Position Coordinate Determination For Writing (e.g., Writing Digitizer Pad, Stylus, Or Circuitry) Patents (Class 178/18.01)
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Patent number: 10409488Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for intent-based, dynamic generation and display of task icons within virtual keyboards are provided herein. A system can include a processor, an intent classifier, and a user interface generator. The intent classifier can be configured to determine user intent candidates based on contextual information. A user interface generator can be configured to generate the virtual keyboard for display and, upon receiving an indication of a user intent determined based on the user intent candidates, generate a task icon within the virtual keyboard. The task icon represents functionality associated with the determined user intent. Interaction with the task icon in the virtual keyboard can launch functionality associated with the determined intent. The user interface generator can also be configured to present a search interface upon receiving an indication of a user interaction with the virtual keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Timothy S. Paek, Cole R. Benson, Asela J. Gunawardana, Zachary D. Oligschlaeger, Alisher Saydalikhodjayev
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Patent number: 10409428Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes determining a position of a touch input in a touch-sensitive area of a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first number of electrodes having a first orientation and a second number of electrodes having a second orientation. The second orientation being different from the first orientation. The method also includes selecting a first set of the first number of electrodes corresponding to at least a portion of an area of the touch input within the touch-sensitive area; and applying a first pre-determined voltage to the selected first set of the first number of electrodes based at least in part on the area of the touch input being larger than a pre-determined area.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventor: Thomas Bell
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Patent number: 10409429Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method includes selecting, for a touch sensor including a first number of electrodes and a second number of electrodes, a first set of the first number of electrodes and a second set of the second number of electrodes. The first number of electrodes has a first orientation and the second number of electrodes has a second orientation. The second orientation being different from the first orientation. An overlap area is formed by an overlap of the first set and second set. The method also includes applying, during a first time period, a signal including a first pre-determined voltage to the first set and the second set such that, during the first time period, the overlap area has a first signal state; and applying, during a second time period, the signal to the first set and a second pre-determined voltage to the second set.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventor: Thomas Bell
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Patent number: 10409421Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies an intensity threshold during a first predefined time period, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies long press criteria including that the input remains below the intensity threshold during the first predefined time period.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Wayne C. Westerman
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Patent number: 10401990Abstract: A pressure sensing input equipment includes a substrate, a first surface and a second surface, an electrode layer, and a pressure sensing chip. The first surface and the second surface are disposed oppositely. The first surface includes a pressure sensing region and a non-pressure sensing region, in which the area of the non-pressure sensing region is complementary to the area of the pressure sensing region. The electrode layer includes a plurality of pressure sensing electrodes disposed in the pressure sensing region to detect pressure magnitude. The pressure sensing electrodes include a first end part and a second end part. The pressure sensing chip is electrically connected to the pressure sensing electrodes, and the pressure sensing chip determines pressure magnitude by detecting the resistance variation after the pressure sensing electrode was pressured. Such design can achieve double functions that detect touch position and pressure magnitude of the pressure sensing input equipment.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.Inventors: Feng Chen, Jiayou He, Kunxiong Ye
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Patent number: 10402024Abstract: An integrated communication and capacitive sensing circuit and an interactive system using the same are provided in the present invention. The integrated communication and capacitive sensing circuit includes a microprocessor, a sensing electrode and a resonant circuit. The microprocessor includes a first input/output (I/O) pin and a second I/O pin. The sensing electrode is coupled to the first I/O pin of the microprocessor. The input terminal of the resonant circuit is coupled to the second I/O pin of the microprocessor, and the output terminal of the resonant circuit is coupled to the sensing electrode. When sensing the capacitance is performed, the first I/O pin of the microprocessor detects the charging/discharging state of the sensing electrode to determine the capacitive variation.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: GENERALPLUS TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Li Sheng Lo, Hsien-Yao Li
