Touch Panel Patents (Class 345/173)
  • Patent number: 11875033
    Abstract: A method for determining a proportion of an area in a computer-generated scene that is visible to a user on a display of a handheld device configured to receive touch-based inputs. A location of the area in the computer-generated scene visible on the display of the handheld device is determined, and a touch-based input to the display of the handheld device is detected. A representation of the one touch-based input detected by the handheld device is generated and an intersection between the representation of the location of the touch-based input on the display of the handheld device, and a representation of the area at the location is determined. The intersection indicates the proportion of the area not visible to the user of the handheld device. An indication representative of the intersection is then transmitted to a remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Bidstack Group PLC
    Inventor: Arvids Kokins
  • Patent number: 11874979
    Abstract: Disclose are projection switching devices including a projection configured to project a symbol on a lower garnish, the lower garnish configured to cover a lower dashboard and to display control information projected from the projection, touch sensors disposed on a lower portion of the lower garnish to sense a touch of a user, and a controller configured to output control information corresponding to symbol information at a position where the touch has occurred to a corresponding device, in response to the touch being sensed by the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11876474
    Abstract: A linear resonant device and a braking method for the same. The linear resonant device comprises a linear resonant motor and a drive chip. The drive chip pre-stores a drive waveform and at least one first braking waveform therein. The method comprises: determining, in response to a braking instruction, whether vibration of the linear resonant motor meets a first condition while being driven by the drive waveform; and if so, controlling the drive chip to drive, by using the first braking waveform, the linear resonant motor and to conduct a first braking process for the linear resonant motor, wherein the first braking waveform comprises at least two pulse waveforms, and an amplitude value of each of the at least two pulse waveforms gradually decreases along a propagation direction of the first braking waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI AWINIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Guanxing Zhao, Shaofu Wu, Dajun Wu, Zhijun Meng
  • Patent number: 11877032
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that enhances the viewer experience by providing supplemental content related to a media asset during a fast-access playback operation. For example, in response to a user input during a fast-forward or rewind operation, the media guidance application may generate for display supplemental content related to the progression point of the media asset at which the user input was received while the fast-forward or rewind operation continues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul T. Stathacopoulos
  • Patent number: 11875007
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a touch substrate and a display device. The touch substrate includes a base substrate and further includes a touch driving electrode, a touch sensing electrode and a grounding electrode which are located on the base substrate and insulated from one another. An orthographic projection of the grounding electrode on the base substrate and orthographic projections of the touch driving electrode and the touch sensing electrode on the base substrate have a non-overlapping region with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zewen Bo, Dalin Xiang
  • Patent number: 11874710
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to operate closed-lid portable computers are disclosed. An example portable computer includes a first display on a lid of the portable computer, the first display to be deactivated when the lid is in a closed position; a second display distinct from the first display, the second display to be visible when the lid is in the closed position; instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to cause activation of the first display in response to a user interaction with the second display while the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Barnes Cooper, Aleksander Magi, Arvind Kumar, Giuseppe Raffa, Wendy March, Marko Bartscherer, Irina Lazutkina, Duck Young Kong, Meng Shi, Vivek Paranjape, Vinod Gomathi Nayagam, Glen J. Anderson
  • Patent number: 11875084
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for displaying subjects of a portion of content and searching for content related to a particular subject in the content. Media data of content is analyzed during playback, and a number of audio signatures are identified. Each audio signature is associated, based on audio characteristics, with a particular subject within the content. The audio signature is stored, along with a timestamp corresponding to a playback position at which the audio signature begins, in association with an identifier of the particular subject. Upon receiving a command, icons representing each of a number of audio signatures at or near the current playback position are displayed. Upon receiving user selection of an icon corresponding to a particular signature, a portion of the content corresponding to the audio signature is played back or a search is performed for content related to the signature represented by the selected icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charishma Chundi, Gabriel Dalbec, Nicholas Lovell, Lance G. O′Connor, Susanto Sen
  • Patent number: 11869130
