Patents Examined by Benjamin C. Lee
  • Patent number: 11688325
    Abstract: Provided is a method for driving display and display device including: determining a first target grayscale value and a second target grayscale value in a grayscale matrix of an image to be displayed, the first target grayscale value and the second target grayscale value corresponding to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel of one of the plurality of sub-pixel groups respectively; determining a first actual grayscale value and a second actual grayscale value based on the first target grayscale value and the second grayscale value; driving a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel based on the first actual grayscale value and the second actual grayscale value, in an nth display phase; driving a second sub-pixel and a first sub-pixel based on the first target grayscale value and the second actual grayscale value, in an (n+1)th display phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: Wuhan BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Han, Yuanhui Guo, Wei Zhang, Xia Shi, Yujie Gao, Bing Li
  • Patent number: 11678531
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display region and a non-display region including sub-non-display regions extending from sides of the display region and separated from each other, a display layer provided on a surface of the substrate in the display region and including pixels, and wiring lines provided in the sub-non-display regions on the substrate and electrically connected to the pixels. The sub-non-display regions each includes a display connection region connected to the display region and at least one extension region extending from a part of the display connection region. The sub-non-display regions are bent and are disposed on a surface opposite to a surface, on which the display layer is disposed, in the display region. When the sub-non-display regions are bent, an extension region of one of the sub-non-display regions overlaps another extension region of another of the sub-non-display regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Se Ja Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 11663964
    Abstract: A display panel comprises two driver modules, each of which is provided with a driver chip in a first direction. Each driver chip drives a portion of a GOA circuit in a second direction. That is, a first driver chip drives a first GOA circuit, and a second driver chip drives a second GOA circuit. The first GOA circuit and the second GOA circuit are disconnected at a particular location on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Maojun Yin, Jiayao Yang, Feixiang Sun
  • Patent number: 11656694
    Abstract: Disclosed are computer peripheral interface devices (such as computer mice) that include a wheel member configured to rotate around an axis in a plurality of modes, where each of the plurality of modes corresponds to a respective unique friction profile. The plurality of operation modes includes a freewheel mode and at least two additional modes. The at least two additional modes includes two or more different ratchet modes, two or more different constant friction modes, or at least one constant friction mode and at least one ratchet mode. The interface device also includes an actuator assembly configured to set the wheel member to each of the plurality of operation modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Padraig McLoughlin, Arnaud Perret-Gentil, Nuno Miguel Pereira Dos Anjos Valverde, Jan Stoeckli, Lars Lauridsen, Jean-Claude Dunant
  • Patent number: 11636797
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for compensating for a luminance deviation. A difference in pixel value of the image capturing device between a first pixel and a second pixel in the screen and a difference in gray scale level between first and second gray scale levels are derived from a captured image at the first gray scale level and a captured image at the second gray scale level which include pixel values of the image capturing device. A pixel value for the second pixel is calculated from the captured image at the first gray scale level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geon Ho Park, Won Yeol Lee, Cheon Heo
  • Patent number: 11580891
    Abstract: A color shift compensation method, a color shift compensation system and a display panel are provided. The color shift compensation method includes: accumulating actual display time of a display panel; determining whether or not the actual display time reaches a preset cumulative display time threshold; and in a case where the actual display time reaches the preset cumulative display time threshold, driving the display panel to display according to compensated adjustment voltages that are pre-stored, and in a case where the actual display time does not reach the preset cumulative display time threshold, driving the display panel to display according to current adjustment voltages that are pre-stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaohuan Chang, Chuanyan Lan, Yong Yu
  • Patent number: 11521576
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device that includes a preprocessor, a controller, and a display panel. The preprocessor includes an area determiner outputting area data, a modulator outputting modulated data, and a synthesizer converting first image data and outputting second image data including the area data and the modulated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Yasuhiko Shinkaji, Masahiko Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 11488550
