Touch Panel Patents (Class 345/173)
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Patent number: 12295202Abstract: Provided are a foldable optical film with excellent impact resistance and with capability to improve design quality, and an image display device including the same. An aspect of the present invention provides a foldable optical film 10 with a front surface 10A and a back surface 10B opposite to the front surface 10A, wherein optical film 10 includes a hard coat layer 12, a resin layer 13, and a decorative layer 14; the hard coat layer 12 is located closer to the front surface 10A than the resin layer 13 and the decorative layer 14 in the optical film 10; and the resin layer 13 has a film thickness of 10 ?m or more, and the resin layer 13 has a Martens hardness of 1 MPa or more and 100 MPa or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimasa Ogawa, Keisuke Ebisu, Yousuke Kousaka, Jun Sato, Takahito Kawakami, Atsuhiro Kobayashi, Hiroki Matsushita
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Patent number: 12293037Abstract: A touch apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel that is disposed on a display panel of a display device that drives a plurality of pixels according to a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal, and includes a plurality of first touch electrodes for sensing a touch input in a first direction and a plurality of second touch electrode for sensing a touch input in a second direction; a driver/receiver that applies a driving signal to at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a first section, and receives a detection signal from at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes during a second section after the first section; and a controller that generates touch information by using the detection signal, wherein the driving signal is synchronized with at least one synchronization signal of the horizontal synchronization signal and the vType: GrantFiled: December 11, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho, Sein Lee
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Patent number: 12293249Abstract: A controller samples, after determination of a start of a user's press on a pressable input surface of a pressure sensing member, a value of an output voltage of the pressure sensing member, and determines whether one of a first condition and a second condition is satisfied to accordingly determine whether the user's press on the pressable input surface is terminated. The first condition represents that the sampled value of the output voltage is lower than a predetermined second voltage threshold. The second condition represents that the output voltage has converged to a base voltage. The base voltage is a value of the output voltage of the pressure sensing member with no user's press on the pressable input surface of the pressure sensing member.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Kazumi Kambe, Akira Ito
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Patent number: 12292660Abstract: A display module is provided. The display module includes: a display panel, a light control panel, at least one first circuit board for the display panel, and at least one second circuit board for the light control panel. The display panel and the light control panel) are stacked, the display panel is on a light-emitting side of the light control panel, a light-emitting surface of the display panel is on a first surface, and at least part of an orthographic projection of any one of the at least one first circuit board on the first surface does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the at least one second circuit board on the first surface in a direction perpendicular to the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Li Tian, Jian Xu, Qiujie Su
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Patent number: 12293071Abstract: A method for zooming an image displayed on a touch-sensitive screen of a mobile terminal. The method includes: measuring the duration of a stationary touch gesture by the user on the touch-sensitive screen; determining a zoom ratio as a function of the measured duration; and displaying on the touch-sensitive screen the image zoomed by the determined zoom ratio.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: ORANGEInventor: Zhihong Guo
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Patent number: 12293051Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The touch layer of the display panel includes first touch units including first touch electrodes and second touch units including second touch electrodes. At least two mounting holes are provided in the touch area, and the auxiliary electrodes in the touch layer include a first auxiliary electrode located between the two mounting holes. At least one first touch unit is cut off by the mounting holes. At least one first auxiliary electrode is connected to at least one of two first touch units adjacent to the first touch unit in a second direction. Or at least one second touch unit is cut off by the mounting holes, and at least one first auxiliary electrode is connected to at least one of two second touch units adjacent to the second touch unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai BranchInventors: Qibing Wei, Peng Zhang
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Patent number: 12293041Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device having a touch sensor, which includes a display panel including a touch sensor configured to display an image and sense presence or absence of a touch, a driver configured to time-division drive the display panel and the touch sensor, and a controller configured to control the driver, wherein the driver outputs a set voltage during a transition period between a display period in which an image is displayed on the display panel and a touch sensing period in which the touch sensor is sensed.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kil Tae Kim, Sung Su Han
