Patents Issued in October 9, 2018
  • Patent number: 10095337
    Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments provide a touch display device which connects a touch driving circuit and a plurality of touch sensors using a plurality of dummy pixels disposed on a display panel to recognize touch event of a user. When the touch wiring line is implemented, the same material as the pixel electrode or the source line included in the plurality of dummy pixels is used so that a separate process for implementing the touch wiring line is not necessary. Further, in a pixel structure in which one data line is disposed for every two pixels, the source line is disposed in a region where the data line is not disposed to be used as a touch wiring line. Therefore, the touch recognizable area may expand as compared with a case using a pixel metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HoanSu Shim, DeukSu Lee, Chulwoo Lee, Tae-Min Jung
  • Patent number: 10095338
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes first electrodes and a detection electrode. The first electrodes constitute sensor drive electrodes by being supplied with sensor drive signals separately and sequentially or sensor drive electrodes by simultaneously supplying the sensor drive signals to the first electrodes adjacent to each other. A width of the sensor drive electrode including the first electrode on the edge is smaller than a width of the other sensor drive electrode not including the first electrode on the edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Koji Ishizaki, Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10095339
    Abstract: A touch panel is provided and includes a substrate and a plurality of sensing pads disposed on the substrate. Each sensing pad includes a metal layer, an insulation layer and a transparent conductive layer. The insulation layer is disposed between the metal layer and the transparent conductive layer, and the metal layer is in contact with the transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: HannsTouch Solution Incorporated
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Tsai, Shi-Wei Ma
  • Patent number: 10095340
    Abstract: A touch sensor laminate includes a polarizing plate having a predetermined stretching direction, and a sensing pattern layer formed on at least one surface of the polarizing plate. The sensing pattern layer includes a first pattern formed along a first direction, a second pattern formed along a second direction, and a bridge electrode electrically connecting isolated unit patterns included in the second pattern. The first pattern includes a plurality of unit patterns, and a connection portion connecting neighboring unit patterns of the plurality of unit patterns, the connection portion having a width smaller than a maximum width of the unit pattern of the first pattern. An angle between the stretching direction of the polarizing plate and a length direction of the connection portion is 60° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byung Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 10095341
    Abstract: Hybrid force sensing includes acquiring absolute capacitance measurements of the absolute capacitance of at least one frame side electrode, acquiring mutual capacitance measurements of the mutual capacitance between the at least one frame side electrode and at least one display side electrode. Hybrid force sensing further includes determining an absolute capacitance derived force from the absolute capacitance measurements, determining a mutual capacitance derived force from the mutual capacitance measurements, and combining the absolute capacitance derived force and the mutual capacitance derived force to obtain a combined force. Hybrid force sensing further includes performing an action based on the combined force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Derek Solven
  • Patent number: 10095342
    Abstract: An apparatus for sensing user input includes a first strain gauge grouping attached to an inner surface of a housing of a device, and a second strain gauge grouping attached to the inner surface of the housing. The apparatus includes a circuit coupled to the first and second strain gauge groupings, the circuit being configured to: (i) receive a first parameter signal from the first strain gauge grouping in response to user input that interacts with the housing over a location of the first strain gauge grouping, (ii) indicate that a first type of user input has been received in response to receipt of the first parameter signal, (iii) receive a second parameter signal from the second strain gauge grouping in response to user input that interacts with the housing over a location of the second strain gauge grouping, and (iv) indicate that a second type of user input has been received in response to receipt of the second parameter signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin Kwong, Debanjan Mukherjee, James Aaron Cooper
  • Patent number: 10095343
    Abstract: An electronic device detects a change in intensity of an input at a location corresponding to a first user interface element associated with a user-interaction behavior model; generates, with an application-independent software module, output associated with the first user interface element determined in accordance with the change in intensity of the input and the user-interaction behavior model, including a first user-interaction component behavior and a second user-interaction component behavior; detects a change in intensity of an input at a location corresponding to a second user interface element associated with a subset of the user-interaction component behaviors; obtains, from the application-independent software module, an indication of whether the change in intensity of the input has met conditions associated with the first user-interaction component behavior; and updates, based on the indication, an appearance of the second user interface element based on the first user-interaction component behavio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sophia Teutschler, Stephen R. Breen, Kenneth L. Kocienda