    Abstract: A method for generating visual feedback based on a textual representation comprising obtaining and processing a textual representation, identifying at least one textual feature of the textual representation, assigning at least one feature value to the at least one textual feature, and generating visual feedback based on the textual representation. The generated visual feedback comprises at least one visual feature corresponding to the at least one textual feature. A system for generating visual feedback based on a textual representation, comprising a capturing subsystem configured to capture the textual representation, a processing subsystem configured to identify at least one textual feature and to generate visual feedback based on the textual representation, and a graphical user output configured to display the generated visual feedback. The visual feedback generated based on the textual representation comprises at least one visual feature corresponding to the at least one textual feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ BIC
    Inventors: David Duffy, Bernadette Elliott-Bowman
  • Patent number: 11870745
    Abstract: Various embodiments include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for sharing and managing media galleries. Consistent with these embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a first device to share a media gallery that includes a user avatar; generating metadata associated with the media gallery; generating a message associated with the media gallery, the message at least including the media gallery identifier and the identifier of the user avatar; and transmitting the message to a second device of the recipient user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: David James Kennedy, Diego Muñoz Escalante, Arianne Spool, Yinghua David Xia
  • Patent number: 11871529
    Abstract: A display device can include a display panel, a roller which guides the sliding of the display panel, a rotary shaft which passes through both ends of the roller, and an elastic member having one end connected to an inner circumferential surface of the roller and the other end connected to the rotary shaft, and the roller and the rotary shaft are rotatably connected to each other. Accordingly, according to the present disclosure, one end and the other end of the elastic member are configured to be rotatable to minimize the excessive increase of the tensile stress of the elastic member which is transmitted to the display panel and improve the reliability of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeungHee Lee, MiJin Han, Hanul Lee, Hyosung Lee
  • Patent number: 11868563
    Abstract: A touch panel device includes a cover panel that has an operation surface and bends corresponding to a depressing force applied to the operation surface; a touch sensor unit including touch sensor electrodes that output touch sensor signals; an elastic member that has a dielectric constant changing corresponding to a temperature and deforms due to the bending of the cover panel, the elastic member including an adhesive agent provided between the cover panel and the touch sensor unit; a first sensor unit that detects a capacitance changing depending on the dielectric constant and a thickness of the elastic member; and processing circuitry to estimate the temperature based on the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; to detect the depressing force based on the estimated temperature and the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; and to execute processing of the touch sensor signals based on the detected depressing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nidaira, Yuichi Sasaki, Takeshi Ono, Seiichiro Mori
  • Patent number: 11868458
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel structure comprising a plurality of layers for providing a touch sensitive pixel of a sensing array. The layers comprising: a thin film transistor; and a conductive layer deposited on a dielectric shield to be touched by an object to be sensed and arranged to provide a capacitive sensing electrode coupled to the thin film transistor. The present disclosure also provides methods of manufacturing such a pixel structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOUCH BIOMETRIX LIMITED
    Inventors: Henricus Derckx, Wilhelmus Van Lier, Michael A. Cowin
  • Patent number: 11868537
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for robust radar-based gesture-recognition. A radar system detects radar-based gestures on behalf of application subscribers. A state machine transitions between multiple states based on inertial sensor data. A no-gating state enables the radar system to output radar-based gestures to application subscribers. The state machine also includes a soft-gating state that prevents the radar system from outputting the radar-based gestures to the application subscribers. A hard-gating state prevents the radar system from detecting radar-based gestures altogether. The techniques and systems enable the radar system to determine when not to perform gesture-recognition, enabling user equipment to automatically reconfigure the radar system to meet user demand. By so doing, the techniques conserve power, improve accuracy, or reduce latency relative to many common techniques and systems for radar-based gesture-recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Ook Hong, Patrick M. Amihood, John David Jacobs, Abel Seleshi Mengistu, Leonardo Giusti, Vignesh Sachidanandam, Devon James O'Reilley Stern, Ivan Poupyrev, Brandon Barbello, Tyler Reed Kugler, Johan Prag, Artur Tsurkan, Alok Chandel, Lucas Dupin Moreira Costa, Selim Flavio Cinek
  • Patent number: 11867580
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura, Ken Kobayashi, Tetsuro Goto, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Kei Tsukamoto, Hayato Hasegawa, Manami Miyawaki
  • Patent number: 11868607
