Patents Examined by Benjamin C. Lee
  • Patent number: 11830882
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display panel includes a base substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor, a pixel circuit, and a drive circuit. A first active layer of the first transistor includes silicon; and a second active layer of the second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor. A length of a channel region of the first transistor is LL a distance between a first gate electrode and the first active layer is D1, and a first area S1=L1×D1; and a length of a channel region of the second transistor is L2, a distance between a second gate electrode and the second active layer is D2, and a second area S2=L2×D2, where S1<S2. The second transistor is included in the drive circuit, and the first transistor is included in one of the pixel circuit and the drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingjun Lai, Yihua Zhu, Yong Yuan, Ping An, Zhaokeng Cao
  • Patent number: 11829180
    Abstract: A pressure detection device of detecting a forced state of a deformable object includes a body, an image sensor and a processor. The body is a deformable hollow structure. The body has an inner surface and an outer surface, and an identifiable vision feature is disposed on the inner surface. The image sensor is disposed inside the body and faces the inner surface of the body, and is adapted to capture a frame containing the identifiable vision feature on the inner surface. The processor is electrically connected with the image sensor, and adapted to analyze position variation of the identifiable vision feature within the captured frame for identifying a motion type of a gesture applied to the outer surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Chung Wang, Hsin-Chia Chen, Hui-Hsuan Chen, Chao-Chien Huang, Chu-Hung Nien
  • Patent number: 11831665
    Abstract: A simulated environment presentation device with a display configured to present a rendering of a simulated environment. A simulated environment subsystem is communicatively coupled to the simulated environment presentation device and is configured to provide instructions for rendering the simulated environment. A simulated environment monitoring device includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to the simulated environment subsystem. The simulated environment monitoring device monitors the rendering of the simulated environment over a period of time. Features associated with objects presented in the rendering of the simulated environment are determined over the period of time. An anomaly associated with a first object is detected based on a change in a determined first feature of the first object over the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: Shailendra Singh
  • Patent number: 11804168
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a display device includes a panel including a display area in which a plurality of pixels is arranged. An optical module is superposed on the display area. The display area has a low-resolution area having a polygonal shape and superposed on the optical module and a high-resolution area neighboring the low-resolution area, unit pixels having the same size as those of the high-resolution area are arranged in a lower pixel density than that of the high-resolution area and transmission areas are disposed adjacent to the unit pixels in the low-resolution area, and unit pixels and transmission areas are arranged in different forms in a boundary area of the high-resolution area neighboring the low-resolution area according to slopes of the boundary area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hwan Ock, Yu-Hoon Kim, Jung-Geun Jo
  • Patent number: 11804171
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a driving switching element, a storage capacitor, a data voltage applying switching element and a first leakage compensation switching element. The driving switching element is configured to apply a driving current to the light emitting element. The storage capacitor is connected to a control electrode of the driving switching element. The data voltage applying switching element is configured to apply a data voltage to the storage capacitor. The first leakage compensation switching element is disposed between the storage capacitor and the data voltage applying switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhyun Park, Hyeongseok Kim, Jangmi Kang, Minjae Jeong, Mukyung Jeon
  • Patent number: 11798445
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory containing instructions that are configured to cause the at least one processor to perform operations including a correction task configured to correct an image signal that has been input to the first projection-type display apparatus. The first projection image includes a first area which part of the second projection image overlaps, a second area that is adjacent to the first area and affected by the light amount control unit, and a third area different from the first area and the second area. The correction task corrects one of a luminance and a color of the image signal corresponding to the second area so as to reduce a difference from a corresponding one of a luminance and a color of the image signal corresponding to at least one of the first and third areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ikuo Takanashi
  • Patent number: 11790838
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a pixel array, a gate driver and a bias control signal driver. The pixel array includes a pixel unit. The gate driver is configured to generate a plurality of gate control signals. The bias control signal driver is electrically connected to the pixel unit and the gate driver. The bias control signal driver is configured to generate a bias signal to drive the pixel unit according to a part of the plurality of gate control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Yi-Hung Lin, Kung-Chen Kuo
  • Patent number: 11789479
    Abstract: A low drop-out (LDO) regulator includes a power transistor, an error amplifier and a droop adjusting circuit. The power transistor regulates a driving voltage based on a gate voltage of a gate node to provide an output voltage at an output node. The error amplifier outputs the gate voltage by amplifying a voltage difference between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage proportional to the output voltage. The droop adjusting circuit is connected between the gate node and the output node, is coupled to the output voltage, and adjusts the gate voltage to compensate for a change of the output voltage based on a change of a load current which is provided to a load from the output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jungmoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11789330
    Abstract: A driving method for driving a display comprising an electrophoretic material having at least one type of colored pigment particle, the method includes applying at least one pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle, applying a separation pulse, and applying a second pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink California, LLC
    Inventor: Craig Lin
  • Patent number: 11783751
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a method of determining a charging time. The method includes: obtaining frame images corresponding to at least three grayscales; determining a luminance and a corresponding charging time of at least one test position in each of the frame images; obtaining a charging time luminance variance curve corresponding to the test position according to the luminance of the at least one test position in each of the frame images and the corresponding charging time; and determining the charging time corresponding to a highest luminance in the charging time brightness change curve as an optimal charging time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qiqi Lin
  • Patent number: 11778109