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Patent number: 12293032Abstract: An array substrate, including: a base substrate, and a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, a plurality of touch-control signal lines, a first transparent conductive layer and a second transparent conductive layer, which are arranged on the base substrate. The first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer are located on the side of the touch-control signal lines that is away from the base substrate. The touch-control signal lines are connected to at least one touch-control sensing block, which includes a plurality of touch-control electrodes connected to each other and spaced apart from each other; and the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer includes the plurality of touch-control electrodes. The plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines intersect to form a plurality of sub-pixel regions, which include opening regions.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qiujie Su, Xiaofeng Yin, Dongchuan Chen, Yanping Liao, Seungmin Lee, Xibin Shao
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Patent number: 12293050Abstract: A touch-capacitive surface system can include a plurality of touch surfaces positioned along a target body. Each of the plurality of touch surfaces can include a capacitive surface. A touch controller electrically can couple to each of the plurality of touch surfaces. The touch controller can detect a touch from a particular touch surface of the plurality of touch surfaces. The system can include a project source and at least one computing device in communication with the touch controller and the projection source. The at least one computing device can generate, via the projection source, projected content at least partially onto the target body in response to the touch controller detecting the touch from the particular touch surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: CFA PROPERTIES, INC.Inventor: Nathaniel McFarland
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Patent number: 12287674Abstract: An electronic device for moving and displaying at least one object according to the expansion of a flexible display, and a method for controlling same. An electronic device may include a flexible display, and at least one processor operably connected to the flexible display, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: display multiple objects of a first application on the flexible display; detect an expansion event for expanding the flexible display while the multiple objects are being displayed on the flexible display; and while maintaining a position in which at least one object among the multiple objects is displayed, move one or more objects among the remaining objects to an area expanded according to the expansion event and display the one or more objects thereon.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinseon Yoo, Jiwon Park, Soonkyu Jang, Doeun Shin, Joayoung Lee, Yunjeong Ji, Kawon Cheon
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Patent number: 12287720Abstract: In one embodiment, a method may include determining one or more of (1) an amount of use of a display screen of a user's client computing device during a period of time, or (2) a frequency of unlocks of the display screen during the period of time. The method may include displaying, on a lock screen of the client computing device, one or more of: (1) the amount of use of the display screen during the period of time, or (2) the frequency of unlocks of the display screen during the period of time.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Anqi Wang, Ji Yeon Han
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Patent number: 12287919Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tactile presentation device presenting tactile to a user, and includes: a touch detection circuit detecting the user having contact with the tactile presentation knob and outputting positional information of the tactile presentation knob; a pressure detection circuit detecting an amount of pressing of the operation surface by the tactile presentation knob; a tactile control circuit determining a voltage signal generating friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface; and a pressure amount calculation circuit calculating a pressure amount based on the amount of pressing detected in the pressure detection circuit and adding the pressure amount to the pressing information, wherein generated is tactile caused by a change of the friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface by the voltage signal determined by the tactile control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tae Orita, Takeshi Ono, Takayuki Morioka, Naoki Nakagawa
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Patent number: 12287924Abstract: A keyboard input method and system, the method including obtaining inputted information of a current input keyboard, and determining a first type of the current input keyboard based on the inputted information, loading, based on the first type being inconsistent with a second type of a previous input keyboard used during a previously performed input operation, a system word vocabulary and a conversion algorithm model that correspond to the first type from a library, obtaining user entry information corresponding to the inputted information from a user lexicon that has been loaded, obtaining system entry information corresponding to the inputted information from the system word vocabulary, and determining a list of to-be-selected entries corresponding to the inputted information according to the user entry information, the system entry information, and the conversion algorithm model, and outputting the list of to-be-selected entries.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Xingzhong Zhuo
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Patent number: 12287676Abstract: In aspects of rollable screen device with piezoelectric sensing, a mobile device includes a rollable display screen configurable in one of multiple display states corresponding to respective device form factors. The mobile device has one or more piezoelectric sensors that detect forces applied to the rollable display screen of the mobile device. The mobile device implements a selection manager that activates one or more parameters (e.g., volume, call acceptance, call decline) of the mobile device based on the forces detected by the one or more piezoelectric sensors.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Thomas Yates Merrell, Amit Kumar Agrawal
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Patent number: 12289814Abstract: A control method of an appliance, including: the appliance includes a first unit that includes a first lamp, a first cavity, a first door and a first sensor; a second unit that includes a second lamp, a second cavity, a second door and a second sensor; and a controller that controls operations of the first unit and the second unit, includes sensing vibrations generated in any one of the first unit or the second unit by the first sensor and the second sensor; determining whether the sensed vibrations are caused by a knock, and when determining that the sensed vibrations are caused by a knock using the first sensor and the second sensor, transferring a knock-on signal to the controller; and comparing the knock-on signals received from the first sensor and the second sensor and determining which of the first unit or the second unit is given the knock by the controller, and outputting a lamp-on output signal to the first unit or the second unit in which the knock is generated by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myeongsu Shin, Wanglim Lee, Janghoon Kim, Chan-Yong Yeo
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Patent number: 12287933Abstract: A touch event processing method includes: obtaining a screen touch event by means of an event receiving layer, uploading the screen touch event to a JVM by means of an intermediate layer, and assigning and adapting the screen touch event by means of the JVM to obtain an event to be processed, and distributing same to a service processing module for processing.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jizhe Zhang, Yonggui Yang
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Patent number: 12288298Abstract: An Augmented Reality (AR) graphics system is provided. The AR graphics system may detect an object in a real-world scene that corresponds to an AR graphics display surface. The AR graphics system may generate AR graphics that are displayed as overlays of the AR graphics display surface. The AR graphics system may track the motion of a graphics input tool with respect to the AR graphics display surface to generate AR graphics based on the motion of the graphics input tool. The AR graphics may be comprised of a number of markings generated based on the motion of the graphics input tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Sharon Moll
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Patent number: 12287938Abstract: A touch control processing method is applied to a mobile terminal. A display screen of the mobile terminal is configured with an edge area and a near-edge area that are connected, the edge area is located at a peripheral edge position of the display screen, the edge area surrounds the near-edge area. The method is used to, when receiving a touch control instruction inputted by a user, and determining that a first frame coordinate is in the near-edge area and a sliding direction of the sliding instruction is not toward an original area, supplement a point coordinate supplement at a position in the edge area symmetrical to the second frame coordinate about the first frame coordinate, which is taken as a datum, opposite to the sliding direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: HUIZHOU TLC MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Hengjun Guo, Guangyue Luo, Yunguo Zhao
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Patent number: 12289981Abstract: In a foldable display device, stretchability is given to an outermost area of the folding area of the first support substrate to which a relatively high stress is applied. Thus, the folding radius at the outermost area increases, which relatively reduces the stress at the outermost area. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress occurrence of cracks in the outermost area.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: TaeWoo Kim, Jungkyu Park, SangJun Lee
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Patent number: 12287940Abstract: Using a capacitance sensor may include taking a first noise measurement by imposing a first signal on a capacitance sensor, the first signal having a first frequency; taking a second noise measurement by imposing a second signal on the capacitance sensor, the second signal having a second frequency different than the first frequency; determining the measurement with the lower amount of noise between the first noise measurement and the second noise measurement; and taking a capacitance measurement by imposing a third signal on the capacitance sensor, the third signal having either the first frequency or the second frequency based, at least in part, on the frequency of the measurement with the lower amount of noise.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventor: Brian Monson