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes circuitry to receive input of a hand drafted input, convert the hand drafted input into a shape, and determine whether the shape is an object selecting shape that is preset to be available for selecting an object displayed in the object selecting shape on a display. In a case that the shape is determined to be the object selecting shape, the circuitry displays, on the display, a display component to be operated for receiving selection of the object. In a case that the display component is operated, the circuitry causes the object to be a selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yui Furumi, Takuroh Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11868556
    Abstract: A pairing method between a stylus and a position detecting apparatus that detects a position pointed to by the stylus includes: sharing, by the position detecting apparatus, a sensor identifier (ID) that is included in an uplink signal transmitted to the stylus while the stylus and the position detecting apparatus are proximate to each other at or within a predetermined distance, the sensor ID uniquely identifying the position detecting apparatus; and determining, by the position detecting apparatus using the sensor ID, whether information is transmitted from the stylus, the information being transmitted via a first wireless communication having a range that is longer than the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshifumi Konda
  • Patent number: 11868675
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for capturing, using a forward-facing camera associated with a head-mounted augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD), images of portions of first and second display devices in an environment, the first and second display devices displaying first and second portions of content related to an AR presentation, and displaying a third portion of content related to the AR presentation on the AR HMD, the third portion determined based upon the images of portions of the first and second display devices captured using the forward-facing camera. Moreover, the first and second display devices may be active stereo display, and the AR HMD may simultaneously function as shutter glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Tatu V. J. Harviainen
  • Patent number: 11868558
    Abstract: An electronic device including: a display panel; and an input sensor disposed on the display panel, wherein the input sensor is configured to sense an external input, the input sensor including: a first sensing electrode including a plurality of first mesh lines; and a second sensing electrode including a plurality of second mesh lines insulated from the first mesh lines and a bridge pattern overlapping the first mesh lines, and wherein the first mesh lines include a plurality of metal layers, the first mesh lines include a first portion overlapping the bridge pattern and a second portion that does not overlap the bridge pattern, wherein the first portion includes an outermost metal layer including a material different from a material of an outermost metal layer of the second portion, and wherein the outermost metal layers of the first and second portions are adjacent to a display surface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Yang, Hyunsik Park
  • Patent number: 11868586
    Abstract: A user interface display method, apparatus, and system are provided. The method includes: displaying a first user interface for a first application program in a main display region; displaying a program icon of a second application in an auxiliary display region when a first sliding signal on the auxiliary display region is received; when a first operation signal on the program icon of the second application is received, displaying a floating window on the first user interface; and canceling displaying of the program icon of the second application program in the auxiliary display region when a second sliding signal on the first auxiliary display region is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengqi Ning, Xudong Chen, Lan Mi, Song Yang
  • Patent number: 11868548
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stylus with one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch sensor of the device has one or more sensors for detecting movement of the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Esat Yilmaz, Trond Jarle Pedersen, John Logan, Vemund Kval Bakken, Kishore Sundara-Rajan, Joo Yong Um, Igor Polishchuk
  • Patent number: 11868577
    Abstract: An input check device includes a coordinate detection part configured to detect coordinates of a touch operation a user performs on an operating surface when operating an operating part through the operating surface; a pressing force detection part configured to detect a pressing force of the touch operation; and an identifying part configured to determine whether the operating part is ON or OFF based on the pressing force detected in the pressing force detection part, and, after determining that the operating part is switched from ON mode to OFF mode, the identifying part detects a minimum value of the pressing force; and the identifying part determines that the operating part is switched from OFF to ON when, following the detection of the minimum value, the pressing force surpasses a predetermined threshold that is set based on the minimum value and that is greater than the minimum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shunichi Suto
  • Patent number: 11868568
    Abstract: A method for assembling a touch sensing apparatus comprising a display panel, a plate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a frame assembly, wherein the plate has a first curvature along at least a first edge of the top surface of the plate when uncoupled with the frame assembly. The method comprises the steps of arranging a plurality of light emitters alongside a periphery of the plate, the plurality of light emitters configured to emit light propagating over the top surface; arranging a plurality of detectors alongside the periphery of the plate, the plurality of detectors configured to receive light emitted from the plurality of light emitters; and coupling the display panel, the plate, and the frame assembly, wherein the step of coupling causes the first curvature of the plate to change to a second curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventors: Aleksander Kocovski, Hakan Bergstrom, Jens Thorvinger
