scanning frequency is the higher frequency, and sets the line number of the one unit to another line number which is greater than the fixed number when the scanning frequency is the lower frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Hiratsuka, Koji Shigehiro
  • Patent number: 10013104
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving a touch panel can include a touch panel for sensing a force touch of a user input, and a touch driver for sensing the force touch from the touch panel and generating touch force data, in which the touch driver adjusts a sensitivity of the touch force data, based on touch mode information set by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JongHee Hwang
  • Patent number: 10013105
    Abstract: A touch display device is provided. The device includes an array substrate and a color substrate opposite to the array substrate; the array substrate is provided with a plurality of touch driving electrodes; a plurality of sub-pixels defined by a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines insulated from and intersected with the plurality of source lines. Sub-pixels of each row are driven in a time division manner by corresponding two of the plurality of gate lines. The plurality of source lines include data lines and touch driving lines. Adjacent two sub-pixels, connected to a same data line, in a same row are connected to two different gate lines. Adjacent two sub-pixels, connected to a same gate line, in a same row are connected to two different data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kangpeng Yang, Zhiwei Zheng, Weipeng Wang, Yumin Xu, Jianxun Wang
  • Patent number: 10013106
    Abstract: A panel of an input terminal that includes a base substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposing each other; a piezoelectric film having a third principal surface and a fourth principal surface opposing each other and made of a uniaxially stretched polylactic acid; and rigid bodies disposed at end portions of the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the base substrate so as to oppose each other across the base substrate and partially prevent a deformation caused by a twist of the base substrate. First displacement detection electrodes are formed on the first principal surface of the piezoelectric film and divide the first principal surface into four. Second displacement detection electrodes are formed on the second principal surface of the piezoelectric film and oppose the first displacement detection electrodes on the first principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masamichi Ando
  • Patent number: 10013107
    Abstract: A device obtains a signal representative of objects on a touch surface of a multi-touch sensing apparatus and executes a method for extracting touch data from the signal. The method operates in a sequence of detection frames. Each detection frame comprises the steps of: obtaining the signal; processing the signal for identifying touches; determining a set of identified touches and touch data for the set of identified touches; and outputting the touch data. At least one of the steps of processing and determining includes a prioritization that actively favors certain touches to be identified and included in the set of identified touches, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Tomas Christiansson, Ola Wassvik, Christer Fahraeus
  • Patent number: 10013108
    Abstract: A three dimensional touch sensing system having a touch surface configured to detect a touch input located above the touch surface is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of capacitive touch sensing electrodes disposed on the touch surface, each electrode having a baseline capacitance and a touch capacitance based on the touch input. An oscillating plane is disposed below the touch surface. A touch detector is configured to drive one of the touch sensing electrodes with an AC signal having a frequency that shifts from a baseline frequency to a touch frequency based on the change in electrode capacitance from the baseline capacitance to the touch capacitance. The touch detector is configured to drive the oscillating plane to the touch frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yingzhe Hu, Liechao Huang, Naveen Verma, Sigurd Wagner, James C. Sturm
  • Patent number: 10013109
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes: a flat panel display including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and pixels arranged on a display region of the lower substrate in a stripe arrangement; first sensing cells arranged in a first direction on the upper substrate and second sensing cells arranged in a second direction on the upper substrate; first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction, wherein at least one of the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns is inclined so that it partially overlaps with the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Won-Kyu Kwak, Brent Jang
  • Patent number: 10013110
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Fuminori Homma
  • Patent number: 10013111
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a touch panel display device and an array substrate. A touch panel display device includes a touch detecting circuit, touch detecting electrodes, and transmission paths. One terminal of each of the transmission paths is connected to one of the touch detecting electrodes, and the other terminal of each of the transmission paths is connected to the touch detecting circuit, for transmitting a touch signal of the touch detecting electrode to the touch detecting circuit. A difference of variation for each touch signal of the touch detecting electrodes is smaller than a first predetermined value after being transmitted through each of the transmission paths. The first predetermined value is a threshold by which false identification occurs among the touch signals from the touch detecting electrodes. The present invention improves sensitivity of touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenzhou Xing, Xiaoping Tan, Qingcheng Zuo
  • Patent number: 10013112
    Abstract: In an in-cell touch display panel, a TFT layer includes plural thin film transistors, plural data lines and plural scan lines. A common voltage electrode layer includes plural common voltage electrodes capable of being switched to serve as touch sensing electrodes, each touch sensing electrode including a common voltage electrode. A metal mesh shielding layer is disposed between the TFT layer and the common voltage electrode layer. The metal mesh shielding layer includes plural metal lines arranged in rows and columns. The metal lines are disposed at locations corresponding to those of the data lines and scan lines, and are formed into a shielding area and plural touch electrode traces. In the shielding area, the metal mesh lines are electrically connected together, and each touch electrode trace is connected to a touch sensing electrode, while the shielding area is not electrically connected to the touch electrode traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin