Patents Issued in November 6, 2018
  • Patent number: 10120497
    Abstract: Various embodiments reduce power consumption in a mobile stylus system by selectively scanning only a subset of capacitive lines in a capacitive sensing panel when a received input is determined to be provided by a finger. When the input is determined to be from a stylus, a larger number of capacitive lines can be scanned. Thus, power savings are achieved because less capacitive lines are scanned when the input is determined to be provided by a finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Scott Patrick DeBates
  • Patent number: 10120498
    Abstract: Circuitry, systems, and methods are provided that can acquire touch sensor data simultaneously for different modes of, for example, self, mutual, and pen, and with simultaneous sampling of the different channels. Drive/receive circuitry and methods of driving and receiving sensor electrode signals are provided that allow digital I/O pins to be used to interface with touch sensor electrodes using external passive filter components. Drive/receive circuitry is provided employing voltage following sigma-delta A/D coverts that are adapted to both drive and sense touch sensor signals on multiple frequencies simultaneously. This circuitry may be operated in modes to sense various combinations of mutual, self, and pen touch signals simultaneously. While capacitive multi-touch sensors are preferred, the circuits and methods herein are useful with many other types of touch sensors as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Patrick Troy Gray
  • Patent number: 10120499
    Abstract: A capacitance detection method based on a capacitive touch controller chip includes: setting configuration information of a plurality of detection channels, the configuration information includes information of activating sequence and pre-configuration information of a plurality of respective detection channels (201); pre-configuring the plurality of respective channels before detection in accordance with the pre-configuration information (202); activating a first detection channel in accordance with the information of activating sequence, and detecting a capacitance value generated by touch of a user in the currently activated channel (203); and activating a next channel in accordance with the information of activating sequence, and continuing to perform detection on a capacitance value of the next channel until completing the detection of capacitance values of all detection channels (204). The method can enhance the flexibility of setting detection channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Cheng
  • Patent number: 10120500
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device includes first and second substrates, an insulating layer, and a connecting material. The first substrate includes a first conductive layer. The second substrate includes a basement having first and second surfaces, a second conductive layer on the second surface, and a first hole penetrating through the basement. The insulating layer is arranged between the first conductive layer and the basement, and has a second hole. The connecting material connects conductive layers via holes. The first hole has a first opening on a first surface side. The second hole has a third opening on a first conductive layer side which is larger than the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Imazeki
  • Patent number: 10120501
    Abstract: A touch implementation method and device and an electronic device are provided, and the method includes: displaying N calibration points for user touch by a display screen of an electronic device; acquiring first coordinates of the N calibration points for user touch; acquiring second coordinates of the N calibration points; and calculating a mapping parameter between a first coordinate of a point and a second coordinate of the point according to the first coordinates of the N calibration points and the second coordinates of the N calibration points. The mapping parameter is configured for acquiring a first coordinate of a touch point touched by the user upon a user touching the display screen. Embodiments of present disclosure can reduce the cost of the electronic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xingxing Zhao
  • Patent number: 10120502
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate. The array substrate includes a bottom substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines arranged on the bottom substrate for defining a plurality of subpixel regions; and a plurality of common electrode pads, each common electrode pad being located in a corresponding subpixel region, wherein one or more of the common electrode pads form a self-capacitance electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Xiaochuan Chen, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Rui Xu, Weijie Zhao, Lei Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Changfeng Li
  • Patent number: 10120503
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes drive electrodes, sensing electrodes, a driver, a first sensor circuit, and a second sensor circuit, wherein the drive electrodes include first drive electrodes and second drive electrodes which are arranged between the adjacent first drive electrodes, and a first width of the first drive electrodes in a first direction is an integer multiple of a second width of the second drive electrodes in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Patent number: 10120504
    Abstract: There is disclosed a pixel driving circuit and its driving method, an array substrate, a transflective display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shengji Yang
  • Patent number: 10120505
    Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma, Ikuo Yamano, Shunichi Kasahara, Ken Miyashita, Kazuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10120506
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques and systems for distinguishing between inadvertent contact and an intentional key press on a touch-sensitive input device, such as a keyboard or other like peripheral. In some embodiments, a system may include a first electrode disposed in a first plane, and a second electrode disposed in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The system may also include one of a flexible dielectric material and an air gap spacing the first electrode from the second electrode; and a third electrode disposed in a third plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The third electrode may extend substantially parallel to the first electrode, and may be spaced from the first electrode by the one of the flexible dielectric material and the air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Li-Wen (Magnetro) Chen, Feng-Hsiung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10120507
