DETAILED ACTION
This is a first office action in response to Application No. 19/090,139 originally filed on 03/25/2025, in which claims 1 - 20 are presented for examination.
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
3. In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
4. The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
5. Claims 1 - 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Liu “US 2016/0078846”.
Re-claim 1, Liu teaches an electronic device (fig. 1; 10 and par. [0013]) comprising:
at least one processor (fig. 1; 100) comprising processing circuitry;
a display panel; (figs. 1 & 2; 300)
display driver circuitry (figs. 1 & 2; 100 and 200) including memory; (fig. 1; 220)
a first path (figs. 1 & 2; 150) connecting the at least one processor (fig. 1; 100) to the touch circuitry; (figs. 1 & 2; 300 and par. [0019] the display panel 300 may further have touch driving and sensing electrodes) and
a second path (fig. 1 and par. [0037] the display controller 140 adjusts a clock rate of a clock used for transmitting image data over the interface 150) connecting the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) to the touch circuitry, (figs. 1 & 2; 300)
wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is configured to:
based on a refresh rate lower than a reference refresh rate, display, via the display panel, an image; (par. [0041])
receive, through the second path, (fig. 1 and par. [0037] the display controller 140 adjusts a clock rate of a clock used for transmitting image data over the interface 150) from the touch circuitry, (figs. 1 & 2; 300) a signal transmitted through the first path (figs. 1 & 2; 150) to the at least one processor, (fig. 1; 100) the signal indicating a contact on the image displayed on the display panel; (par. [0045] a touch sensing circuit 130 that is inside the processor 100 or externally coupled to the processor 100 could lead to a touch event. When an object or a user's finger is brought in proximity of the display panel 300 is detected, the touch event occurs.) and
in response to the signal, refrain from, within a reference time interval from a reception timing of the signal, a re-displaying of the image executed by scanning the image stored in the memory based on the refresh rate. (par. [0022])
Re-claim 2, Liu teaches wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is configured to refrain from executing the re-displaying by deferring the re-displaying of the image from being within the reference time interval. (par. [0022])
Re-claim 3, Liu teaches wherein the display driver circuitry is configured to:
in response to the signal, identify whether another image obtained in accordance with the contact is received within the reference time interval from the at least one processor; (par. [0019-0021 see also par 0045])
in response to the other image being received within the reference time interval, display, on the display panel, the other image, and cancel executing of the re-displaying; (par. [0020-0021]) and
in response to the other image not being received within the reference time interval, execute the re-displaying from another start timing which is out of the reference time interval. (par. [0021-0025] see also par 0045)
Re-claim 4, Liu teaches further comprising:
memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions, (par. [0056])
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (fig. 1; 100) individually or collectively, cause the electronic device (fig. 1; 10) to:
receive, through the first path, (figs. 1 & 2; 150) from the touch circuitry, (figs. 1 & 2; 300 and par. [0019] the display panel 300 may further have touch driving and sensing electrodes) the signal;
receive data, transmitted through the first path (figs. 1 & 2; 150) from the touch circuitry (figs. 1 & 2; 300 and par. [0019] the display panel 300 may further have touch driving and sensing electrodes) after the signal is transmitted, indicating an area on which the contact is located; (figs. 1-3 and pars. [0023] and [0027])
based on the signal and the data, obtain the other image; and
transmit, to the display driver circuitry, (fig. 1; 100 and 200) the other image within the reference time interval. (par. [0019 see also par 0045])
Re-claim 5, Liu teaches wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is configured to receive the signal from among the data and the signal. (figs. 1 - 3 and pars. [0028] and [0031])
Re-claim 6, Liu teaches wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is further configured to:
receive, through the second path, (fig. 1 and par. [0037] the display controller 140 adjusts a clock rate of a clock used for transmitting image data over the interface 150) from the touch circuitry, (figs. 1 & 2; 300 and par. [0019] the display panel 300 may further have touch driving and sensing electrodes) within the reference time interval, another signal, transmitted through the first path (figs. 1 & 2; 150) to the at least one processor, (fig. 1; 100) indicating a release of the contact; (par. [0025]) and
