Input/output Liquid Crystal Display Panel Patents (Class 345/104)
  • Patent number: 8581865
    Abstract: A display device is provided with a touch panel includes: a base substrate; a first transparent electrode layer located on the base substrate; an ultrasonic wave guiding layer located on the first transparent electrode layer; a second transparent electrode layer located on the ultrasonic wave guiding layer; an ultrasonic wave transmitting unit and an ultrasonic wave receiving unit located on the second transparent electrode layer; and a protecting layer located on the second transparent electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Ho Choo, Ho-Min Kang
  • Patent number: 8576161
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided of driving an OLED display structure integrated with a touch sensor configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shih Chang Chang, Steven Porter Hotelling, Brian Lynch
  • Patent number: 8576368
    Abstract: A driving circuit for a liquid crystal display, the driving circuit being an integrated circuit having electrode pads disposed on a surface of the integrated circuit, bumps formed on the electrode pads, a conductive adhesive layer formed on the bumps and conductive particles having an outer conductive layer and an elastic polymer inner portion deposited on the conductive adhesive layer. The driving circuit is mounted on a TFT array substrate and bonded to pads provided on the substrate. The conductive particles reduce electrical connection resistance that would otherwise arise due to height differences between bumps in a plurality of bumps, and prevents electrical open defects and an electrical short defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Hee Kim, Ho-Min Kang, Jong-Sig Hyun
  • Patent number: 8576367
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel device includes a thin film transistor array substrate having a gate line provided on a substrate, a data line intersecting the gate line and having a gate insulating pattern disposed therebetween to define a pixel area, a thin film transistor provided at the intersection between the gate line and the data line, a protective film for protecting the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode provided at the pixel area and connected to the thin film transistor, a gate pad connected to the gate line and formed from a transparent conductive film included in the gate line, and a data pad connected to the data line and formed from the transparent conductive film, and a color filter array substrate joined with the thin film transistor array substrate to be opposed to each other, wherein the protective film is provided at an area where it overlaps with the color filter array substrate to expose the transparent conductive films included in the gate pad and the data pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Sung Yoo, Youn Gyoung Chang, Seung Hee Nam
  • Patent number: 8570413
    Abstract: An image-pickup device includes a photoelectric conversion element 5 that converts light into electric charge, a capacitor 6 that stores electric charge which the photoelectric conversion element 5 has obtained by conversion, reset means 7 for discharging the electric charge in the capacitor 6, and an amplifying thin-film transistor 8 that receives, amplifies, and outputs the electric charge stored in the capacitor 6. In addition, the image-pickup device is configured so that the amplifying thin-film transistor 8 forms a source follower circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Display West, Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Matsui, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Patent number: 8564577
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including a plurality of display pixels formed of a plurality of first electrodes provided in one surface side of a substrate, a second electrode which faces each of the first electrodes and display functional layers which are provided between each of the first electrodes and the second electrode and a resistive film having a predetermined resistivity in which one surface side is provided so as to face the other surface side of the second electrode having a predetermined space above the upper surface of a partition wall layer to define a forming region for each of the display pixels and which is disposed so as to be conductive to the other surface side of the second electrode by a pressure applied from outside, and the second electrode constructing the display pixels is double used as an electrode for detecting a position where the pressure is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Manabu Takei
  • Patent number: 8558799
    Abstract: The invention relates to a user interaction device (200, 300) comprising an optical module (210, 310) having a layer (5) of a substance being electrically switchable between a first visual state and a second visual state, and an electrical switch (6a, 6b) for electrically switching the substance between the first and second visual states, a detector (6a, 11b) for detecting the presence of a physical object, and a control unit (290, 390) for controlling the electrical switch in response to the detection of presence of the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Galileo June Destura, Armanda Cinderella Nieuwkerk, Johan Thomas Oostveen
  • Patent number: 8552989
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Porter Hotelling, Wei Chen, Christoph Horst Krah, John Greer Elias, Wei Hsin Yao, John Z. Zhong, Andrew Bert Hodge, Brian Richards Land, Willem den Boer
  • Patent number: 8547350