  • Patent number: 11868665
    Abstract: Examples herein relate to a solid state drive that includes a media, first circuitry, and second circuitry. In some examples, the first circuitry is to execute one or more commands. In some examples, the second circuitry is to receive a configuration of at one type of command, where the configuration is to define an amount of media bandwidth allocated for the at one type of command; receive a command; and assign the received command to the first circuitry for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nilesh N. Shah, Chetan Chauhan, Shigeki Tomishima, Nahid Hassan, Andrew Chaang Ling
  • Patent number: 11861107
    Abstract: Disclosed is an input sensor which includes a plurality of sensing parts, an amplifier circuit that is connected to the sensing parts, a rectifier circuit connected to the amplifier circuit, an analog-to-digital converter that is connected to the rectifier circuit, an output switching element that controls a connection of the rectifier circuit and the analog-to-digital converter, a first connection switching element that controls a connection of the amplifier circuit and the rectifier circuit, a second connection switching element that connects a first voltage line to the rectifier circuit, and a third connection switching element that connects a second voltage to be applied to the rectifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sanghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11861079
    Abstract: A luminous touch pad module includes a touch member, a touch sensing circuit board, a first light guide plate, a second light guide plate, a first light-emitting element, a first light-guiding element and a second light-emitting element. The touch member, the second light guide plate, the first light guide plate and the touch sensing circuit board are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The first light-emitting element is aligned with the first light guide plate. The second light-emitting element is located under the touch sensing circuit board. The second light-emitting element is aligned with the first light-guiding element. A light beam emitted by the first light-emitting element is transmitted to the touch member through the first light guide plate. A light beam emitted by the second light-emitting element is transmitted to the touch member through the first light-guiding element and the second light guide plate sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Hui Yeh
  • Patent number: 11861083
    Abstract: The invention relates to an input device comprising capacitive detection device having detection surface including first array of array electrodes; electronic evaluation unit electrically connected to array electrodes to form associated electric measuring field array for spatially resolving detection of capacitive influence on detection surface; handling means disposed on detection surface to be movable along an adjustment path parallel to detection surface, in order to perform an operating input; position indicator; and coupling device with a first surface on which a second array of coupling electrodes is formed, and with a second surface on which a third array including spaced-apart contact surfaces is formed. Based on the position of the handling means, contact surfaces are touch-contacted by the position indicator. The coupling device includes several electrically conductive connections to capacitively influence the measuring field array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Preh GmbH
    Inventors: Benedikt Schmidt, Manuel Wittwer, Markus Klein, Thomas Rauch, Elmar Greulich, Stefan Menninger, Thomas Kleffel
  • Patent number: 11861247
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular, to a technical solution of sharing data with a nearby device by using a wireless communications technology. In a method for printing a photo, a mobile phone first selects a to-be-printed photo, then discovers a nearby device by using the foregoing related wireless communications technology, and displays the discovered device such as a printer or a projector on the mobile phone; and then a user performs a tap operation on the discovered printer, so that one-tap printing can be implemented. In this way, printing efficiency of an electronic device is improved, and user experience is also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changzhu Li, Jiaxin Li, Xiaodong Tian, Yu Tang
  • Patent number: 11861066
    Abstract: Provided is a computer system for providing a tactile interface for a real-time two-dimensional (2D) tactile input/output interaction of a visually impaired person and an operating method thereof. The computer system may be configured to generate a tactile output corresponding to 2D visual information for a first body surface of a user through a tactile output module that is in contact with the first body surface, sense a tactile input for a second body surface of the user through a tactile input module, and generate a control signal for the 2D visual information based on the tactile input. Here, one of the first body surface and the second body surface may be a ventral surface of one body portion of the user, and the other one of the first surface and the second body surface may be a dorsal surface corresponding to the ventral surface in the one body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Geehyuk Lee, Jingun Jung, Sunmin Son, Sangyoon Lee, Yeonsu Kim
  • Patent number: 11862642