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Patent number: 10386954Abstract: An electronic device includes a display including a touch panel for detecting at least one input and a short range communication circuit configured to communicate with an electronic pen for making a pen input to the touch panel. The electronic device also includes a processor that is electrically connected to the touch panel and the short range communication circuit. The processor is configured to obtain information on the pen input through the short range communication circuit and if a difference between a obtainment time of an input to the touch panel and a detection time of information on the pen input corresponds to a time range, the processor determines the input to the touch panel as the pen input.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eung Seo Shin, Dong Hoon Lee, Sung Koo Kim
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Patent number: 10386952Abstract: A computing device configured to take action based on user touch position and force comprises a touch system and a strain amplifying force sensing structure attached to an underside of the touch system. The strain amplifying force sensing structure comprises a force sensing layer and a support plate with a strain amplifying structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN NEW DEGREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hao Li
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Patent number: 10379576Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to flexible wearable electronic devices and associate methods of fabrication. In one embodiment, a general flexible wearable electronic device comprises a flexible article of apparel. A first plurality of components are in communication with the flexible article of apparel and each configured to comprise a radius of curvature of no more than 5 cm when folded. The first plurality of components comprises a display(s) and an input device(s). The first plurality of components are printed on to the flexible apparel using an electrically conductive ink that comprises a polymeric binder and single sheets of graphene comprising a thickness of up to 1 nm. A second plurality of components are in communication with the flexible article of apparel and communicatively coupled to the first plurality of components. The second plurality of components comprises a microprocessor(s) and an electronic device(s) configured for wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Vorbeck Materials Corp.Inventor: John S Lettow
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Patent number: 10373359Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for erasing a writing path on an infrared electronic white board, the method including: adding data points to a writing path to obtain a complete writing path in which the distance between any two adjacent data points is no more than an erasing distance corresponding to a selected erasing mode; determining an erasing area according to an input erasing path and the erasing mode; and erasing those data points on the complete writing path, which lie in the erasing area.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min Wang, Chunhua Li, Zhenbao Zhang
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Patent number: 10365818Abstract: An input device includes a deformable input surface and a force sensing layer disposed beneath the deformable input surface. The force sensing layer includes a plurality of force sensors to detect forces exerted by an input object on the deformable input surface. A force transfer layer is disposed between the deformable input surface and the force sensing layer. The force transfer layer is configured to transmit a force exerted by the input object in a first region of the deformable input surface to one of the force sensors coinciding with a first area of the force sensing layer, and to distribute a force exerted by the input object in a second region of the deformable input surface to one or more of the force sensors coinciding with a second area of the force sensing layer, wherein the second area of the force sensing layer is larger than the first area.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATEDInventors: Igor Polishchuk, Shotaro Saito
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Patent number: 10365755Abstract: Each of frame display periods is for performing a display operation based on image information on one frame and each of detection surface touch detection periods is from when touch detection is started to when the detection is completed on the entire detection surface. At least one frame display period of the frame display periods and at least one detection surface touch detection period of the detection surface touch detection periods are started based on a display synchronization signal. The display operation and the touch detection operation are performed in a time-division manner in the one frame display period. The length of the one detection surface touch detection period is longer than the one length of the frame display period.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Uchiyama, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Naoshi Goto, Shunsuke Noichi
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Patent number: 10366642Abstract: A multiplane display system that includes two or more display devices provided at two or more layers. One or more of these display devices is a transparent transmissive display device. Foreground or first layer content is generated for and displayed by a first transparent transmissive display device while background content is generated for and displayed by a second display device, which is in a spaced apart plane or layer that is behind the plane or layer of the first display device. In some embodiments, the two layers of content are pre-generated and played back to provide 3D or multiplane imagery or an interactivity assembly can be provided to sense user input and, in response, to generate new or modified content (media) for the first and/or second transparent transmissive display devices. Each of the transparent transmissive display devices or layer may be a transparent organic light emitted diode (tOLED) display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Mark A. Reichow, John David Smith, Jonathan Ackley
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Patent number: 10360851Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a conductive particle provided therein; a first line connected with the first substrate on the side of a first surface of the first substrate; a display element connected with the first line; and a second line connected with the first line via the conductive particle on the side of a second surface of the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Masamitsu Furuie