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Patent number: 12282376Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) transferring control of a display of a computing device from a high-power physical processor of the computing device to a low-power physical processor of the computing device, (2) animating, using the low-power physical processor, the display at a first frame rate during a first time period, (3) animating, using the low-power physical processor, the display at a second frame rate during a second time period, (4) transferring control of the display from the low-power physical processor to the high-power physical processor, and (5) animating, using the high-power physical processor, the display. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Michiaki Kono, Dalton Thorn Flanagan, Allan Velzy
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Patent number: 12280668Abstract: A vehicle includes a window having a display. The display includes a substrate, a light source disposed at a first location of the substrate, a light sensor disposed at a second location of the substrate, and a first optical medium disposed on the substrate over the light source. The first optical medium includes a surface at an angle that prevents light from the light source from passing through the first optical medium and into the light sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jonglee Park, Jodi Mary Jean Allen, Michael K. Larsen
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Patent number: 12282620Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch display driving circuit, which generates a plurality of scan signals and a plurality of source signals for driving a touch display panel to display images. The touch display driving circuit further comprises a touch detection circuit and one or more current-source. The touch detection circuit detects a plurality of sensing signals of the touch display panel in a touch detection cycle for detecting touches on the touch display panel. The one or more current-source outputs one or more current signal in the touch detection cycle for maintaining the average values of the levels of the plurality of scan signals or the average values of the levels of the plurality of source signal at a predetermined level and maintaining the display electrodes of the touch display panel floating.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Xmyth IP Group LimitedInventor: Chia-Chi Cheng
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Patent number: 12282624Abstract: A touch controller includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the touch controller to: operate in an uplink power saving mode in which an uplink signal is transmitted with reduced power in response to reception of a suspend order from a host computer, and operate in a normal mode in which the uplink signal is transmitted with normal power in response to detection of a predetermined trigger during operation in the uplink power saving mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshio Nomura
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Patent number: 12282631Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a touch panel for electrically detecting an input operation, an antenna for near-field communication having a communicable area that overlaps at least a part of a detection area of the touch panel, a memory storing instructions, and a processor that implements the instructions to reduce a detection sensitivity in a first detection area overlapping with the communicable area in the touch panel when a near-field communication is in progress by the antenna for near-field communication or when a near-field communication is possible by the antenna for near-field communication.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuto Uwai, Yusaku Shoda, Daiki Kano
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Patent number: 12282595Abstract: An electronic device, method, and computer program product enable productivity of a combination desktop and mobile computing environments that are communicatively connected without distracting duplicative notifications on both a desktop and mobile user interface. A controller of the electronic device presents a first version of a user interface at an internal display of the electronic device and a second version at an external display of a second electronic device. The controller monitors input device(s) for an indication that user attention is directed to one of the internal display and the external display. The controller presents a notification via the first user interface at the internal display in response to determining that the user attention is directed to the internal display. The controller presents the notification via the second user interface at the external display in response to determining that the user attention is directed to the external display.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Ganesh Pradeep P V, Sinchana A P
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Patent number: 12282621Abstract: A touch panel system includes a touch panel including a drive electrode, a position detection electrode, and a pressure detection electrode, and a controller configured to impart a drive signal to the drive electrode and acquire a signal value from each of the position detection electrode and the pressure detection electrode. The controller is configured to detect a touch range by a pointer based on the signal value obtained from the position detection electrode, determine a pressure detection range corresponding to the touch range, of the signal value obtained from the pressure detection electrode, and calculate a magnitude of a pressure by the pointer based on the signal value in the pressure detection range.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventors: Takenori Maruyama, Shinji Yamagishi, Takuma Yamamoto, Kazutoshi Kida, Yasuhiro Sugita, Hiroshi Fukushima