  • Patent number: 10095344
    Abstract: A touch-screen assembly for performing pressure sensing or force sensing is disclosed. The touch-screen assembly includes a cover sheet having touch-sensing capability and a frame having an upper surface portion. Spaced-apart adhesive islands are disposed between the cover sheet and the upper surface portion of the frame. The adhesive islands serve to secure the cover sheet to the frame and have a Young's modulus of greater than 1 MPa so that the energy associated with the touching force is not absorbed by the adhesive island. This makes for more accurate pressure-based or force-based touch sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: William James Miller, Lucas Wayne Yeary
  • Patent number: 10095345
    Abstract: A low power can for device wake up and unlock is disclosed. The low power scan can include one or more algorithms used to detect a sequence and/or one or more gestures to wake up a processor and unlock the device for user interaction. A sequence and/or one or more gestures can be determined by a microcontroller and/or by a separate hardware component. The microcontroller can send a notification or a wake signal to the processor and/or switch the device from an idle to an active state. By detecting a sequence and one or more gestures in the microcontroller before powering on or waking up the processor, the amount of power consumed can be reduced and the battery life extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Louis W. Bokma, Sean Erik O'Connor
  • Patent number: 10095346
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method are described where the electronic device includes a first body having a first end and a second end; a connecting body having a third end and a fourth end, the third end being connected to the second end; a second body having a fifth end and a sixth end, the fifth end being connected to the fourth end, the second body being capable of rotating round the first body through the connecting body. The connecting body includes a connecting sub-input unit configured to acquire an input operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Gao, Jie Xia
  • Patent number: 10095347
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an object recognition process that is configured to detect a passive stylus and reject non-passive stylus objects on a touch screen, including an edge portion of the touch screen. In one embodiment, the object recognition process includes receiving sense signals from sense elements of a sense array in response to a touch object being on the sense array, selecting three sense signals from three respective sense elements, calculating a first sum of the strengths of the three selected signals, calculating a second sum of the strengths of two of the selected signals which are greater than the strength of one of the selected signals; and determining a type of the object (e.g., a passive stylus or a user hand's grip shadow) based on the first sum and the second sum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oleksiy Savitskyy, Oleksandr Karpin, Igor Kravets
  • Patent number: 10095348
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a body; a touchscreen provided to a front and extending to side of the body and configured to display content; and a controller configured to detect one side of the body comes into contact with one side of an external terminal, display a first area on the touchscreen corresponding to a contact area of the body and the external terminal and a second area including the content, receive an input of moving the content displayed in the second area to the first area, display the content in the first area, and share the content in the first area with the external terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yeongnam Ahn, Haein Lee
  • Patent number: 10095349
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor screen capable of recognizing a touch and a fingerprint. A touch screen includes an active area having a minor axis and a major axis intersecting each other, and a bezel area outside the active area. The touch screen includes a plurality of touch sensing electrode groups arranged in the minor axis direction, a plurality of touch driving electrode groups arranged in the major axis direction, a plurality of fingerprint and touch driving electrodes arranged in the major axis direction between the touch driving electrode groups, a plurality of fingerprint and touch sensing electrodes arranged adjacent to the outermost touch sensing electrode group from among the plurality of touch sensing electrode groups and a read-out IC arranged adjacent to the plurality of fingerprint and touch sensing electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manhyeop Han, Jiho Cho, Junghoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10095350
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing device, which includes a plurality of digital demodulators and an information transmitting module. Each of the digital demodulators is configured to generate in-phase and quadrature signal information corresponding to a frequency. The information transmitting module is configured to receive, process, and transmit the in-phase and quadrature signal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chin-Fu Chang
  • Patent number: 10095351
    Abstract: A substrate includes a plurality of force sensitive resistors, among which at least two force sensitive resistors connected in series forms a force sensing unit, wherein the first end of the force sensing unit applied with a first voltage, and the second end of the force sensing unit applied with a second voltage which is different from the first voltage; a readout signal line tapped between two adjacent force sensitive resistors connected in series; and the force sensitive resistors are made of piezoresistive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Ding, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Yingming Liu, Wei Liu, Pengpeng Wang, Tao Ren