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Patent number: 10359864Abstract: An input display device includes a display unit that displays a screen for handwriting input on an input screen including a plurality of input fields, a stroke data processing unit that groups stroke data which is input to a capture screen by handwriting into stroke data representing characters to generate grouped stroke data as grouping stroke data, a character recognition unit that conducts character recognition on the grouping stroke data to convert the grouping stroke data into at least one recognized character, and a control processing unit that displays the at least one recognized character at the plurality of input fields of the input screen correlated with positions, at which handwriting input was performed, in the screen for handwriting input.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriyuki Koyama, Satoshi Terada
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Patent number: 10331644Abstract: A knowledge model “overlay” for organizing and analyzing large, dynamic data volumes is implemented as a hypergraph that manifests as a result of a distributed theory-driven data source transformation process. This process maps exponentially growing data into an asymptotically limited information space. Within this space, real-world entities (e.g. people, computers, cities, Earth) and their complex interdependencies (e.g. social networks, connectivity, causal relationships) are represented as attributed hypergraph elements (i.e. both hypervertices and hyperedges). Attributes are represented as state vectors affixed to any hypergraph element. Transformation of source system data into this overlay structure is accomplished with minimal data movement and replication using a universal “pointer” like mechanism that is managed in a decentralized fashion by the respective transformation components.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Georgetown UniversityInventor: J. Cory Smart
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Patent number: 10332439Abstract: In a display device, an image may be three-dimensionally output by modifying a display area corresponding to an area selected based on a visual attribute of the image to be output on a display unit of the display device. The display device may include a display unit configured such that at least one portion of the display unit is modified, and a controller configured to display an output target image on the display unit and control to modify the display unit based on a visual attribute of a portion of the output target image. The controller may be configured to determine a modification target area in the output target image based on the visual attribute of components included in the output target image, and modify a display area of the display unit corresponding to the determined modification target area.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Mina Suh, Eunju Cho
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Patent number: 10318032Abstract: The present invention relates to a capacitive detection device, comprising a plurality of individual capacitive measuring electrodes (12) distributed according to a measuring surface, and connecting tracks (20) respectively connected to said measuring electrodes (12), wherein the measuring electrodes (12) and the connecting tracks (20) are arranged according to two distinct optically clear layers separated by an electrically insulating insulation material (53). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the device, and an apparatus comprising the device.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Quickstep Technologies LLCInventors: Christophe Bernard, Christophe Blondin
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Patent number: 10311247Abstract: A system and method for isolating secure communication events from a non-secure application are described herein. The method can include the steps of intercepting a communication event from an external communications network or an external communications device and determining whether the communication event is a secure communication event. If the communication event is a secure communication event, the secure communication event can be processed by a secure application. In addition, the secure communication event can be prevented from being processed by the non-secure application.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Andrew James Dobson, David Medina
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Patent number: 10311260Abstract: The present disclosure facilitates the establishment of near field communication with a mobile terminal while also preventing malfunctions and an increase in burden of maintenance. A display apparatus (10) includes: at least one antenna (140) for carrying out near field communication with a mobile terminal (20), the at least one antenna being provided so as to positionally overlap with a display section (160). In a case where the mobile terminal comes into proximity to the display section, the display section is caused to display a guide for bringing the mobile terminal in proximity to at least one of the at least one antenna.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Michihiro Ohno
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Patent number: 10310706Abstract: The present disclosure relates to user interfaces and in particular to providing a touch target for device interaction. In one embodiment, a process for providing a touch target includes displaying, by a device, a touch target on a display of the device, wherein the touch target is displayed in a first position, and detecting an input touch command to the display of the device. The process can also include positioning the touch target based on the input touch command, wherein the touch target is moved to a second position and controlling device operation based on position of the touch target. The processes and devices described herein may be configured to project contact position of a contact to portions of the display.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim