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Patent number: 12282600Abstract: A wearable haptic modulation device for real-time simulation of texture properties of a material surface in mixed reality environments is provided. Particularly, it includes a U-shaped pneumatic actuator surrounds a user's fingertip, a finger-housing support creating a space for fingertip containment, a resonant actuator on the finger-housing support generating vibrotactile feedback to enhance perceived roughness on touched physical surfaces, and a pneumatic control system generating pneumatic actuation to reduce the perceived roughness on touched physical surface. Notably, the U-shaped pneumatic actuator allows direct contact of the user's fingerpad with the touched physical surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: City University of Hong KongInventors: Kening Zhu, Xinge Yu, Shaoyu Cai, Haichen Gao, Qi Zhang
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Patent number: 12284898Abstract: A touch display device comprises a substrate; planarization film disposed over the substrate; an anode electrode and a touch metal disposed on the planarization film; a bank disposed over the planarization film on which the anode electrode and the touch metal are disposed, and the bank including a first cavity exposing the anode electrode and a second cavity exposing the touch metal; an organic light emitting layer disposed in the first cavity and disposed over the anode electrode; and a cathode electrode disposed over the organic light emitting layer and the bank, wherein the cathode electrode includes a first cathode electrode and a second cathode electrode, which are separated from each other, and a part of the first cathode electrode is disposed in the second cavity and connected to the touch metal in the second cavity.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheolse Kim, Juhan Kim
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Patent number: 12282355Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel including a first region and a second region; a chassis disposed on a rear surface of the display panel; a first exciter in contact with the first region and fixed to the chassis; and a second exciter in contact with the second region and fixed to the chassis. The chassis defines an opening disposed between the first exciter and the second exciter.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae-Sung Kim, Koichi Abe, Young Ji Kim
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Patent number: 12282637Abstract: A touch display panel is provided. The touch display panel includes a plurality of first mesh electrodes and a plurality of second mesh electrodes. A respective one of the plurality of first mesh electrodes includes a plurality of first mesh blocks consecutively electrically connected along a first direction. Two adjacent first mesh blocks of the plurality of first mesh blocks are electrically connected to each other through a respective first conductive bridge of a plurality of first conductive bridges. The plurality of first conductive bridges are arranged in an array. The plurality of first mesh blocks includes a border mesh block adjacent to a truncated region in which a touch control structure is absent. The touch display panel includes a displaced conductive bridge which is displaced from the array of the plurality of first conductive bridges.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuanqi Zhang, Yi Zhang, Chang Luo, Shun Zhang, Yu Wang, Wei Wang, Ping Wen
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Patent number: 12284307Abstract: A mobile terminal according to an embodiment may comprise: a first frame; a second frame which comprises a third rear part provided on the rear surface of the first frame and movable in a first direction and a first roller provided at the end of the third rear part in the first direction; a flexible display panel which is provided to surround the first roller; a driving part for driving the second frame in the first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction from the first frame; and a side cover which comprises a first plate extending in the second direction from both sides of the first roller and a second plate moving forward and backward on the first plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sungchul Hong, Woojin Lee, Insu Song
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Patent number: 12277282Abstract: A organic light emitting display device includes a substrate comprising a light-emitting region and a reflection region, a first sensing electrode which senses a touch position is disposed in the reflection region, and comprises a material having a first reflectivity and a second sensing electrode which senses a touch position is disposed in the light-emitting region and the reflection region, and comprises a material having a second reflectivity, and overlapping a portion of the first sensing electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-Seok Seo, Seung-lyong Bok, MuGyeom Kim
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Patent number: 12277312Abstract: A touch sensor system includes touch sensors, drive-sense circuits (DSCs), memory, and a processing module. A DSC drives a first signal via a single line coupling to a touch sensor and simultaneously senses, when present, a second signal that is uniquely associated with a user. The DSC processes the first signal and/or the second signal to generate a digital signal that is representative of an electrical characteristic of the touch sensor. The processing module executes operational instructions (stored in the memory) to process the digital signal to detect interaction of the user with the touch sensor and to determine whether the interaction of the user with the touch sensor compares favorably with authorization. When not authorized, the processing module aborts execution of operation(s) associated with the interaction of the user with the touch sensor. Alternatively, when authorized, the processing module facilitates execution of the operation(s).Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr.