  • Patent number: 10095352
    Abstract: A tablet computer is provided, which includes a sensor section operable to detect positional input by a human operator and output a positional input signal; a display, laid over the sensor section, operable to receive and display a video signal; and a processor, coupled to a memory storing programs for running an operating system (OS) and executing software loaded to the memory, the processor being operable to receive and process the positional input signal from the sensor section and to output a video signal of the OS and the software to the display. The tablet computer further includes a sensor signal filter capable of selectively communicating the positional input signal from the sensor section to the processor, to a separate external processor, or to neither the processor nor the separate external processor; and a display switch capable of coupling the display to the processor or to the separate external processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Konrad Pollmann, Michael Thompson
  • Patent number: 10095353
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a display; a touch sensor overlapped with the display and configured to detect a touch input; and a controller configured to detect a first tap input applied on the touch sensor in state of a deactivated display and the touch sensor being periodically driven with a second period; determine a region of the display that corresponds to the first tap input; detect a second tap input applied on the touch sensor in state of the deactivated display within a predefined time period from the first tap input; determine if the second tap input is applied within the region; if the second tap input is applied within the region and within the predefined time period from the first tap input, activate the display and periodically drive the touch sensor with a first period shorter than the second period; and if the second tap input is applied to a spot outside the region, maintain the deactivation of the display and periodically drive the touch sensor with the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunmo Yang, Hangshin Cho, Joonwon Byun, Jeunguk Ha, Mansoo Sin
  • Patent number: 10095354
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for correcting an input coordinate of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a pen input device configured to support an electromagnetic induction function and an electrostatic pen function; a touch screen including a digitizer pad, an electrostatic capacitive touch panel disposed above the digitizer pad, a digitizer pad controller configured to detect a recognition coordinate calculated from electromagnetic induction from the digitizer pad, and a touch panel controller configured to detect an input coordinate in relation to a change of an electrostatic capacitance from the touch panel; and a processor configured to generate inclination information of the pen input device and coordinate correction based on a write pressure of the pen input device, the recognition coordinate information provided by the digitizer pad controller, and the input coordinate information provided by the electrostatic capacitive touch panel controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heetae Ahn
  • Patent number: 10095355
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an inverting circuit, a driving method thereof, a touch display panel and a touch display device. The inverting circuit includes an input module and an output module, the input module is used for controlling a potential of the first node, and the output module is used for controlling, under the control of the potential of the first node, an output signal of the first output terminal according to input signals of the first input terminal, the third voltage terminal and the third signal terminal. In the technical solutions provided by the present invention, a light-emitting control signal is switched off in a touch stage by means of time-sharing driving to lower the capacitance to ground of the touch electrode, so that resistive and capacitive load of the touch electrode is reduced, touch driving frequency is increased, and touch accuracy is thus improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Xiaochuan Chen, Yingming Liu, Lingyu Sun
  • Patent number: 10095356
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and apparatus that is configured to reduce the effects of interference that is undesirably provided to a transmitter signal that is delivered from a transmitter signal generating device to a sensor processor to determine if an input object is disposed within a touch sensing region of a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the sensor processor includes a receiver channel that has circuitry that is configured to separately receive a transmitter signal delivered from a display processor and a sensor processor reference signal that is based on a display processor reference signal to reliably sense the presence of an object. Embodiments of the invention described herein thus provide an improved apparatus and method for reliably sensing the presence of an object by a touch sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Adam Schwartz, Joseph Kurth Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10095357
    Abstract: A position detection device includes a detection section adapted to detect an operation to a screen, a detection control section adapted to identify the pointing element with which the operation is performed, and associate the operation with the pointing element, and a processing section adapted to process the operation associated with the pointing element out of the operations. In the case in which a first operation and a second operation, which is performed within a predetermined period of time before the first operation, with a single pointing element are detected, and a coordinate of the first operation and a coordinate of the second operation are located within a predetermined range, the detection control section treats the coordinate of the first operation as the same coordinate as the coordinate of the second operation. Further, the detection control section changes the predetermined range in accordance with the detection position in the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shun Imai