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Patent number: 10306047Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an intuitive way for a first electronic device (e.g., a head unit) to request context information from a second electronic device (e.g., a phone or tablet), and to store the context information in association with an affordance (e.g., such as a physical or virtual button on the head unit) so that the context can be later recalled in response to input on the affordance.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Robert Walsh, Shailesh Rathi
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Patent number: 10303280Abstract: A touch sensor includes a pressure sensor configured to become compressed along a first axis in response to a touch input into a touch area and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a position of the touch and an intensity of the touch by using a detection signal obtained from the pressure sensor. The controller is further configured to calculate a first position, which has a greatest value of compression of the pressure sensor along the first axis, and calculate a position of the touch by correcting the first position by a first correction value corresponding to the greatest value of compression.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Won Sang Park, Tae Hee Lee
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Patent number: 10296289Abstract: Technology for detecting multimodal commands that enhance the human-computer interaction of a computing device. In an illustrative implementation, a computing device may receive multiple input events from a plurality of input devices. The plurality of input devices may each correspond to a different computer input modalities and the computing device may correlate the input events across different modalities. The computing device may keep the input events in their native form (e.g., input device specific) or may transform the input events into modality independent events. In either example, the computing device may determine the events satisfy a definition for a multimodal command that identifies multiple events from different computer input modalities. Responsive to the determination, the computing device may invoke the multimodal command on the client device to perform one or more computing operations.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventor: Peng-Wen Chen
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Patent number: 10296207Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: providing, on an input and display device, an input field overlay application occupying an initial area of the input and display device, the input field overlay application overlaying an input field of an underlying application; accepting, using the input and display device, one or more handwriting input strokes provided to the input field overlay application; and resizing, on the input and display device, the initial area. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, John Weldon Nicholson, Jianbang Zhang, Joshua Neil Novak, Jon Wayne Heim
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Patent number: 10282010Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including an upper electrode and an encapsulation layer provided on the upper electrode; a touch panel including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode each facing the upper electrode and positioned between the display panel and a cover window covering the display panel, the first touch electrode being separated from the second touch electrode; an elastic layer provided on the display panel and deforming in response to an applied pressure from a touch; and a touch sensor programmed to detect an applied pressure from a change in gaps between the first and second touch electrodes and the upper electrode due to the applied pressure, and to detect a capacitance between the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode caused by the touch, so as to sense a position of the touch.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Woo Choi, Sang Hyun Lim, Chang Sub Jung, A Ra Jo, Eun Gil Choi
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Patent number: 10282086Abstract: Techniques involving gestures and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe gestures that are usable to provide inputs to a computing device. A variety of different gestures are contemplated, including bimodal gestures (e.g., using more than one type of input) and single modal gestures. Additionally, the gesture techniques may be configured to leverage these different input types to increase the amount of gestures that are made available to initiate operations of a computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Hinckley, Koji Yatani
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Patent number: 10283075Abstract: A strain quantity obtaining unit is provided that obtains a strain quantity at an interval faster than variation in the strain to be detected and stores the maximum value of the strain quantity. When a touch coordinate is obtained at a predetermined sampling interval, if the maximum value of the strain quantity when the touch coordinate is obtained does not exceed a strain quantity threshold value, the touch coordinate is not caused to be effective. However, if the maximum value of the strain quantity when the touch coordinate is obtained exceeds a strain quantity threshold value, the touch coordinate is caused to be effective. If a touch coordinate is caused to be effective once, the touch coordinate is caused to be effective continuously until an instructing object is separated from an operation surface of a touch panel unit at a predetermined distance or more in a perpendicular direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Yamaguchi, Tomoki Takano
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Patent number: 10282027Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a scan control unit, a detection unit, and a change unit. The scan control unit configured to scan a touch panel. The detection unit configured to detect a switchover of a power source of the information processing apparatus. The change unit configured to change a physical property of a drive signal input to the scan control unit when the detection unit detects the switchover of the power source.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing LimitedInventor: Masashi Hattori