    Abstract: When determining that a level of a deformation detection signal is greater than a threshold, a controller assumes that a touch operation is performed at an initially-detected position and virtually at another position different from the position, and outputs a position detection signal to a processor indicating that the two touch positions and separate from each other based on the touch position. Thus, the controller converts the deformation detection signal into the position detection signal corresponding to a pinch-out operation, and outputs the position detection signal to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Hidekazu Kano, Hiroaki Kitada
  • Patent number: 10120508
    Abstract: A touch sensor including first touch electrode lines extending in one direction and second touch electrode lines extending in a diagonal direction sloped with respect to the first touch electrode lines. A first touch electrode line intersects a second touch electrode line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyoung Cho, Il Gon Kim, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Sang Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 10120509
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to remove common mode noise projected onto a touch sensor array from a display. The system is configured to activate two rows of electrodes at the same time, while coupling remaining rows of electrodes to ground. A first one of the two activated rows is used for detection of a touch and a second one of the two activated rows is used to detect common mode noise from the display. The common mode noise detected by the second row is removed from signals received from a plurality of columns of the touch sensor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD
    Inventors: Praveesh Chandran, Lokesh Kumar Korapati, Mythreyi Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 10120510
    Abstract: A touch screen according to the present invention includes a plurality of row direction wires and a plurality of column direction wires provided to intersect with each other through an insulating film in planar view. The plurality of row direction wires includes a mesh-like wire having a plurality of first row direction wires extending in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of second row direction wires extending in the lateral direction. The plurality of column direction wires includes a mesh-like wire having a plurality of first column direction wires extending in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of second column direction wires extending in the lateral direction, and each of the first row direction wires and each of the first column direction wires are provided at an interval of p/3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ono, Tatsuya Nakamura, Tae Orita
  • Patent number: 10120511
    Abstract: A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating placing a sensor cover over an external sensor of a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes sensing, at a sensor of a computing device, user touches to an outer surface of an impregnated sensor cover placed over the sensor, wherein the sensor cover includes a plurality of holes through the outer surface and a plurality of conductive leads corresponding to the plurality of holes, and wherein sensing is performed through one or more of the plurality of holes and their one or more corresponding conductive leads; and facilitating an action in response to each of the sensed user touches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David L. Graumann, Jameson H. Williams
  • Patent number: 10120512
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to hover sensing. One example provides a hover sensor comprising an electrode array including a first electrode subset and a second electrode subset, each electrode in the first electrode subset coupled to a corresponding electrode in the second electrode subset at a respective node and separated from the corresponding electrode by a gap, a charge circuit configured to charge the first electrode subset substantially oppositely about a reference voltage to the second electrode subset, an integration circuit configured to, for each respective node, store a net charge on a capacitor and provide an output voltage based on the net charge stored on the capacitor, and a controller. The controller is configured to indicate a presence of a hover object responsive to identifying at least a threshold voltage change based on a sample of the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Yingying Tang, Tianzhu Qiao
  • Patent number: 10120513
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an integrator circuit, a compensation circuit, and a sense circuit. The compensation circuit applies a positive charge and a negative charge to the integrator circuit during a first time period and a second time period respectively. The integrator circuit integrates a signal and the positive charge to produce a first sense signal. The signal is based on a charge at an electrode of a touch sensor. The integrator circuit integrates the signal and the negative charge to produce a second sense signal. The sense circuit detects a touch based on the first sense signal and the second sense signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Trond Jarle Pedersen, Armin Prohaska, Torgeir Fenheim, Peter Kolb
  • Patent number: 10120514
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a first portion having a plurality of first conductive lines formed thereon, a second portion having a plurality of second conductive lines formed thereon, and an intermediate portion mechanically coupling the first portion to the second portion. The intermediate portion is configured to permit folding so that the first and second portions can be arranged back-to-back or face-to-face such that plurality of the second conductive lines and plurality of first conductive lines are oriented so as to cross one another to thereby form a capacitive sensing panel. A single connector is mechanically coupled to the first portion or the second portion, and electrically coupled to the first portion and the second portion but not electrically coupling the first portion to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Kusuma Adi Ningrat, Giuseppe Noviello, John Serge Georges Nankoo