    Abstract: A force/displacement touch device, this invention employs a base-plane 32 and flexible mounting material to suspend, or “float,” a non-rigidly mounted touch-plane 12, and uses sensors at each mounting point 22 to measure Z-axis deflection of the floating touch-plane 12. The system adapts existing planes in typical LCD assemblies to implement touch screens. This floating touch detection system provides an accurate, sensitive, compact and low-cost solution. It mitigates XY friction to improve detection of Z-forces. This approach provides latitude in locating sensors 34, allows for additional mid-plane sensors, enables greater accuracy and resolution, and adds features such as “multi-touch” sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventors: Noah L. Anglin, Krystyna Maliniak
  • Patent number: 8547338
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixels; a plurality of detection units formed in row and column directions that generate an element output signal when the display panel is touched; a detection signal processor that generates detection data based on the element output signal; and a touch determination unit that classifies the detection data in a row or column direction, that converts a row or column coordinate of a touch position or sustains a previous coordinate by comparing a reference value of each direction with the detection data, and that determines whether the touch has occurred according to the conversion number of the row or column coordinate. When the screen is continuously touched along a row or column direction, the touch or lack thereof and its position can be accurately determined by using the previous touch position information as current touch position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Woung Park, Young-Ok Cha, Kee-Han Uh, Joo-Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 8548528
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touch pad; a first display unit including a transparent display; a second display unit including a non-transparent display disposed below the transparent display; and a controller configured to selectively control the first and second display units to operate in a dual-operation mode by controlling at least a portion of the first display unit to be transparent and not display information and controlling the second display unit to display information that can be viewed through the at least the portion of the first display unit that is transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jonghwan Kim, Byunghee Hwang
  • Patent number: 8542207
    Abstract: Methods and systems for receiving an erasure gesture input and accordingly deleting content in a viewable area of a multi-touch input display device are disclosed. A touch gesture can be detected on a touch screen. One or more direction changes associated with the touch gesture can be detected and the angle of each of the direction changes can be determined to meet a predetermined threshold. The touch gesture can be detected as no longer touching the touch screen and a polygon can be generated based on each of the direction changes associated with the touch gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventors: Cosmin Truta, Alex Nicolaou
  • Patent number: 8537124
    Abstract: A touch sensor is installed inside a liquid crystal display panel to sense a touch operation and includes a light sensing part including a photodiode, a capacitance sensing part including a liquid crystal capacitor, and a sensing signal output part. The light sensing part generates a control signal corresponding to a variation in the amount of external light when the liquid crystal display panel is touched. The capacitance sensing part varies the control signal based on a variation in the capacitance of the liquid crystal capacitor when the liquid crystal display panel is touched. The sensing signal output part generates a sensing signal in response to the control signal and determines an output timing of the sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Bong-Hyun You, Byoung-Jun Lee, Jai-Hyun Koh
  • Patent number: 8539114
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for state sharing. A change module detects a change of a configuration state for at least one of a base and a detachable device. A connection module detects a connection between the base and the detachable device. The detachable device provides a display and a network connection for the base if the base and detachable device are connected. A synchronize module synchronizes the configuration state of the detachable device with the configuration state of the base in response to detecting the connection and detecting the change of configuration state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Mark Charles Davis, Scott Edwards Kelso, Bin Li, Steven Richard Perrin, Matthew Roper, Sheng Wang, Yi Zhou
  • Patent number: 8537102
    Abstract: A backlight control apparatus for controlling luminance of a backlight panel includes an image information memory and a detection and automatic switching circuit. The image information memory is for storing the image information. The detection and automatic switching circuit is for detecting the updated frequency of the updated image information and then sets a displaying mode for adjusting the luminance of the backlight panel according to the updated frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chung-Jian Li, Tzung-Yuan Lee, Chia-Hsin Tung
  • Patent number: 8531458
    Abstract: An exemplary method of determining a pointing object position for three-dimensional interactive system, adapted for an interaction between a pointing object and a three-dimensional interaction display with embedded optical sensors. The method includes the steps of: acquiring a two-dimensional detected light intensity distribution caused by the pointing object acting on the three-dimensional interaction display; obtaining two light-shading intensity maximum values according to the two-dimensional detected light intensity distribution; and determining a one-dimensional positional information of the pointing object on a distance direction of the pointing object relative to the three-dimensional interaction display by use of the positional distance between the two light-shading intensity maximum values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Pai Huang, Guo-Zhen Wang, Tsung-Wei Pai, Pi-Cheng Wu, Chi-Mao Hung, Wei-Min Sun, Yi-Chien Wen, Tsung-Hsien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8529341