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Patent number: 10275101Abstract: An integrated touch control display panel and a display apparatus are disclosed. The integrated touch control display panel comprises a touch-control-emitting-electrode-array including a plurality of touch control emitting strip electrodes arranged along a first direction; and a touch-control-sensing-electrode-array including a plurality of touch control sensing strip electrodes arranged along a second direction. An orthogonal projection of any touch control sensing strip electrode to the touch-control-emitting-electrode-array at least partially overlaps with any of the touch control emitting strip electrodes; and the touch control sensing strip electrodes are metal mesh electrodes, the metal mesh electrodes comprising a plurality of metal curves. This can reduce the resistance of the touch control sensing strip electrode, such that the integrated touch control display panel and the display apparatus have a more sensitive touch control sensing effect.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Qingjun Lai, Zhaokeng Cao, Poping Shen, Xiufeng Zhou, Yihua Zhu, Zhaodong Zhang
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Patent number: 10270925Abstract: The touch panel inputting device which is installed on a flat operation surface for receiving an operation performed by a operation body, detects a contact location of the operation body on the operation surface, based on light blocking of a flat scanning light path plane. The touch panel inputting device comprises: a first scanning light paths forming unit for forming first scanning light paths which are linear; and a second scanning light paths forming unit for forming second scanning light paths which are linear and intersect with the first scanning light paths. The first and the second scanning light paths form the scanning light path plane, and the scanning light path plane slopes with respect to the operation surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Hisataka Funakawa
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Patent number: 10268324Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of peak detection are described. One method measures touch data on a sense array, the touch data represented as multiple cells. The method performs multiple different peak-detection schemes on each of the cells to generate a list of one or more possible peaks in the touch data. The method selects one or more actual peaks from the list. The actual peaks are used to determine locations of touches proximate to the sense array.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Cole Wilson, Jonathan R. Peterson, Dana Olson
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Patent number: 10268308Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input panel configured to periodically sense touch coordinates corresponding to a touch manipulation of a user; and a processor configured to periodically receive the touch coordinates from the input panel, calculate a variation of the touch coordinates based on the touch coordinates, change a reference value for determining movement of the touch manipulation based on the variation of the touch coordinates, and determine whether the touch manipulation moves, based on the reference value.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Sung Jun Lee, Jae Min Lee, Seung Jin Kim, Jun Ik Lee, Ki Won Kim, Young Mok Kim
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Patent number: 10268311Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal is provided. By dynamically selecting or setting a specific function of a mobile terminal according to a change in pressure or contact areas sensed by a plurality of touch sensors which cover the mobile terminal, a user can easily select or set a specific function of the mobile terminal according to his or her intention, and easily recognize information displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wook Chang, Joon-Ah Park, Hyun-Jeong Lee
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Patent number: 10254889Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for determining a valid sequence of touch events on a touch sensitive device. A first sequence of touch events is received, a proximity between any two touch events of the first sequence of touch events being greater than a proximity threshold. A second sequence of touch events is received. The touch events from the first and the second sequence are combined if a time difference between the first and the second sequence of touch events is below a time threshold and a proximity between the first and the second sequence of touch events is less than the proximity threshold. A valid sequence of touch events is determined if a combined pressure of the first and the second sequence of touch events is greater than a pressure threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLCInventors: Farid Khafizov, Margarita Khafizova
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Patent number: 10254859Abstract: A transmission-type electronic pen that detects a hover state by a position detecting device and achieves power savings is provided. The pen includes a transmission circuit that transmits a signal to a position detecting device and a detector configured to detect a direct act of a user. The pen includes a pressure detector configured to detect whether a pressure is applied to a tip of a core body, and a controller configured to activate and control transmission operation of the transmission circuit based on detection outputs of the detector and the pressure detector. The transmission circuit is controlled in accordance with any of a plurality of transmission operation states including at least a power saving state. When detecting an act of the user, the controller activates and sets the transmission circuit to a first transmission operation state of the plurality of states.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideo Tamura