    Abstract: A display panel, an array substrate, and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the array substrate includes a thin film transistor device, and an interface layer, a first transparent conductive layer, a passivation layer, and a second transparent conductive layer which are formed on the thin film transistor device in sequence. By replacing a planarization layer in the prior art with the interface layer, performing a gate re-etching process, and perforating the interface layer and the passivation layer to simultaneously form a deep via and a shallow via, a number of photomasks required to form the array substrate is reduced to 8. It effectively reduces costs of production materials and costs of photomasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juncheng Xiao, Yong Xu, Fei Ai, Dewei Song
  • Patent number: 11862047
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module and a folding set disposed below the display module and defining a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, which each extend in the first direction. Here, a first axis parallel to the second direction and overlapping a first surface of the display module and a second axis perpendicular to the first surface of the display module at a center of the folding set are defined. Also, a first coordinate of the second rotation axis is determined by an equation (G/2)+T?X?(L/2). Here, X denotes the first coordinate, G denotes a distance between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area of the display module, T denotes a thickness of the display module measured with respect to the second axis, and L denotes a length of the folding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Soo Park, Seyong Kim
  • Patent number: 11861089
    Abstract: A driving circuit configured to drive a touch display panel is provided. The driving circuit includes a signal generating circuit and a sensor driving circuit. The signal generating circuit is configurable to be coupled to gate lines of the touch display panel via a gate control circuit. The signal generating circuit modulates a plurality of voltage signals on a first driving signal and a second driving signal, and provides the modulated first driving signal and the modulated second driving signal to the gate control circuit to drive the gate lines during a sensing period. The sensor driving circuit is configurable to be coupled to sensor pads of the touch display panel. The sensor driving circuit modulates the voltage signals on a third driving signal, and drives the sensor pads with the modulated third driving signal during the sensing period. A method for driving a touch display panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Sheng-Wen Hsiao, Liang-Chi Cheng
  • Patent number: 11859656
    Abstract: A thrust converting mechanism has a shaft provided with a pair of helical mated portions, formed in mutually opposing directions; a pair of linear motion members having mating portions for engaging, respectively, the pair of mated portions; a case for supporting the pair of linear motion members so as to enable movement along the shaft, and for bearing the shaft rotatably; a rocking member that is borne on one of the linear motion members of the pair, and for engaging with the other linear motion member of the pair, and for rocking through relative motion of the shaft in respect to the case; and a moving member, supported on the case, that engages with the rocking member to move, through rocking of the rocking member, in a direction that crosses the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 11861102
    Abstract: A method for operating a capacitive touch-sensitive switch having a capacitive sensor element and a sensor circuit includes initially setting a scanning frequency of the capacitive touch-sensitive switch with a good signal-to-noise ratio and then operating the capacitive touch-sensitive switch at a scanning frequency which has been set to detect switch actuation. The process of setting the scanning frequency includes operating the touch-sensitive switch using a first measurement method and at a selected scanning frequency, detecting the measurement signals from the sensor circuit and checking whether the detected measurement signals contain or could contain a critical alias effect. If no critical alias effect and no possibility of a critical alias effect are detected during the check, the scanning frequency can be set as the selection frequency for detection operation of the touch-sensitive switch. A capacitive touch-sensitive switch is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Krzysztof Kierys, Adrian Podsiadlowski
  • Patent number: 11861106
    Abstract: A detection device includes a sensor including a driving electrode and detection electrodes and a controller detecting a non-contact target from signal waveforms acquired from the detection electrodes by applying a voltage to the driving electrode, the signal waveforms each indicating a change in signal strength over time. The controller discriminates a peak caused by the non-contact target on the basis of a time width from a rising start point of a peak to a peak top of the peak, a height from the rising start point of the peak to the peak top of the peak, and a slope of a rising side of the peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Yukihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11857878
    Abstract: This application discloses a method for transmitting prompt information in a multiplayer online battle program performed by a terminal. The method includes: displaying a user interface (UI); receiving a directional operation on the UI for activating a prompt information transmission function and pointing to a target display element in the UI; predicting target prompt information according to the target display element and battle information; determining one or more virtual characters in a battle for receiving the predicted target prompt information; and transmitting the predicted target prompt information to terminals of the one or more determined virtual characters, the one or more determined virtual characters being a master virtual character or all virtual characters in the battle. This application can intelligently determine and select a prompt signal that the user wants to transmit in a current battle scenario based on a thought expressed by the user and the battle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Hao Song