    Abstract: A gaming apparatus may include a controller operatively coupled to a display unit and a value input device. The controller may include a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, and may be programmed to cause the display unit to generate a game display. The display unit may include an optically sensitive control panel operatively coupled to the controller, and the controller may be programmed to cause the optically sensitive control panel to read an image and to cause the optically sensitive control panel to generate a display of one or more game controls. An optically sensitive video display screen, and the controller may be programmed to cause the display unit to read an image via the optically sensitive video display screen and to cause the display unit to generate the game display on the optically sensitive video display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Chauncey W. Griswold, Harold E. Mattice, Richard L. Wilder, Christian E. Gadda
  • Patent number: 8531407
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes: a display plate having a plurality of display sections; an electrostatic touch panel provided at a lower face of the display plate; an operation body on which the display plate and the electrostatic touch panel are placed; a plurality of light-emitting elements for illuminating the plurality of display sections of the display plate from a lower side of the display plate through the electrostatic touch panel; and a control section that is electrically connected to the electrostatic touch panel and the plurality of light-emitting elements, and that controls light emission of the plurality of light-emitting elements in accordance with touch operation to the electrostatic touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporatin
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hitokazu Shitanaka, Kouichi Santo
  • Patent number: 8531411
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a rectangular display panel; a first film-like printed circuit board including a first terminal portion, the first film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the rectangular display panel in a direction; a rectangular touch panel provided so as to be opposed to the rectangular display panel; and a second film-like printed circuit board including a second terminal portion, the second film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the rectangular touch panel in the direction, the one side of the rectangular touch panel corresponding to a side parallel with and adjacent to the one side of the rectangular display panel, the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion being provided so that a connecting direction of the first terminal portion is different from a connecting direction of the second terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuka Kuwajima, Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 8525767
    Abstract: The present invention directs to a method for automatically compensating a common electrode voltage, comprising: calculating an average shift amount of a common electrode voltage according to gray scale data in a line on a displayed image, processing the average shift amount of the common electrode voltage to be a digital signal then converting it into an analog signal then into an average shift amount voltage waveform, and superposing it with a common electrode voltage waveform to form a new output signal waveform for driving the common electrode; the present invention also directs to a device for automatically compensating a common electrode voltage, comprising a data input module, a looking up module, a data operation module, a data encoding and converting module, a waveform generator and an operational amplification module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xinshe Yin
  • Patent number: 8519943
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first data line and a second data line, the first and second data lines substantially parallel to one another, a first gate line, the first gate line crossing the first data line and the second data line, a display sub-pixel defined by the crossing of the first gate line and the first data line, a sensing sub-pixel defined by the crossing of the first gate line and the second data line, and a first switching element for connecting the second data line connected to one of a sensing processing unit and a ground terminal, wherein the display sub-pixel transmits light supplied from a light source in accordance to a data signal applied to the first data line, and the sensing sub-pixel senses light incident on the liquid crystal display device and generates charges corresponding to the sensed light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheung-Hwan An, Yong-Won Jo
  • Patent number: 8520076
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is capable of detecting a failure of a gate driver, and a method of testing the same are provided. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel on which liquid crystal cells connected to thin film transistors (TFTs) located at crossings between gate lines and data lines are formed, a data driver that drives the data lines of the liquid crystal display panel, and a gate driver which includes first to nth stages (n is a natural number larger than 1) formed on the liquid crystal display panel that generates normal scan signals for turning on the TFTs in a normal mode, and that generates test scan signals for turning off the TFTs in a test mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Jae Jang, Chung Sik Kong