  • Patent number: 10120515
    Abstract: Electronic devices having a display stack that includes LED light sources combined with at least one other component layer are described. In some instances, the LED light sources are coupled to a dedicated touch sensor circuit layer, which removes an entire layer from the display stack. The touch sensor circuit layer can be installed with an addition portion of flexible printed circuitry extending the length of a lightguide and the LEDs can be installed on that flex. In other instances, particularly when the touch sensor layer is deposited directly on the interior surface of the cover glass, the LEDs can also be mounted to the glass itself, thereby potentially eliminating two layers from the display stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hany Mounir Ghali, Siddharth Gupta
  • Patent number: 10120516
    Abstract: A touch electrode, a display panel and a display device are provided. The touch electrode includes a plurality of first electrodes provided along a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes provided along a second direction, a first conductive portion, an insulation layer and a second conductive portion. Adjacent ones of the first electrodes are connected through the first conductive portion, on which the insulation layer is arranged; adjacent ones of the second electrodes are connected through the second conductive portion which is provided on the insulation layer; and the second conductive portion includes a plurality of wires, at least one wire has a width smaller than a first preset value, and the wire having the width smaller than the first preset value is configured for the release of static electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhun Wang, Lei Zhang, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 10120517
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and more particularly using near field coupling related taps to indicate user selections on input/output devices. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Bradley W. Corrion
  • Patent number: 10120518
    Abstract: A touch panel that includes a plate member which includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposing each other, and is constructed so as to be distorted in response to a force applied to the first principal surface; a main functional unit having piezoelectric voltage detection electrodes disposed on opposed sides of a piezoelectric film and which detect a piezoelectric voltage corresponding to a distortion amount of the piezoelectric film; and an adhesive layer which adheres the plate member and the main functional unit, the adhesive layer being divided into a plurality of areas, and at least two areas have different moduli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Kenichi Mori
  • Patent number: 10120519
    Abstract: A sensor body of an electrostatic detection sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode surrounding the first electrode. A controller is configured to obtain a first sensed intensity of the sensor body while where the first electrode is connected to the second electrode. The controller is configured to obtain a second sensed intensity of the first electrode while the second electrode is grounded. The controller is configured to obtain a third sensed intensity of the second electrode while the first electrode is grounded. The controller is configured to determine whether an object approaches the sensor body or not based on first to third calculation values obtained by calculating the respective changes of the first to third sensed intensities with respect to time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takateru Sawada, Takuma Besshi, Erika Sawada
  • Patent number: 10120520
    Abstract: A touch sensing system is disclosed. The touch sensing system includes a guard signal generation chip operating in a first power domain referenced to a first voltage, the guard signal generation chip configured to generate a guard signal. A touch sensing chip operates in a second power domain, different from the first power domain, referenced to the guard signal, the touch sensing chip configured to sense touch at one or more touch electrodes included in a touch sensor panel operating in the second power domain referenced to the guard signal, and the touch sensing chip a different chip than the guard signal generation chip. A voltage regulator is configured to selectively regulate a voltage of the guard signal at the touch sensing chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph H. Krah, Christian M. Sauer
  • Patent number: 10120521
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detecting function includes wiring for touch arranged in a peripheral area positioned on the outside of a display area, and a selection switch that selects one of drive electrodes to be coupled to the wiring for touch. A drive electrode scanning unit selects one of drive electrodes and includes a plurality of transfer circuits in the peripheral area. Part of the transfer circuits is a transfer circuit that performs output to the selection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 10120522
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing a controller interface is provided. In one embodiment, the system may include an input device, an input interface, a processor, and a display. The method is capable of associating input components on the input device with input options available for controlling the virtual characters. The method is further capable of associating the input components with origin points of a virtual representation of a user and target points of a virtual representation of an opponent. The method further allows a user to control a virtual character not representing the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Goma Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Masoud Haghanegi
  • Patent number: 10120523