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Patent number: 12277292Abstract: A multi-virtual button finger-touch input system includes a cover layer, force-measuring and touch-sensing integrated circuits (FMTSICs), each coupled to the inner surface of the cover layer corresponding to one of the virtual buttons, an elongate flexible circuit, and a host controller. The FMTSICs are mounted to the elongate flexible circuit. The host controller is in communication with each of the FMTSICs via digital bus wiring. The host controller is configured to: (1) obtain force-localization features and ultrasound-localization features of the FMTSICs and (2) determine whether an event is a finger-touch event or a false-trigger event and if the event is determined to be finger-touch event, identify one of the virtual buttons as a touched virtual button, using at least in part a model that has the force-localization features and the ultrasound-localization features as inputs.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: UltraSense Systems, Inc.Inventors: Michael Chen, Zhongxuan Tu, Sina Akhbari, Hao-Yen Tang
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Patent number: 12277291Abstract: A driver circuit configured to drive a display panel to perform a display function and a touch function is provided. The driver circuit includes a plurality of pads and a switch circuit. The plurality of pads are coupled to the display panel and grouped into several pad groups. A synchronization driving signal is applied to the pad groups in a touch sensing phase, and the synchronization driving signal has a first level. The switch circuit is coupled to the pads. The switch circuit is configured to receive a common signal and a system voltage signal, and output the common signal and the system voltage signal to the pad groups in a time division manner. The common signal has a second level, and the system voltage signal has a third level. Voltage levels of the pad groups are changed from the second level to the first level in different times, and the second level is smaller than the first level.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Kai-Chun Huang
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Patent number: 12277281Abstract: Disclosed is an input device including a position detection sensor, an operation including a position indicator which, in operation, indicates a position through interaction with the position detection sensor and accepts a predetermined operation, the operation part being disposed on an input surface that serves as a position detection region of the position detection sensor, an operation detection circuit that, in operation, detects the operation accepted by the operation part, based on the interaction between the position indicator of the operation part and the position detection sensor, and a control signal output circuit that, in operation, outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation detected by the operation detection circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: So Kato, Tatsunosuke Tobita, Shigeru Yamashita
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Patent number: 12277295Abstract: Provided is an input device including a pair of bases each including a first installation groove and a second installation groove formed on an upper surface a first input unit provided in the first installation groove to form a palm seating area and configured to detect a palm input signal by electromagnetic and capacitive methods when a palm is brought into contact therewith, a second input unit provided in the second installation groove to form a finger seating area and configured to detect a finger input signal by a capacitive method when a finger is brought into contact therewith, a control unit provided on each of the bases configured to transmit the palm input signal and the finger input signal transmitted respectively from the first input unit and the second input unit to the electronic device, and a power supply unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Inventor: Woo Yeol Jung
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Patent number: 12277007Abstract: A flexible support layer, a flexible display module and a flexible display device are provided. The flexible support layer includes at least two non-bending regions and at least one bending region connecting two adjacent non-bending regions, a bending region includes a first transition region connected with a non-bending region, the first transition region includes multiple first openings arranged at intervals, a density of the first openings in the first transition region gradually decreases along a direction close to the non-bending region.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chong Zhang, Baofeng Sun, Linlin Xu, Shangchieh Chu
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Patent number: 12275355Abstract: A magnetically mountable user interface device for use in various vehicles and vessels. The magnetically mountable user interface device includes a frame having magnetic properties to be secured to a surface of the vehicle/vessel, a touch surface having a back side and a front side, a printed circuit board mounted to the back side of the touch surface and one or more magnetic elements secured on the back side of the touch surface, the one or more magnetic elements positioned to magnetically couple with the frame having magnetic properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Intellitec Products LLCInventors: John Austin Ciambriello, Edward Alan Schiff
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Patent number: 12277252Abstract: This application discloses an application information display method and a related device. The method includes: An electronic device detects an update event of application information of a first application, and in response to the update event, the electronic device determines whether the first application is locked by an application lock, where the application information may be a widget or a notification message; and the electronic device displays a locking view over the application message after determining that the first application is locked by the application lock.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Lin Liu, Lei Wang, Wenjun Chen
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Patent number: 12277298Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an input sensing panel. The input sensing panel includes pluralities of first and second sensing electrodes and electrostatic induction patterns, each of which is connected to a sensing electrode from one of the pluralities of sensing electrodes and overlaps another sensing electrode from the other one of the pluralities of sensing electrodes. The input sensing panel includes a first area where deviations of mutual capacitances between the first and second sensing electrodes are small and a second area where the deviations are large. The electrostatic induction patterns include first electrostatic induction patterns disposed in the first area and second electrostatic induction patterns disposed in the second area, the second electrostatic induction patterns having a different area from the first electrostatic induction patterns, or the number of second electrostatic induction patterns being different from the number of first electrostatic induction patterns.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyungbae Kim, Hyun-Wook Cho, Sangkook Kim, Taejoon Kim, Jaehyun Park, Jiyeong Lee