  • Patent number: 8519978
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed that determines the location of an object touching a display screen. The system and method modifies already existing display technology, including using the underlying structure of many types of existing displays as the touch detecting structure. The systems and methods are applicable to virtually all LCD and LCD-like displays, including emissive displays (OLED, PLED, quantum dot displays, etc.), electronic paper, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventor: Jeffrey Konicek
  • Patent number: 8508514
    Abstract: A display module includes a scan line, a data line, a driving circuit and a level converting circuit. The driving circuit has at least one first driving unit and at least one second driving unit electrically connected to the first driving unit. A non-DC signal is transmitted between the first driving unit and the second driving unit for controlling the first driving unit and/or the second driving unit. The first driving unit outputs a first driving signal to the scan line. The second driving unit outputs a second driving signal to the level converting circuit. The level converting circuit is electrically connected with the driving circuit and the data line, and outputs a display signal to the data line according to the second driving signal. A driving method of the display module is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Pervasive Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Jyh Sah
  • Patent number: 8508457
    Abstract: A shift register driven by two complementary clock signals is integrated on an active-matrix substrate of a flat screen for controlling selection of rows of image points of the flat screen is disclosed. The shift register includes a control transistor driven by one of the clock signals, and connected between this clock signal and an output node connected to a corresponding row. The shift register also includes a capacitor connected between an internal node connected to the gate of the control transistor. The output node is discharged each time the flat screen starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Thierry Kretz, Gérard Voisin
  • Patent number: 8502762
    Abstract: This invention relates to an image processing method for improving the quality of an image to be displayed on a display device and to a liquid-crystal display device using the same, and aims at providing an image processing method for providing wide viewing angle and excellent tonal-intensity viewing angle characteristic and a liquid-crystal display device using the same. Combined together are a higher-luminance pixel to be driven higher in luminance than the luminance data of an image to be displayed and a lower-luminance pixel to be driven lower in luminance than the luminance data, to determine a luminance on the higher-luminance pixel and luminance on the lower-luminance pixel as well as an area ratio of the higher-luminance and lower-luminance pixels in a manner obtaining a luminance nearly equal to a desired luminance based on the luminance data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kamada, Hidefumi Yoshida, Yoshio Koike, Toshiaki Suzuki, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Yasutoshi Tasaka, Masakazu Shibasaki, Kunihiro Tashiro, Kazuya Ueda, Katsuyoshi Hiraki
  • Patent number: 8497951
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel having a display surface; an accommodation member having a side wall that accommodates the electro-optical panel; and a wiring substrate with an end portion thereof connected to the electro-optical panel, wherein the other end portion side of the wiring substrate is bent to the opposite side of the display surface of the electro-optical panel, wherein the other end portion side of the wiring substrate is bent in the state of coming into close-contact with the side wall of the accommodation member and is fixed to the accommodation member or an accommodation object member that is accommodated in the accommodation member, and wherein the wiring substrate is in close-contact with the side wall of the accommodation member in the state in which a tension acts between the one end portion side and the other end portion side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Display West, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8493302
    Abstract: The present invention aims to reduce flickers of the liquid crystal display device and enable the use of liquid crystal material exhibiting a high response speed, and to enhance light usage efficiency of the field sequential type liquid crystal display device. After writing the video signal to all the pixels in each sub-frame period, a correction voltage signal or an alternating signal having a frequency of greater than or equal to a certain frequency is input to the data line, so that the magnitude of the leakage current of each pixel TFT caused by the difference in polarity of the video signal with respect to the opposing electrode written to the pixel electrode is equalized, and the flickers are greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Sekine
  • Patent number: 8487903