    Abstract: A mesh is a collection of multiple shapes referred to as elements, each of which can share an edge with one or more other elements of the mesh. The mesh is presented to the user on a display, and the user identifies a new element to be added to the mesh. User input is received to manipulate the new element (e.g., move the new element around the display). As the new element is manipulated, various conditions are applied to determine edges of elements existing in the mesh that the new element can be snapped to. Snapping a new element to an edge of an existing element in the mesh refers to adding the new element to the mesh so that the new element and the existing element share the edge. Indications of the edges of existing elements to which the new element can be snapped are provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuyan Song, Sarah Kong, Alan L Erickson, Bradee R. Evans, Aseem O. Agarwala
  • Patent number: 10120524
    Abstract: A system and method are described for changing window's functionality upon detecting resizing events. According to one example method, a plurality of size thresholds is defined that are associated with a plurality of functional states for a window. Upon detecting that a size of a window reaches a first size threshold, a first functional state is applied to a window. Then, upon detecting another size threshold as the window is being increased or decreased in size, another functional state associated with the detected threshold is applied to the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Jezek, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10120525
    Abstract: Positioning pads are displayed via a display device to facilitate movement of a position of interest (e.g., as indicated by a cursor) with respect to a structured object also displayed via the display device. The structured object is analyzed to determine predicted locations to which a user may subsequently wish to navigate the position of interest, and positioning pads are displayed at, or associated with, the predicted locations. When activation of a positioning pad is detected, (i) the position of interest is moved to the location of, or associated with, the positioning pad, and (ii) the positioning pad is no longer displayed via the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Wolfram Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Wolfram, John Fultz
  • Patent number: 10120526
    Abstract: Provided is a volumetric image display apparatus for providing a user interface using a visual indicator, the apparatus including a recognition unit to recognize an input object in a predetermined three-dimensional (3D) recognition space, a visual indicator location determining unit to determine a location of the visual indicator in a predetermined volumetric image display space, based on the input object, and a display unit to display the visual indicator in the predetermined volumetric image display space, based on the location of the visual indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaeJoon Han, HyunJeong Lee
  • Patent number: 10120527
    Abstract: Dynamic display of hierarchical data in the form of a treemap. A first instance of an object representation is selected in a first visualization of a hierarchy encoded by containment. A second instance of the object representation is designated, wherein each instance is a tier for object occupation. An object within the hierarchy is displayed as a shape comprising at least two opposing surfaces, and the object is selected through the opposing surfaces. The hierarchy is dynamically re-ordered in response to the selection and designation, and the second representation of the hierarchy is displayed based on the dynamic re-ordering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew R. Claycomb, Trenton J. Johnson, James L. Lentz, Dana L Price, Charmant K. Tan, Ramratan Vennam
  • Patent number: 10120528
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for forming share bars including collections of content items. In some embodiments, a user interface may be displayed on a display interface of a user device. The user interface may include a first region including a collection of content items and a second region. A first gesture may be detected with the display interface that selects a first content item from the displayed collection of content items. In response to detecting the first gesture, a first thumbnail of the first content item may be created and placed in the second region. A share option may be provided within the second region that may enable a user of the user device to share any content items that may have a corresponding thumbnail in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Poletto, Yi Wei, Joshua Puckett, Andrew Scheff, Abhay Buch
  • Patent number: 10120529
    Abstract: A system may include a touchscreen and a computing device executing an application. The application displays on the touch screen a navigation area including a centrally disposed selection element. There is a first display area in the navigation area, wherein the first display area shows a first menu item from a list of menu items. The application changes the first display area, when a next menu select action is detected based on interactions with the touch screen, to show a second menu item from the list of menu items, where in the information on the touch screen is updated to corresponds to the second menu item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Michelle Felt
  • Patent number: 10120530
    Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods and systems for generating interactive media items. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server system. The method includes providing access for playback of an interactive media item based on metadata generated using information associated with the interactive media item. The metadata includes information associating at least one parameter with the interactive media item. The interactive media item is generated based on one or more user inputs selecting one or more interactive effects for association with the interactive media item. The user input(s) cause the server system to make the one or more interactive effects available to a subsequent viewer during the playback of the interactive media item, such that the subsequent viewer is able to interact with video and/or audio of the interactive media item by controlling the at least one parameter during the playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Snibbe, Graham McDermott, Justin Ponczek, Spencer Schoeben, Jesse Fulton
  • Patent number: 10120531