  • Patent number: 10095358
    Abstract: A method and system for driving capacitive pixels in a touch sensor device using a multi-level drive scheme. The drive scheme includes driving a transmitter electrode with a boosted voltage for a first period, and driving the transmitter electrode with a second voltage for a second period. The multi-level transmitter signal is determined based on different settling responses associated with the capacitive pixels of the touch sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Petr Shepelev, Adam Schwartz
  • Patent number: 10095359
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detection device includes a drive electrode layer including a plurality of drive electrodes formed in stripes in an array direction; a plurality of touch detection electrodes that are arranged in a manner facing the plurality of drive electrodes and generate capacitance with the plurality of drive electrodes; and a touch detecting unit that applies a touch drive signal to the plurality of drive electrodes and detects a position of an object in contiguity with a touch detection area based on detection signals supplied from the plurality of touch detection electrodes. The plurality of the drive electrodes include an end drive electrode that is provided to at least one end in the array direction and has a larger width in the array direction than the width in the array direction of drive electrodes other than the end drive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Patent number: 10095360
    Abstract: A communication device, including: a touch sensor configured to detect a touch or an approach of an input object by detecting a change in capacitance; and a near field communicator configured to perform near field communication with an information processing terminal present in a communication area in which near field communication is possible, the information processing terminal being capable of performing the near field communication, wherein a distance within which the touch or the approach of the input object is detectable by the touch sensor is shorter than a distance within which the near field communication by the near field communicator with the information processing terminal is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Akagi, Masaaki Wakizaka, Shoji Sato, Akikazu Murata
  • Patent number: 10095361
    Abstract: A method for detecting a signal transmitted by a handheld device includes detecting a signal on first electrodes along a first axis and on second electrodes along a second axis of the digitizer sensor. The method additionally includes detecting hand input on the first electrodes and on third electrodes along the second axis and detecting no hand input on the second electrodes. The hand input detection is based on self-capacitive detection. The signal transmitted by the handheld device on the first electrodes is estimated based on the hand input detected on each of the first and third electrodes, the signal from the handheld device detected on the second electrodes and based on a pre-defined constant. Coordinates of the handheld device are determined based on the signal detected on the second electrodes and the signal estimated. The coordinates are reported to a host computing device associated with the digitizer sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Vadim Mishalov
  • Patent number: 10095362
    Abstract: A lightweight touch panel is provided. A display panel includes first and second substrates, between which a liquid crystal layer is provided. The first substrate is provided with a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a transistor, and the like of a liquid crystal panel. The second substrate is provided with a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first electrode, two second electrodes, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode. The first electrode and the two second electrodes are formed using a first conductive film. The third and fourth electrodes are formed using a second conductive film. The first electrode extends in a first direction. The two second electrodes are provided along a second direction with the first electrode therebetween. The third electrode electrically connects the two second electrodes to each other. The fourth electrode faces the pixel electrode and the common electrode with the liquid crystal layer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Daisuke Kubota, Kenichi Okazaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10095363
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a method for using multiple filtered images. The method includes acquiring changes of capacitance in a sensing region at a plurality of sensor electrodes in a capacitive sensor. The method also includes generating a capacitive frame based on the changes of capacitance and calculating one or more filtered capacitive frames by modifying the capacitive frame with a spatial filter. The method also includes performing clump detection on the one or more filtered capacitive frames, where clump detection includes detecting locations in each filtered capacitive frame exceeding a first threshold near locations that exceed a second threshold in the corresponding capacitive frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yi Ling, Sanjay Mani
  • Patent number: 10095364