in response to the other signal, refrain from executing the re-displaying by cancelling to execute the re-displaying. (par. [0022 see also par 0045])
Re-claim 7, Liu teaches wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is further configured to:
receive, through the second path, (fig. 1 and par. [0037] the display controller 140 adjusts a clock rate of a clock used for transmitting image data over the interface 150) from the touch circuitry, (figs. 1 & 2; 300 and par. [0019] the display panel 300 may further have touch driving and sensing electrodes) within the reference time interval, another signal, transmitted through the first path (figs. 1 & 2; 150) to the at least one processor, (fig. 1; 100) indicating a movement of the contact maintained on the image; (par. [0043]) and
in response to the other signal, refrain from executing the re-displaying by cancelling to execute the re-displaying. (par. [0022 see also par 0045])
Re-claim 8, Liu teaches wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is further configured to:
based on a control command, obtained from the at least one processor (fig. 1; 100 and 200) based on the refresh rate before the image is received from the at least one processor, store the image in the memory. (fig. 1 and pars. [0020], [0023] and [0025])
Re-claim 9, Liu teaches wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is further configured to:
in response to the signal, change a state of an indication signal, provided from the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) to the at least one processor, (fig. 1; 100) indicating whether an image transmission from the at least one processor to the display driver circuitry is enabled from a second state to a first state, wherein the first state indicates enabling the image transmission, and wherein the second state indicates disabling the image transmission. (par. [0042])
Re-claim 10, Liu teaches wherein: based at least in part on another refresh rate higher than or equal to the reference refresh rate, the memory is disabled; and based on the refresh rate lower than the reference refresh rate, the memory is enabled. (fig. 2 and pars. [0027] and [0042])
Re-claim 11, Liu teaches an electronic device (fig. 1; 10 and par. [0013]) comprising:
at least one processor (fig. 1; 100) comprising processing circuitry;
touch circuitry; (figs. 1 & 2; 300 and par. [0019] the display panel 300 may further have touch driving and sensing electrodes)
a display panel; (figs. 1 & 2; 300)
display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) including memory; (fig. 1; 220)
a first path (figs. 1 & 2; 150) connecting the at least one processor (fig. 1; 100) to the touch circuitry; (figs. 1 & 2; 300) and
a second path (fig. 1 and par. [0037] the display controller 140 adjusts a clock rate of a clock used for transmitting image data over the interface 150) connecting the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) to the touch circuitry, (figs. 1 & 2; 300)
wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is configured to:
based on a refresh rate lower than a reference refresh rate, display, on the display panel, an image; (par. [0041])
receive, through the second path, from the touch circuitry, a signal transmitted through the first path to the at least one processor, the signal indicating a contact on the image displayed on the display panel; (par. [0045] a touch sensing circuit 130 that is inside the processor 100 or externally coupled to the processor 100 could lead to a touch event. When an object or a user's finger is brought in proximity of the display panel 300 is detected, the touch event occurs.)
in response to the signal, identify a start timing of a re-displaying of the image to be executed by scanning the image stored in the memory based on the refresh rate; (par. [0022])
based on the start timing being within a reference time interval from a reception timing of the signal, execute the re-displaying from the start timing; (par. [0031]) and
based on the start timing being out of the reference time interval, refrain from executing the re-displaying. (par. [0034])
Re-claim 12, Liu teaches wherein the display driver circuitry (fig. 1; 100 and 200) is configured to:
based on the start timing being out of the reference time interval, refrain from executing the re-displaying by adjusting a start timing of the re-displaying. (pars. [0020] – [0022] and [0024])
Re-claim 13 - 20, are rejected as applied to claims 3 - 10 above because the scope and contents of the recited limitations are substantially the same.
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