    Abstract: A display device incorporating a touch panel that can be made thinner than a conventional one and requires no countermeasure against misalignment in overlapping is provided by incorporating a touch panel. The display device incorporating a touch panel includes a display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate. The second substrate has a conductive light shielding film formed in a grid pattern on a surface on the opposite side from an observer. The conductive light shielding film is used as a touch panel electrode of electrostatic capacitive coupling system. The conductive light shielding film has a shape with four corners. The corners of the conductive light shielding film are connected to a touch position detection circuit. The display panel has four conductive members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Anno, Shigeyuki Nishitani
  • Patent number: 8487847
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display capable of improving its viewing angle characteristic of luminance is provided. The liquid crystal display includes: a pair of signal lines extending so as to intersect to each other; a pixel provided for the pair of signal lines and configured of a plurality of sub pixels, each sub pixel including a liquid crystal element and a capacitive element; a driving element provided for each of the plurality of sub pixels so as to be connected to a corresponding pair of signal lines assigned to the pixel, and performs display driving by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal element based on a video signal; and a capacitance line provided for each of the plurality of sub pixels so as to be connected to one end of the capacitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Ueda, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 8482688
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of storage voltage lines, a plurality of connecting lines, and a common voltage applying section. Pixels are formed in regions defined by a plurality of gate lines extending along a first direction and data lines extending along a second direction. The connecting lines are connected to the storage voltage lines that are formed on adjacent pixels of pixels arranged in the second direction. The common voltage applying section applies a common voltage to the storage voltage lines that are formed in a portion of the pixels arranged in the first direction. Thus, a substantially uniform current may be applied to the display area to decrease the distortion of the common voltage, thereby increasing a liquid crystal display device's display quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuk-Jin Kim, Kyung-Wook Kim, Dong-Wuuk Seo
  • Publication number: 20130169521
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate, a plurality of signal lines disposed on the substrate, at least one insulating layer disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of location references disposed on the substrate and in the same layer level as at least one of the signal lines, wherein arrangement of the plurality of location references varies depending on relative locations of the location references on a screen of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hun LEE, Yun Ho LEE, Yui-Ku LEE, Sun-Young CHANG, Chul HUH
  • Patent number: 8476909
    Abstract: A current calibration method and the associated control circuit are provided. The method includes: providing a predetermined voltage to the differential output for obtaining an accurate current passing through the panel resistor during a calibration procedure and, providing a driving current to the differential output according to the accurate current during a normal operation procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Tien Chang, Ju-Ming Chou
  • Patent number: 8477105
    Abstract: A display comprising: an electro-optical material arranged between first and second planes facing each other; a first substrate arranged on the first plane and including a conductor that affords an electrical signal to the electro-optical material; a first electrically conductive film arranged on the second plane to afford an electrical signal to the electro-optical material; a second electrically conductive film arranged outside an area sandwiched between the first and second planes; and a current detection circuit that detects the current on the second electrically conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haga, Jiro Yanase, Yoichi Kitagishi
  • Patent number: 8477117
    Abstract: An embedded optical induction input device and method of implementing the same. Such a device includes a light sensing circuit and a conversion circuit. The light sensing circuit generates an induced current signal based on the variations of the intensity of light irradiation received as caused by a touch-control-position event; and the conversion circuit is connected to the light sensing circuit and receives an induced current derived therefrom. The conversion circuit is provided with a first transistor and a second transistor coupled together, that are driven by a positive and a negative biases having the same period but different phases, thus the induced current signals are converted into induced voltage signals based on the alternative turn-on's and turn-off's of the first transistor and the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih
  • Patent number: 8471792
    Abstract: A display device includes a data line, a first and second pixel rows and a first and second gate control lines all formed on a substrate. The first pixel row includes a plurality of pixels each containing two neighboring first sub-pixel and second sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel is coupled to the data line, the second sub-pixel is coupled to the data line through the first sub-pixel. The second pixel row is neighboring with the first pixel row and includes a plurality of pixels each containing two neighboring third sub-pixel and fourth sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel is coupled to the data line, the fourth sub-pixel is coupled to the data line through the third sub-pixel. The first and second gate control lines respectively are for enabling the first and second sub-pixels and both are not used to enable the third and fourth sub-pixels. A driving method of gate control lines also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ken-Ming Chen, Chi-Mao Hung