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display device, a detection device, and a control device that acts as a controller. The controller displays a predetermined image on the display device, calculates, upon detecting a loop and a user's eye inside the loop through the detection device, a relative size of the user's eye with respect to the loop, as a reference size, causes the display device, upon detecting through the detection device that the relative size has changed to a size larger than the reference size, to enlarge the predetermined image, in proportion to a difference between the relative size and the reference size, and causes the display device, upon detecting through the detection device that the relative size has changed to a size smaller than the reference size, to reduce the predetermined image, in proportion to a difference between the relative size and the reference size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuma Nomura
  • Patent number: 11769454
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device having an emission control driver are discussed. The display device can include a display panel for displaying an image through sub pixels, and an emission control driver configured to supply a plurality of emission control signals to the sub pixels. The emission control driver can include a plurality of emission control stages configured to supply the plurality of emission control signals, respectively. Each emission control stage can include an output buffer including a first pull-up transistor configured to output a first high potential power supply voltage to an output line by a Q node, and a first pull-down transistor configured to output a first low potential power supply voltage to the output line by a QB node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yeonkyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11749186
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a correction area in which a correction image including a logo image and a logo background image is displayed, and a panel driving block. The panel driving block includes a luminance correction block which corrects a luminance of the correction image, and the luminance correction block includes a first correction block which divides the correction area into a plurality of sub-areas, based on a distance from the logo image and generates an area correction signal for correcting the luminance of the correction image, a second correction block which generates a luminance correction signal for correcting the luminance of the correction image displayed in each of the sub-areas, based on a grayscale of the image signal and the area correction signal, and a third correction block which corrects the luminance of the correction image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DongHyun Noh, Wonwoo Jang, Kyoungho Lim
  • Patent number: 11741892
    Abstract: Pixel circuit, display panel and display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving module, a data writing module, a first reset module, a threshold compensation module, light emitting control modules, a leakage suppression module, a storage capacitor, a first capacitor, and a light emitting module. A first terminal of the first reset module is electrically connected to a reference signal terminal. A first terminal of the threshold compensation module is electrically connected to a second terminal of the driving module. A control terminal of the driving module is electrically connected to a first node. A second terminal of the first reset module and a second terminal of the threshold compensation module are both electrically connected to the first node through the leakage suppression module. A connection node between the leakage suppression module and the second terminal of the first reset module is a second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Shuai Yang, Yue Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Gaojun Huang
  • Patent number: 11735091
    Abstract: The driving method provided by the present application includes: detecting a refresh frequency of a display device based on a plurality of predicted frames to obtain a change rule of the refresh frequency; obtaining a current refresh frequency of the display device and a corresponding frame number information; predicting an expected timing when the display device switches the refresh frequency next time and an expected frequency value after switching according to the change rule, the current refresh frequency, and the corresponding frame number information; and performing a gray-scale compensation on the display device according to the expected frequency value and the expected timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yizhuo Zhao, Yuhua Chang, Bin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11733814
    Abstract: A touch sensing device includes: a first touch sensing unit including a first sensing electrode and a first sensing inductor electrically connected to each other, wherein capacitance of the first touch sensing unit varies depending on parasitic capacitance formed between the first sensing electrode and a human body according to a contact of the human body; a first force sensing unit including a first sensing coil spaced apart from an internal side surface of a frame, wherein inductance of the first force sensing unit varies depending on a change in distance between the first sensing coil and the frame according to a pressing touch; and a circuit unit configured to detect whether a touch of the human body is input, based on variations in the capacitance of the first touch sensing unit and variations in the inductance with the force sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyoung Lee, Joo Yul Ko
  • Patent number: 11726587
    Abstract: A virtual image display system and a pointing direction control method of a control device thereof are proposed. The pointing direction control method of the control device includes causing the control device to display an index pattern having a recognition pointing direction, causing a virtual image display device to capture the index pattern displayed by the control device, and causing the virtual image display device to analyze the recognition pointing direction of the index pattern and to display a control cursor according to the recognition pointing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Chu Ho, Ching-Hao Lee
  • Patent number: 11715402
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including a display panel and a processor. The processor is coupled to the display panel, and is configured to calculate an average temperature of the display panel, where when the average temperature is greater than a first temperature threshold, the processor adjusts an upper brightness limit of the display panel to a first adjusted maximum brightness value, so that brightness of the display panel is not greater than the first adjusted maximum brightness value. The disclosure further provides a display panel control method for an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Feng Yang, Chin-An Tseng
  • Patent number: 11705080
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a voltage adjustment method and a voltage adjustment device for a display panel, and a display device. The method includes: detecting whether an absolute value of a difference between a first gray scale data of a first sub pixel and a second gray scale data of a second sub pixel in a static picture area is larger than a preset gray scale threshold; if so, acquiring the first gray scale data; and inputting a target data voltage to the data line according to the first gray scale data, to adjust an original pixel voltage to the first sub pixel into a target pixel voltage and to cause an absolute value of a difference between a first voltage difference in the positive frame and a second voltage difference in the negative frame to be smaller than a preset voltage difference threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rongcheng Liu, Huiming Wang
  • Patent number: 11694590
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a dynamic user interface having an indication of time. The dynamic user interface having the indication of time further includes one or more geometric regions that intersect the indication of time, such that colors of the indication of time are different on opposite sides of a boundary of the one or more geometric regions that intersect the indication of time. The one or more geometric regions may shift and/or change over time, thereby providing a custom and/or unique dynamic user interface having the indication of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Teofila Connor, Kevin W. Chen, Aurelio Guzman, Aaron M. Melim, Michael T. Nartey, David Blake T. Tsuzaki