    Abstract: An in-vehicle input device includes a touch panel including a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a spacer, and is capable of detecting a capacitance between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The device has an operation surface located above the upper electrode. The operation surface includes a plurality of operation areas. The spacer has a plurality of openings that coincide with the operation areas in plan view. The device further includes a suppression layer that is disposed between the operation surface and the upper electrode or disposed on an upper surface of the operation surface. The suppression layer eliminates or reduces formation of a capacitance between the upper electrode and an operator. The device detects an input operation based on a change in distance between the lower electrode and the upper electrode in response to pressing any of the operation areas by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Bannai, I Ka, Atsushi Masuda, Kazuhiko Hiratsuka, Marcello Milli
  • Patent number: 10095365
    Abstract: A position detecting method for a touchscreen panel includes the steps of (a) determining the presence or absence of contact with the touchscreen panel on a conductive film divided into multiple conductive regions; (b) measuring a time after the detection of the absence of the contact and determining whether the measured time is less than a predetermined time if step (a) determines the absence of the contact; and (c) determining the continuance of the contact if the measured time is less than the predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichi Kondoh, Takashi Nakajima, Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Masanobu Hayama, Norio Endo, Daisuke Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 10095366
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a force detection system that detects force exerted on a flexible display based upon changes in resistance and/or capacitance. In one embodiment, a method includes measuring a baseline comprising a baseline resistance or a baseline capacitance or both of a force measurement layer disposed within or overlaid on the display panel. The method further includes detecting a change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both and calculating a change location where the change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both occurred. The method also includes calculating a magnitude of the change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Brian Lynch, Benjamin Mark Rappoport, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Paul Stephen Drzaic, Scott Andrew Myers
  • Patent number: 10095367
    Abstract: Managing metadata associated with a digital media asset includes selecting the digital media asset, displaying the digital media asset in a filmstrip format that presents one or more scenes from the digital media asset along a timeline, wherein each scene corresponds with an underlying point in time along the timeline, and wherein the digital media asset has a start time and an end time that define the timeline, displaying at least one track in timeline alignment with the film strip format wherein the at least one track corresponds with a type of metadata associated with the digital media asset, and displaying on the at least one track, one or more segments, wherein each segment has a start point and an end point along the timeline and wherein each respective segment represents a span of time in which the type of metadata occurs within the digital media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Matthew G. Berry, Tim Jones, Isaac Kunkel
  • Patent number: 10095368
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a screen in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying a pop-up window in a display area, disposed over another application displayed in the display area. If a movement of the pop-up window is detected, and a portion of the pop-up window reaches a predefined area of the display area, the pop-up window is removed from the display portion. A selectable icon is displayed allowing a user to redisplay the pop-up window or alter an operational state of the pop-up window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Kun Choi, Doo-Suk Kang
  • Patent number: 10095369
    Abstract: Methods and/or systems for automatically provisioning various computing components within a computing environment, such as a computing infrastructure are disclosed. More particularly, various compute, network, and storage components of a converged infrastructure, such as servers, databases, applications, operating systems, memories, switches and/or the like, may be automatically provisioned and allocated for use and access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: VCE IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Orone Laizerovich, Michelle Proctor, David Tyszkiewicz, Thomas Otake
  • Patent number: 10095370
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a network visualizing apparatus giving a user to have a clear perspective of network configuration and operation. [Solution] The visualizing apparatus for monitoring a network having logical configuration changeable by software interpreting a network control command includes a display device 98, a first drawing unit drawing a first image 92 representing cooperation between services provided on the network on the display device 98, and a second drawing unit drawing a second image 98 representing what connection between which node and which switch realizes the service cooperation on the network, on the display device. The first and second drawing units update drawings of a service cooperation execution monitoring window 92 and a network configuration monitoring window 98, respectively, in a synchronized manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Hideki Murasato, Takashi Kimata, Tetsuo Toyomura, Koji Zettsu
  • Patent number: 10095371
    Abstract: A device and a method for displaying content on a display device involve generating a graphical user interface including a toolbar in response to a request to display content. The toolbar is displayed simultaneously with the content on a display screen of the display device, with at least two sides of the toolbar are separated from edges of the display screen. The toolbar is partially transparent and brought onto display using an animation, separately from display of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Florian Jann, Michael Krenkler, Tina Rauschenbach, Emil Voutta