  • Patent number: 11861119
    Abstract: A display panel has a display area and a frame area located on a side of the display area, and the frame area includes a bonding region. The display panel includes: a display substrate, a touch structure disposed on the display substrate, and a protective layer disposed on a side of the touch structure away from the display substrate. The touch structure includes a plurality of conductive pins located in the bonding region. The protective layer has an opening, the opening is located in the bonding region and serves to expose the plurality of conductive pins. The opening includes a border proximate to the display area and extending in a direction in which the plurality of conductive pins are arranged, and at least portion of the border has a curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zewen Li, KwangGyun Jang, Hongqiang Luo
  • Patent number: 11861120
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of drive electrodes arrayed in a first direction, a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a drive signal supply circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the drive electrodes, and a plurality of switch elements configured to switch between coupling and decoupling between the drive electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshinori Uehara
  • Patent number: 11861105
    Abstract: 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 v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Youngho Cho, Sein Lee
  • Patent number: 11861091
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of sub pixels; a first touch electrode on the substrate and overlapping at least one subpixel from the plurality of sub pixels; a second touch electrode on the substrate and spaced apart from the first touch electrode and overlapping the at least one sub pixel; an insulating layer covering the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode; a plurality of charging transistors on the insulating layer and electrically connected to one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode; a plurality of sensing transistors on the insulating layer and electrically connected to one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode; a planarization layer covering the plurality of charging transistors and the plurality of sensing transistors; and a light emitting diode on the planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: CheolSe Kim, SungChul Kim, HoonBae Kim, SunYeop Kim, Jinseong Kim, JuHan Kim, Haewon Lee
  • Patent number: 11861101
    Abstract: A touch sensing device configured to be installed in an electronic device, the electronic device including a side unit and a touch switch unit, the side unit including a non-conductive cover and a conductive frame coupled to the cover, the touch switch unit including a first touch member that is a portion of the cover, the touch sensing device including a first sensing electrode configured to be disposed inside the electronic device near the first touch member; a first sensing coil configured to be disposed inside the electronic device; and a first connection wire including one end connected to the first sensing electrode and another end connected to the first sensing coil, thereby electrically connecting the first sensing electrode to the first sensing coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyoung Lee, Joo Yul Ko
  • Patent number: 11858526
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with vehicle includes one or more cameras located in the vehicle, used to detect a figure and/or a behavior of a user sat in the vehicle. The apparatus also includes a controller communicated with the cameras, which obtains the detected figure and/or behavior of the user, and optimizes one or more components of the vehicle for the user, based on the detected figure and/or behavior of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Bruckmeier, Icy Zhu
  • Patent number: 11861127
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an input sensor including a plurality of unit sensors each having a first unit sensor, a second unit sensor, and a third unit sensor adjacent, wherein each of the first, second, and third unit sensors includes: a first sensing electrode extending in the first direction; a second sensing electrode extending in the second direction; and a first dummy electrode between the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, wherein the first sensing electrode of the first unit sensor is connected to a first adjacent dummy electrode of the first dummy electrodes of the third unit sensor adjacent to the first unit sensor, and wherein the second sensing electrode of the first unit sensor is connected to a first adjacent dummy electrode of the first dummy electrodes of the second unit sensor adjacent to the first unit sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyeongnam Bang, Yeri Jeong, Eunyoung Kim, Jeongyun Han
  • Patent number: 11861109
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch panel on the display panel, a host processor, and a display panel driver. The host processor receives proximity data of the touch panel. The display panel driver receives an input control signal from the host processor and drives the display panel based on the input control signal. The touch panel includes a proximity area and a non-proximity area. The host processor counts a rise of the proximity data in the proximity area to generate a first count value. The host processor resets the first count value when the proximity data in the non-proximity area increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woomi Bae, Jinwoo Kim, Soongyu Lee, Hyojin Lee
  • Patent number: 11860708