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Patent number: 12277293Abstract: Provided is a vehicular display device that suppresses malfunctioning of a vehicle due to malfunctioning of a touch panel module. This vehicular display device comprises a touch panel module and a control unit, wherein the touch panel module comprises a storage unit for storing calibration data, which is an adjustment parameter for touch coordinate detection, and the control unit comprises a ROM for storing correct calibration data, and a failsafe control means for detecting a malfunction of the touch panel module. After startup of the control unit and before an automatic parking layout screen, which includes an automatic parking execution operation button, which is the malfunction detection subject of the failsafe control means, is displayed on the touch panel module, the failsafe control means executes a first confirmation process for confirming that the calibration data stored in the storage unit is correct.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ryuji Saito
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Patent number: 12278046Abstract: An input device may receive, from an information handling system, a first instruction to adjust a tension on a damping medium of a linear magnetic ram of the input device. The input device may adjust the tension on the damping medium based on the first instruction.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Jason Scott Morrison, Yiming Chou
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Patent number: 12277296Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including first sensing electrodes extending in a first direction and second sensing electrodes extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a sensor controller connected to the input sensor. First and second areas are defined in the input sensor based on an input position to which an input by an input device is applied. The input position is located in the first area and not in the second area. The sensor controller applies a first signal to at least one first sensing electrode disposed in the first area and at least one second sensing electrode disposed in the first area and applies a second signal having an opposite phase to a phase of the first signal to the other first and second sensing electrodes disposed in the second area.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Changbum Kim, Jina Kang, Jinwoo Kim, Byeongkyu Jeon
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Patent number: 12271555Abstract: A touch detection device includes a touch area including multiple driving electrodes and multiple detecting electrodes intersecting the driving electrodes, and including a first area that is flat, and a second area that extends from the first area in a first direction and is flat or bent based on a movement of a roller member, a first pad portion disposed adjacent to an edge of the touch area and including a first driving pad portion connected to multiple first driving electrodes disposed in the first area through multiple first driving lines, and a first detecting pad portion connected to multiple first detecting electrodes disposed in the first area through multiple detecting lines, and a second pad portion disposed adjacent to the edge of the touch area and including a second driving pad portion connected to multiple second driving electrodes disposed in the second area through multiple second driving lines.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeong Yoon Lee, Yu Jin Choe
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Patent number: 12271557Abstract: A sensor control board in a display apparatus includes a display device and a position detector, the display device including a plurality of image elements each having a first end that receives input of a common potential and a second end that receives input of an individual potential, the image elements being arrayed in a grid pattern, the position detector located either above or below the display device, the position detector detecting a pointed position on the display device, the sensor control board outputting a transmission signal to the position detector. The sensor control board includes a clock generation circuit which, in operation, generates a clock signal, and a phase adjustment circuit which, in operation, adjusts a phase of the clock signal such that the phase is inverted at each predetermined timing and output an adjusted clock signal as the transmission signal to the position detector.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Kotani, Kei Dobashi
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Patent number: 12271556Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an input sensor operating in an input sensing mode or a proximity sensing mode, a sensor controller driving the input sensor in the input sensing mode or the proximity sensing mode, and a main controller controlling driving of the sensor controller. The input sensor includes a sensing area and a non-sensing area. The sensing area is divided into a proximity sensing area and a plurality of reference areas in the proximity sensing mode. The main controller generates a noise control signal based on a plurality of reference sensing signals sensed in the reference areas, and determines whether an object is in proximity based on the noise control signal and a proximity sensing signal sensed in the proximity sensing area.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyojin Lee, Soongyu Lee, Jinwoo Kim, Woomi Bae
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Patent number: 12271586Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for displaying augmented reality content. The program and method provide for displaying, within a messaging application running on a device, a first user interface for viewing a media content item; receiving user input via the first user interface, the user input corresponding to a predefined touch gesture; and in response to receiving the user input, switching, within the messaging application, from the first user interface to a second user interface in which a camera of the device is activated to capture an image, and displaying, via the second user interface, a resized version of the media content item with the image.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis
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Patent number: 12271559Abstract: A display device includes a first position detection pressing circuit that detects a first position of the input operation at the first sensor, a second position detection pressing circuit that detects a second position of the input operation at the second sensor, and an input position detection pressing circuit that detects the input position with respect to the display panel based on the first position detected by the first position detection pressing circuit and the second position detected by the second position detection pressing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi Sugiyama, Shinya Higashi