  • Patent number: 10095372
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit and one or more processors. The one or more processors are operable to the one or more processors to detect an inability of the wireless communication circuit to transmit an electronic communication that includes one or more temporally dependent content elements. When this occurs, the one or more processors monitor a duration during which the wireless communication circuit is unable to transmit the electronic communication. Later the one or more processors alter the one or more temporally dependent content elements as a function of the duration to obtain a modified electronic communication, which is transmitted from the wireless communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Krishnan Raghavan, Amit Kumar Agrawal, Vignesh Karthik Mohan
  • Patent number: 10095373
    Abstract: A system and method for assigning channels includes a program guide module having program guide data associated with program channels and a content processing system receiving program feeds for the program channels and receiving data feeds. The content processing system compares event data from the data feed and identifies a first program channel by comparing the program guide data and the event data and associating the program channel with event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Feldstein, Mark A. Shurgot
  • Patent number: 10095374
    Abstract: A method for clicking and selecting an object in a three-dimensional virtual reality scene is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventor: Weifeng Ren
  • Patent number: 10095375
    Abstract: An icon can be created for a contact (e.g., an individual(s) or an entity) and presented on a user interface of a mobile device, such as a “home screen.” The icon can be used to retrieve and display contact information. The icon can also be used to invoke one or more applications that are personalized to the contact. The icon can be modified to display information related to the contact. In one aspect, an icon associated with an entity can be temporarily displayed on the mobile device based on the proximity of the mobile device to the entity. The icon can be used to retrieve and display information related to the entity. Additionally, the icon can be removed from the display on the mobile device when the mobile device is no longer within a certain proximity of the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Marcel Mwa van Os
  • Patent number: 10095377
    Abstract: A method for displaying a badge of an icon is disclosed. The method may comprise acquiring feature information of the icon; determining a display element of the badge according to the acquired feature information; and generating and displaying the badge according to the determined display element, at a preset position of the icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Fei Xiangli, Zhuang Qian, Baoke Chen
  • Patent number: 10095378
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for displaying page elements embedded on a webpage displayed on a handheld computing device. Tools provide one or more functionality to a user, including an ability to view a webpage, to share a webpage, to view webpages within a domain that are popular with the user's connection in a social networking system, etc. The tools are received and rendered within a toolbar interface including a toolbar icon for each tool. The tool interfaces associated with each icon may be displayed on the handheld computing device automatically or responsive to a user request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Performance and Privacy Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Nitin Bhandari, James Marzano, Geoffrey D. Benson, Ronakkumar Patel, Ethan A. Fassett
  • Patent number: 10095379
    Abstract: A method for selecting a list element from a list displayable on a motor vehicle display unit. The list is displayed on a first display unit. First upwards/downwards commands are received upon actuation of an operating element by a user and, corresponding to the first upwards/downwards commands received, a first preselection region, which highlights a plurality of list elements, is moved upwards/downwards within the displayed list. A first selection command is received upon an actuation of the operating element and then a sublist, which exclusively comprises the list elements highlighted by the first preselection region is displayed on a second display unit. Second upwards/downwards commands are received and, corresponding thereto, a second preselection region, which highlights a single list element in the sublist, is moved upwards/downwards within the displayed sublist. A second selection command selects the list element highlighted by the second preselection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ronald Ecker, Simon Stusak
  • Patent number: 10095380
    Abstract: A method for obtaining information and an electronic device thereof. The method for obtaining the information in the electronic device includes: displaying one or more representing objects for representing contents on a display area; determining a selection area which is at least part of the display area based on a user input; detecting a representing object of the one or more representing objects as a clip object corresponding to the user input, wherein at least part of the representing object corresponds to the selection area; and recognizing a content corresponding to the clip object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung-Hyuk Moon, Kyu-Chul Kong, Hyun-Woong Kwon, Keun-Soo Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10095381