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and an application processor are provided. The mobile terminal includes a power management module, an application processor, a display driver chip, and a display panel. The power management module is used to output a power supply voltage to the application processor, the display driver chip, and display panel. The application processor includes a graphics processor, a graphics random access memory and a display serial interface, where the graphics random access memory is communicably connected with a codec overlay hardware of the graphic processor, and is used to receive and store an image frame outputted by the graphic processor. The graphic random access memory is communicably connected to the display serial interface to output a stored image frame to the display driver chip through a display serial interface. The display driver chip controls the display panel to display the received image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chialin Lu
  • Patent number: 11861067
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tactile-sensation providing device that reduces the transmission of vibration to the base part. The tactile-sensation providing device has: a vibrating body; a vibration-target object that is elastically connected with the vibrating body and vibrated in accordance with vibration of the vibrating body; and a base part that is elastically connected with the vibration-target object, the tactile-sensation providing device providing a tactile sensation to a living body based on vibration of the vibration-target object, the base part is spaced apart from the vibrating body, and a resonance frequency of a first vibrating system including the base part and the vibration-target object is ? or less of a resonance frequency of a second vibrating system including the vibration-target object and the vibrating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Wakuda
  • Patent number: 11861131
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display unit including a display area, a transmitting portion surrounded by the display area, and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a touch sensing unit having a transmissive area, dummies overlapping the transmitting portion and surrounding the transmissive area, and a touch sensor area surrounding the dummies and including first touch electrodes, and second touch electrodes respectively between the first touch electrodes, connected in a first direction, and spaced apart in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the dummies include a main dummy surrounding the transmissive area, and at least one sub-dummy surrounding the main dummy, and wherein an outermost sub-dummy of the at least one sub-dummy that is at an outermost position of the dummies includes a first cut corresponding to a gap between adjacent first and second touch electrodes among the first and second touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Yang, Hyun Sik Park, Chun Gi You
  • Patent number: 11853495
    Abstract: A touch display device can include a touch screen panel including an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area, a dam structure in the non-active area and configured to surround at least a portion of the active area, at least one encapsulation layer to correspond to the active area and the non-active area, a plurality of touch electrodes on the at least one encapsulation layer in the active area and configured to receive and process touches, a first touch line being a touch electrode connection line to connect the plurality of touch electrodes in the active area, a second touch line being an extension of one of the plurality of touch electrodes and disposed on the first touch line in the non-active area, and a touch buffer layer between the dam structure and the first touch line in the non-active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Kim, In Tae Ko
  • Patent number: 11855463
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure, a first ferrite core disposed inside the enclosure, a wireless power receiver that includes a first receiving coil wrapped around the first ferrite core between the first ferrite core and the enclosure, and an alignment mark configured to be aligned with a center of a transmitting coil of a wireless power transmitter, wherein the alignment mark is not aligned with a center of the first receiving coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Spark Connected LLC
    Inventors: Petru Emanuel Stingu, Malek Ramezani, Kenneth Moore, Ruwanga Dassanayake
  • Patent number: 11853521
    Abstract: A noise immunity of a detected capacitance is prevented or inhibited from lowering on a driving electrode different in width from the other driving electrodes, provided in an input device. A touch panel serving as an input device has a plurality of driving electrodes extending in an X-axis direction and arranged in a Y-axis direction intersecting with the X-axis direction, and a driving electrode arranged outside one side of an arrangement of the driving electrodes and extending in the X-axis direction. Further, the touch panel TP1 has a plurality of detecting electrodes extending in the Y-axis direction and arranged in the X-axis direction. The width of the driving electrode is smaller than the widths of the driving electrodes and the detecting electrode includes an expanding portion for expanding the area of the detecting electrode on the side opposite to the plurality of driving electrodes via the driving electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takafumi Suzuki, Kohei Azumi
  • Patent number: 11852508
    Abstract: Provided is a sensing unit including first sensing electrodes arranged along a first direction in a sensing area, and second sensing electrodes arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the first sensing electrodes includes a plurality of first mesh lines, and each of the second sensing electrodes includes a plurality of second mesh lines. A line width of the first mesh lines is different from a line width of the second mesh lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Yang, Hyun Sik Park, Ma Eum Cho