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a first electronic device, during a playlist mode, displays a plurality of representations of content items available on the first electronic device. While in the playlist mode, the first electronic device optionally receives a first input, via one or more input devices, selecting a respective representation of a respective content item from the plurality of representations of content items. In response to receiving the first input, in accordance with a determination that the respective content item was playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received, the first electronic device optionally transitions to a now playing mode. In accordance with a determination that the respective content item was not playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received, the first electronic device optionally plays the respective content item on the first electronic device while remaining in the playlist mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Lochhead, Joe Howard, Jeffrey L. Robbin, William Bachman, Benjamin W. Keighran, Elbert D. Chen, Jennifer L. C. Folse
  • Patent number: 10120532
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a device for controlling an operation of at least one electric device including a user interface unit having a conversation display window in which a conversation with the at least one electric device is displayed, a conversation input window configured to receive a character for controlling the operation of the at least one electric device, an icon selection window in which an icon corresponding to the at least one electric device is displayed, and a chatting screen on which a send button for transmitting the character received by the conversation input window is arranged, and a control unit configured to collectively control the operation of the at least one electric device based on a batch control instruction received by the conversation input window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Jeon, Hye Jung Chang, Young Sun Shin, Sun Young Seo, So Young Yun, Ji Yoon Yoon, Eun Kyung Hong, A Ra Cho, Kyung Nam Kim, Jae Seok Lee, Eun Hwa Jang
  • Patent number: 10120533
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for intelligently managing a playlist of digital media provide an intelligent dynamic queue that is configured to manage the playback of digital media. The queue can transition between passive playback mode, active playback mode, and mixed playback mode. The queue can handle the playback of the songs in the queue according to the playback mode and/or a queue status field that is associated with each song in the queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Sanders, Anne Jones, Jeffrey L. Robbin, William Martin Bachman, Timothy B. Martin
  • Patent number: 10120534
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for automatically generating a dynamic user interface of inter-related systems management widgets for an application program. In an embodiment, in response to detecting an event, the application program selects a primary widget from multiple widgets to display on the user interface. In response to such selection of the primary widget, the application program queries a data store that is stores tags associated with widgets, using one or more particular tags that are associated with the primary widget. Based on the querying, the application program determines one or more secondary widgets from the multiple widgets that are associated with at least one of the one or more particular tags of the primary widget. For each particular secondary widget among the one or more secondary widgets, the application program determines correlation data that measures correlation of the particular secondary widget to the primary widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Johnston, Keying Bi, Subroto Bagh
  • Patent number: 10120535
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitomo Kouda, Tatsunobu Koike, Yuu Sonoda
  • Patent number: 10120536
    Abstract: Disclosed are a monitoring method and a system that display a log icon including event-related information to facilitate an intuitive confirmation of event information. The monitoring method includes: receiving a plurality of images from a plurality of image devices; displaying the images in a first region of a display; displaying information about the image devices related to the images, which are being displayed in the first region, in a second region of the display which is different from the first region; and generating a plurality of log icons including event information when a predetermined event is detected from the images which are being displayed in the first region; and displaying the log icons in a third region of the display which is different from the first and second regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoomi Cha, Dongwon Kim, Jongjoon Baik, JooBok Kim
  • Patent number: 10120537
    Abstract: Techniques to validate data in document capture are disclosed. An indication is received that a validation rule associated with two or more dependent fields in a data entry form comprising data values extracted from a multi-page document has failed. Ahuman validation interface is provided that enables an operator to view the affected dependent fields and for each an associated document image portion from which a corresponding data value was extracted, including by providing automated navigation to and display of the affected dependent fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventor: Ming Fung Ho
  • Patent number: 10120538
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of retrieving subpages from memory and rendering the subpages for display on a user display device, such as a smartphone or other display with limited viewing area. The method may also include identifying each of the subpages as being part of a sequence of subpages and displaying a first portion of the subpages on the display and storing a remaining portion of the subpages in the memory as rendered and ready for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AMX LLC
    Inventor: George Carl Smith
  • Patent number: 10120539
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for setting a User Interface (UI). The method comprises the following steps: acquiring and storing image data in a file of a selected background image on a UI management interface; marking space coordinates of a region with different shapes cut on the background image, performing display effect processing on the cut region with different shapes, and outputting a display effect processing result; and recording a preset directory name and a corresponding menu linking path of each icon. The disclosure also discloses a device for setting a UI. By adopting the scheme, a personalized UI can be obtained conveniently and quickly, and user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventor: Qiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10120540