    Abstract: A system that defines, on a user interface, a task flow for a portal web site, provides a first plurality of selections of a display type for the task flow, where each of the first selections displays the display type on the user interface in substantially an identical manner as the display type is displayed on the portal web site. The system provides a second plurality of selections of a content of display for the task flow, where each of the second selections displays the content of display on the user interface in substantially an identical manner as the content of display is displayed on the portal web site. The system receives one of the first plurality of selections of the display type for the task flow and one of the second plurality of selections of the content of display for the task flow. Based on the received selections of the display type and content of display, the system then generates pin data, where the pin data represents the received selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Mei Hong, Jeff Marshall, Ravi Baranwal, Anandram Kota Rajaram
  • Patent number: 10095382
    Abstract: A display apparatus (1) includes a display section (14), a gesture acceptance section (102), and a display control section (101). In providing a second scrolling display of a list, the display control section (101) identifies, among a plurality of items enumerated in the list, an item likely to have been missed by a user in a previous scrolling display and allows the display section to provide the scrolling display of the identified item at a speed different from a speed specified by a scroll gesture accepted by the gesture acceptance section (102) or in a display manner different from that of the other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Shoichi Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10095383
    Abstract: A display/input device has a display panel, a touch panel portion, and a control portion. The display panel displays a plurality of item selection screens including selection keys for setting items. The control portion makes the display panel display item selection screens of different pages according to user operation, and recognizes a fixed key, which is a selection key on which a fixing operation has been made. When a first determination operation is done when the fixing operation is undone, the control portion makes the display panel display the item selection screen that includes the selection keys that were being displayed when the fixing operation was undone. When a second determination operation is done when the fixing operation is undone, the control portion makes the display panel display the item selection screen in which the fixing operation was made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Keita Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10095384
    Abstract: A device including a display such as a touch screen is provided. The device includes a communication unit configured to obtain movement information of a user, a display unit configured to move a cursor displayed on the display or touch screen in accordance with the movement information of the user, and a controller configured to determine coordinates where the cursor and/or moved cursor is located as dwell start coordinates and determine the dwell start coordinates as touch coordinates when the cursor is located within a reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during an entire reference time starting from a point in time when the cursor is moved to the dwell start coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-uk Jung, Hyun-jin Ahn, Ki-beom Kim, Ji-yeon Ma, Jae-seok Yoon, Geul-ji Jung, Hyeon-bin Choi
  • Patent number: 10095385
    Abstract: The principles described herein provide methods and systems of providing a user interface to allow a user to compose and send an electronic communication quickly and conveniently. For example, a user interface includes split-pane interface having a navigable tray area and a composition area. The navigable tray area may include categories of trays, each tray including a navigable listing of content items that may form part of the electronic communication. The navigable tray area allows the user to navigate from one tray to the next to access different types of content items to be used in composing the electronic communication. When composing an electronic communication, a user can select an item in a tray, and the item is previewed in the composition area and can become part of the electronic communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Marshall Walkin, Michael James Matas
  • Patent number: 10095386
    Abstract: A displaying method for a mobile device includes: displaying one of a plurality of virtually listed pages on a screen of the mobile device; receiving a scroll input on the displayed page; in response to the scroll input, inserting images, of execution screens of widgets corresponding to adjacent pages of the displayed page, into the adjacent pages. The plurality of pages may be sequentially displayed on the screen of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Yoon, Sung-jae Park, Moon-kyoung Park, Young-joo Park
  • Patent number: 10095387
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for processing a click at a user interface. A method includes partitioning, based on historical data, an offer component associated with additional online content to include a first region and a second region. A method further includes transmitting the offer component to the user interface for display. A method further includes receiving a first user interaction with the offer component. A method further includes determining the received user interaction is within the second region of the offer component. A method further includes presenting, responsive to receiving the second user interaction, a user prompt for a confirmation of the interaction. A method further includes receiving a second user interaction. A method further includes determining the second user interaction is indicative of confirmation of the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Allen Huang, Akiva Bamberger, David Lewis