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Patent number: 10255015Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission processing section which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device, a reception processing section, a received data processing section which acquires information obtained by communication with the communication partner device, a display section which displays the information, and a display processing section which executes processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Matsubara, Toyohide Isshi, Aramu Mine
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Patent number: 10254815Abstract: Power consumption of a device having a resistive touch screen may be reduced if the resistive touch screen is not scanned unless a touch thereto is imminent, especially if the device can remain in a low power sleep mode during no-touch inactivity. Furthermore, detecting a potential touch earlier then an actual first touch may improve initial touch response time. The resistive touch screen may comprise top and bottom Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) coated planes. The top ITO coated plane may be used as a capacitive proximity detector and the bottom ITO coated plane may be used as a guard shield for the top ITO coated plane to significantly reduce parasitic capacitance thereof and enhance the sensitivity of capacitive proximity detection. The device may also remain in a low power sleep mode until a potential touch is detected thereby further saving device power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATEDInventor: Keith E. Curtis
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Patent number: 10254888Abstract: One variation of a method for detecting and characterizing force inputs on a surface includes: during a resistance scan cycle of a sampling period, driving a shield electrode arranged over a resistive touch sensor to a reference potential and reading resistance values across sense electrode and drive electrode pairs in the resistive touch sensor; during a processing cycle of the sampling period, transforming the resistance values into a position and a magnitude of a force applied to a tactile surface over the shield electrode, releasing the shield electrode from the reference potential, reading a capacitance value of the shield electrode, and detecting proximity of an object to the tactile surface based on the capacitance value; and generating a touch image representing the position and the magnitude of the force on the tactile surface based on the proximity of the object to the tactile surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Sensel Inc.Inventors: Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, John Aaron Zarraga, Charles Watson
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Patent number: 10241604Abstract: Provided are a touch panel, a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch panel integrated organic light emitting display device. The touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of connection electrodes, an over-coating layer, a first line electrode, a second line electrode, a plurality of first segment electrodes, and a plurality of second segment electrodes. The plurality of connection electrodes is disposed on the substrate to be separated from each other. The over-coating layer includes a plurality of contact holes exposing a part of each connection electrode. The second line electrode is connected with the connection electrode through the contact hole of the over-coating layer without disconnection.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mi Jung Lee, Yong Chul Kim, Se Jong Yoo, Jong Hyun Han
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Patent number: 10241627Abstract: A method configured to process an indirect touch or direct touch input to a touch screen with various input means is provided. The method includes, if a 1st input means is positioned in a 1st position spaced apart from a touch screen, acquiring 1st sensing information based on the 1st position, if the 1st input means is positioned in a 2nd position spaced apart from the touch screen, acquiring 2nd sensing information based on the 2nd position, and identifying the 1st input means based on the acquired 1st sensing information and the acquired 2nd sensing information.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-Jin Yoon
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Patent number: 10242244Abstract: A fingerprint detection device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the first surface serving as a detection surface configured to detect unevenness of an object in contact or in proximity; a detection electrode provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to detect unevenness of a finger in contact or in proximity on the basis of an electrostatic capacitance change; and a drive circuit provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to the detection electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
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Patent number: 10234967Abstract: Examples of adjustment of a touch pad are disclosed herein. One example includes a touch pad adjacent an edge of an opening defined by a housing of an electronic device and a bracket to secure a first side of the touch pad to the housing adjacent the edge. This example also includes an adjustment mechanism to selectively move a first corner and a second corner of the touch pad that are opposite the first side in either a direction toward or away from a front surface of the housing so that the first and second corners are substantially flush will the adjacent edge.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventor: Chin-Hung Huang
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Patent number: 10237297Abstract: A system and method for evaluating cyber-security threat incidents of a computer network is described in this document. In particular, it is described that cyber-security threat incidents of a computer network may be visualized by displaying these threat incidents as a plurality of graphical objects on a display of a device. A subset of these graphical objects or threat incidents may then be selected by applying a single continuous touch input to a touch interface of the device. A risk score will then be generated and displayed based on the threat incidents that are contained within the subset of graphical objects. Mitigation actions addressing the cyber-security threats that triggered these threat incidents are then implemented by the device.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Certis Cisco Security Pte LtdInventor: Keng Leng Albert Lim