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an interface navigation system including a display unit and a control unit that is coupled to the display unit is described. The control unit is configured to detect a first movement of an interface navigation control input in a particular direction, and cause a corresponding second movement and a corresponding change in shape of a visual effect displayed on the display unit in response to the first movement in the particular direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anton Treskunov, Yuchang Hu, Susan Choi
  • Patent number: 10120541
    Abstract: A device with a display and, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface detects a first input corresponding to a request to share first content from a first application while displaying the first application on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device displays a sharing interface that includes a plurality of options for sharing the first content. While displaying the sharing interface, the device detects selection of an affordance in the sharing interface. In accordance with a determination that the affordance is a respective user-first sharing option for a respective user, the device initiates a process for sharing the first content with the respective user. In accordance with a determination that the affordance is a protocol-first sharing option for a respective protocol, the device initiates a process for sharing the first content using the respective protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeremiah D. Shaw, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Stephen O. Lemay, Martin O. Pedrick, Marcel Van Os, Imran Chaudhri
  • Patent number: 10120542
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for facilitating access to a resource represented in an image at a later time. A screen capture of an image displayed on a computing device is implemented. Metadata, including the resource location, resource navigation and positional metadata, regarding the source data of the screen capture image is generated. The generated metadata is then embedded into the screen capture image. The screen capture image with the embedded metadata is then transmitted to a different user. By embedding the metadata into the screen capture image, the user receiving the screen capture image will be able to reproduce the state of the source environment when the image was captured using the embedded metadata thereby opening the resource represented in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa M. Bradley, Brian O'Donovan, Aaron J. Quirk, Lin Sun
  • Patent number: 10120543
    Abstract: An unmanned image capture system captures images of a field or work area using a first, spectral image capture system and a second video image capture system. Crop location data that is indicative of the location of crop plants within the field, is obtained. Evaluation zones in the image data generated by the first image capture system are identified based on the crop location data. Crop plants within the evaluation zones are then identified, analyzed to generate a corresponding emergence metric, and linked to a corresponding video image generated by the second image capture system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Ramanathan Sugumaran, Marc Lemoine, Federico Pardina-Malbran
  • Patent number: 10120544
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention include an apparatus for enabling a tooltip to view information associated with portions of charts displayed on a display screen of a mobile computing device and include a processor, and one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to display information associated with a chart on a display screen of a mobile computing system using a first chart type, the information including label information and value information Based on detecting a selection of a portion of the chart, cause the tooltip to be displayed on the display screen of the mobile computing system, the tooltip displaying label information and value information associated with the selected portion of the chart, the tooltip including a navigation tool to enable navigating and updating the tooltip with label information and value information associated with different portions of the chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Yuseung Kim, Jean Elie Bovet
  • Patent number: 10120545
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for visual definitions of data associations. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for visual definitions of data associations. The method includes obtaining and displaying a first sample document, receiving a first input indicating selection of one or more objects within the first sample document, and determining a first set of one or more characteristics shared by the selected objects. The method also includes identifying, within one or more target documents, one or more target objects characterized by the first set of one or more characteristics, and storing object data associated with the target objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: David Meiklejohn, Matthew Fedderly, Joseph Henke, Yichen Xing
  • Patent number: 10120546
    Abstract: An interactive activity generating method, which includes setting a database for storing addresses of interactive activity platforms, providing creating options of interactive activities in an activity creating interface. The method includes setting an information configuration interface corresponding to a creating option of each interactive activity for filling in interactive activity information. The method includes detecting a selected creating option in the activity creating interface when an interactive activity is created, and finding an address of a corresponding interactive activity platform in the database. The method includes sending interactive activity information filled in an information configuration interface corresponding to the selected creating option to the interactive activity platform. The method includes generating an interactive activity interface after compiling by the interactive activity platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jihua Huang, Hongbang Li, Yuezi Xu, Yu Ma, Xianpan Tian, Zhenzhen Yu, Guodong Zhang, Jing Xu, Tiajun Wang