  • Patent number: 8466891
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch panel 100, which includes a transparent substrate 110 that includes a base part 120 and a projection part 130 projected from the base part 120, a transparent electrode 140 that is formed on the base part 120, signal wirings 150 that are formed on the transparent substrate, having one end connected to the transparent electrode 140 and the other end extended to the projection part 130, and a controller 160 that is disposed on the projection part 130 and is directly connected to the other end of the signal wiring 150. The touch panel directly connects the signal wirings 150 to the controller 160 by adopting the projection part 130 to the transparent electrode 140, thereby making it possible to omit the flexible printing cable requiring manual work, and thus allows the roll to roll (R2R) process, thereby making it possible to automate the entire manufacturing process of the touch panel 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woon Chun Kim, Yong Soo Oh, Jong Young Lee
  • Patent number: 8462307
    Abstract: A LCD device and its fabrication method as discussed. According to an embodiment, the LCD device includes a plurality of gate lines and data lines arranged on a substrate to define a plurality of unit pixels; thin film transistors (TFTs) each formed at an intersecting region of the gate lines and the data lines; a plurality of gate pad portions and data pad portions formed at end portions of the gate lines and the data lines, respectively, at least one of the gate and data pad portions being made up of at least two pad unit portions, each pad unit portion having at least one contact hole such that the contact holes of one of the plurality of gate or data pad portions are arranged in a zigzag or an oblique line format; and pixel electrodes formed at the unit pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Ho Kook, Soon-Sung Yoo, Youn-Gyoung Chang, Seung-Hee Nam, Nam-Kook Kim
  • Patent number: 8451244
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Porter Hotelling, Wei Chen, Christoph Horst Krah, John Greer Elias, Wei Hsin Yao, John Z. Zhong, Andrew Bert Hodge, Brian Richards Land, Willem den Boer
  • Patent number: 8451241
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device to realize soft touch and sense touch regardless of illumination of external light or reflected light. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, wherein a liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, an infrared sensor arranged on the first substrate, an infrared filter arranged corresponding to the infrared sensor arranged on the second substrate facing the first substrate, a first polarizing plate adhered to the back surface of the first substrate, a second polarizing plate adhered to the back surface of the second substrate, a light guiding plate arranged under the first polarizing plate, a first light source arranged on one side of the light guiding plate to emit white light, and a second light source arranged on the other side of the light guiding plate to emit infrared light to the light guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol-Se Kim, Ji-Hyun Jung, Min-Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20130127743
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a panel module, an assembly member, a glue layer, and a touch module. The assembly member is engaged with a sidewall of the panel module. The glue layer is disposed on the panel module and at least one portion of the glue layer is disposed on the assembly member. The touch module is disposed on the glue layer. The panel module and the assembly member are adhered to a first side of the glue layer. The touch module is adhered to a second side of the glue layer opposite to the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Ting CHEN, Te-Hen Lo, Hao-Liang Chao
  • Patent number: 8441456
    Abstract: A touch display substrate comprises a base substrate, a plurality of pixel portions, a sensing element portion and a sensing line portion. The pixel portions can be arranged in at least one pixel column and at least one pixel row on the base substrate, and may include a pixel electrode. The sensing element portion may be disposed in a first column between a first pixel column and a second pixel column, and senses a touch. The sensing line portion may be disposed in a second column between adjacent pixel columns and coupled to the sensing element portion, and the second column is different from the first column. The sensing line portion may be disposed between pixel columns different from the pixel columns where the sensing element portion is disposed so that an aperture ratio of the touch screen display apparatus may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8436806
    Abstract: A method of synchronizing force data with touch data and a portable electronic device configured to perform the same are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of synchronizing data acquisition in a portable electronic device, the method comprising: detecting touch events on a touch-sensitive display and storing touch data for each touch event with a time stamp for the touch event; detecting force events on the touch-sensitive display and storing force data for each force event with a time stamp for the force event; matching touch data for a particular touch event with force data for a force event corresponding to the particular touch event; and outputting the matched touch data and force data for input processing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Nazih Almalki, Sean Bartholomew Simmons
  • Patent number: 8436835