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Patent number: 10228777Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of manual devices for interacting with capacitive screens, and more particularly to a manual device with an open first end suitable for receiving a rear end of a writing instrument in a longitudinal direction, and a second end that is opposite from the first end in the longitudinal direction and that is provided with an electrically-conductive pad. Between the first and second ends, the manual device comprises an external portion made of elastomer and an internal structure that is electrically conductive, said internal structure forming an electrical connection between said pad and at least one conductive surface of the internal structure passing through an opening to be exposed on a grip surface of said external portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: SOCIETE BICInventors: Arnaud Bez, David Boisdevesys
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Patent number: 10216297Abstract: A flexible, scalable hardware input device for interacting with a variety of devices ranging from a phone, to a media playback device to a steering wheel or a tablet PC is provided. The input device includes a set of mechanical input controls, each mapping to one or more independent functions and a set of touch sensitive input control areas (e.g., capacitive), where each touch sensitive input control area receives touch input independently. In addition, one or more of the touch sensitive input control areas interchangeably overlay one or more of the mechanical input controls, whereby interaction with the touch sensitive input control areas is processed together to determine a corresponding function for controlling the application, service or computing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brett Allen Bentsen, Dennis Edward Flanagan, Gregory Sean Cox, Thamer A. Abanami
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Patent number: 10209827Abstract: A touch sensing system can demodulate sensor data using a dynamically adjusted demodulation waveform and/or demodulation window. The demodulation waveform and/or demodulation window can be dynamically adjusted to account for dynamically changing noise in a touch sensing system. The system can dynamically adjust the demodulation window based on noise measured by the touch sensing system to generate an optimized or otherwise noise-tailored window to suppress detected noise. In some examples, the noise measured by the touch sensing system can be sampled from sense channels localized to a detected touch.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Moshe Malkin, Shahrooz Shahparnia, Vivek Pant
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Patent number: 10209804Abstract: A system and related method for force-sensitive emissive display incorporates a force sensing device, such as a force-sensitive resistor or frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR) assembly, bonded to a flexible film/film resistive touch sensor and an emissive display surface. The film/film resistive touch sensor may detect contact with the display surface and transmit the detected contact to the force sensing device, which determines a magnitude or degree of touch force associated with the detected contact. A display controller of the force-sensitive emissive display system may adjust the displayed content, or execute other responsive actions, based on the detected touch force as well as the position of the contact relative to the display surface, as determined by the film/film resistive touch sensor or by the force sensing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Cameron T. McCalley, James D. Sampica
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Patent number: RE47433Abstract: An input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system including those apparatuses, and a control method therefor with which a user can feel a linearity between a movement of the input apparatus and that of a pointer and an accurate pointing operation is possible are provided. An MPU of an input apparatus variably controls a gain value in a range from first threshold value to a second threshold value or first range, in which the input apparatus is within a low-velocity range, and controls the gain value to be constant in a range exceeding the second threshold value second range. The gain value is a value multiplied to a velocity value of the input apparatus that is obtained by an operation, the velocity value being obtained through detection of a movement of the input apparatus. Accordingly, in a relatively-low-velocity range, a pointer velocity value becomes smaller by a multi-degree function as movements of the input apparatus and a pointer on a screen become slower.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kazuyuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: RE47442Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a suitable soft keyboard for end users to conveniently enter data to a portable information terminal that can not provide concurrently multiple character set keyboards, such as Korean, English, and Numeric keyboards. A data input assisting method displays an input window including a plurality of input fields when data input is requested. The input window identifies an input data set among English, Numeric, and non-English character sets suitable to an input field, which is selected for information input on the displayed input window, and provides a soft keyboard of touch screen or the like including the identified character set. Therefore, data input is ensured when a user must select and enter non-English (e.g., Korean), English, or Numeric data to match information type of each data field to be stored in a portable information terminal, such as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yun Gyu Kang, Byung Hak Jung, Yong Soo Shin, Su Young Pan, Sang Bum Kim, Seung Ho Lee