    Abstract: A touch device is disposed on a substrate having a plurality of gate lines. The touch device comprises a power line, a photo sensor and a readout line. The photo sensor is electrically coupled to the power line and two specific gate lines of the gate lines, and generated a different output signal according to irradiation with a different level. The readout line is electrically coupled to the photo sensor for outputting the output signal. The photo sensor comprises a readout switch and a photosensitive switch. The readout switch is electrically coupled to one of the two specific gate lines. The photosensitive switch is electrically coupled to another of the two specific gate lines and the power line. Signals in another of the two specific gate lines and the power line cooperate to determine whether the photosensitive switch is in an off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Wei Liu, Hsueh-Ying Huang
  • Patent number: 8432371
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Porter Hotelling, Wei Chen, Christoph Horst Krah, John Greer Elias, Wei Hsin Yao, John Z. Zhong, Andrew Bert Hodge, Brian Richards Land, Willem Den Boer
  • Patent number: 8422759
    Abstract: An edge code histogram of a model generated in a model image is registered. A target region with respect to the input image is set. An edge code histogram for the target region is generated. A relative positional relationship between the edge code histogram of the model and the edge code histogram for the target region is sequentially changed, and a degree of coincidence between the edge code histograms at each relative position is calculated. A possibility that the region that matches the model is contained in the set target region from the sequentially calculated degree of coincidence between the edge code histograms is evaluated. Then a candidate point having a possibility of matching the model in the input image is specified while sequentially changing the position of the target region with respect to the input image and repeating steps above for each target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kato, Shiro Fujieda, Yutaka Kiuchi, Shohei Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 8416212
    Abstract: An electro-optical device, which has a display area and a plurality of sensing areas for detecting capacitance in the display area, includes a black matrix that is provided in the vicinities of display pixels in the display area, pixel electrodes that individually form the display pixels, a common electrode, a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, a plurality of pixel circuits that individually drive the pixel electrodes, a capacitance detection element that is provided in a corresponding one of the sensing areas to convert a change in thickness of the liquid crystal layer caused by external pressure into a change in capacitance, and a sensing circuit that outputs a sensing signal on the basis of the change in capacitance obtained by the capacitance detection element. The capacitance detection element overlaps the black matrix in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsukasa Eguchi, Eiji Kanda
  • Patent number: 8411057
    Abstract: A protection-plate-attached electronic member including: a first electronic member including a first transparent substrate; an adhesion layer which overlaps with the first transparent substrate; a protection plate fixed to the first electronic member in a state in which the adhesion layer intervenes between the protection plate and the first transparent substrate; and a peeling auxiliary section which intervenes between the adhesion layer and one of the protection plate and the first electronic member so as to lower bonding strength between the adhesion layer and the one of the protection plate and the first electronic member, wherein the adhesion layer includes an overlapping section which overlaps with the peeling auxiliary section; and a nonoverlapping section which does not overlap with the peeling auxiliary section and which directly contacts with the one of the protection plate and the first electronic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8411059
    Abstract: An integrated electromagnetic type input flat panel display apparatus is disclosed. The integrated electromagnetic type input flat panel display apparatus comprises a display panel, a control unit and a signal processing unit. The display panel has a display unit and an electromagnetic sensor unit, wherein the display unit and the electromagnetic sensor unit are integrated in to a substrate of the display panel. The signal processing unit receives and processes the signals from the electromagnetic sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Waltop International Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Chou Chen, Chia-Te Huang
  • Patent number: 8411117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device that has a plurality of optical sensors provided in a display panel and that can be operated by touching a screen with a finger or pen. A liquid crystal panel with built-in sensors (11) includes a plurality of pixel circuits (1) and a plurality of optical sensors (2) which are arranged two-dimensionally. An MPU (18) selects either a mode that detects a shadow image of an object or a mode that detects a reflection image of the object, based on an illumination of outside light. One frame time is divided into a display period and a sensing period. A backlight (14) is controlled to be turned on during the display period in the shadow image mode and during the sensing period in the reflection image mode, and to be turned off during the sensing period in the shadow image mode and during the display period in the reflection image mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akizumi Fujioka, Akinori Kubota