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a first substrate, pixels, data lines, and scan lines. The pixels include first pixels and second pixels. The first pixels each include a first primary pixel and first secondary pixel, and the second pixels each include a second primary pixel and a second secondary pixel. The first primary pixel and the first secondary pixel are connected to an nth row of scan line and an nth row of data line, and the second primary pixel and the second secondary pixel are connected to the nth row of scan line and the nth row of data line. The first secondary pixel is connected to a first pull-down circuit, and the second secondary pixel is connected to a second pull-down circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: HuaiLiang He
  • Patent number: 11443677
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display method of a display panel. The display method may include obtaining original luminance of three single color subpixels in each of the pixel units based on an image to be displayed; obtaining luminance compensation values of the three single color subpixels that need to be color compensated at a time of obtaining the luminance of the mixed color subpixel as the first substitute luminance; calculating luminance of the mixed color produced by the three single color subpixels in the pixel unit respectively based on each of the luminance of the three single color subpixels after color compensation; and setting input luminance of the single color subpixel having the smallest luminance of the mixed color as 0, and obtaining actual luminance of the other single color subpixels and the mixed color subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxu Han, Chi Zhang, Tieshi Wang, Zhongyuan Wu, Yongqian Li, Jinxia Hu
  • Patent number: 11422662
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel, a light emitting module disposed adjacent to the display panel, and configured to output light, and a light receiving module disposed in a portion of the display panel or below or beneath the display panel, and configured to detect light of the outputted light that is reflected by an external object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghan Lee, Jeong-Ho Cho, Jongah Kim, Hee Woong Yoon, Taeho Kim, Jeong-Min Park, Byoung-Uk Yoon
  • Patent number: 11409379
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stylus for transmitting electrical signals carrying pressure information, comprising: a first component with variable impedance reflecting a pressure, wherein the first component is configured for receiving first signals encoded by a first pseudo-random number (PN) code; a second component with fixed impedance, wherein the second component is configured for receiving second signals encoded by a second PN code; and a conductive tip section configured for: receiving, simultaneously, the first signals from the first component and the second signals from the second component; and transmitting electrical signals which is composed of the first signals and the second signals, wherein the first PN code is orthogonal to the second PN code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11393419
    Abstract: The display technologies relate to a method and computer-readable medium for displaying image and to a display device configured to perform the method for displaying image. The image display method includes acquiring an image for display in an nth frame on a display screen; detecting a first sub-image and a second sub-image within the image, a resolution of the first sub-image being higher than a resolution of the second sub-image; comparing the first sub-image in the nth frame with a corresponding sub-image in an (n?1)th frame; and refreshing a localized area of the display screen positionally corresponding to the first sub-image to display an interpolated sub-image in the localized area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tiankuo Shi, Lingyun Shi, Xiaomang Zhang, Zhihua Ji, Yafei Li, Xin Duan, Xiurong Wang, Wei Sun, Hao Zhang, Ming Chen, Yuxin Bi
  • Patent number: 11392221
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch sensitive processing apparatus for receiving electrical signals carrying pressure information transmitted from a first stylus, comprising: a sensing circuit, configured for receiving the electrical signals via electrodes of a touch panel; and a processor, coupled to the sensing circuit, configured for: despreading a first preamble code of the received electrical signals in accordance with a first pseudo-random number (PN) code; despreading a second preamble code of the received electrical signals in accordance with a second PN code; and calculating the pressure information according to a first signal strength ratio of a first part of the received electrical signal and a second part of the received electrical signal, wherein the first part comprises the first preamble code and the second part comprises the second preamble code, wherein the first PN code is orthogonal to the second PN code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11348547
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for compensating the display voltage, a display apparatus and a display device, the method comprises acquiring, when performing an inversion operation with a polarity inversion signal for an arbitrary pixel, a preceding grayscale value and a subsequent grayscale value of the pixel, wherein the polarity inversion signal is configured to control the polarity of the pixel voltage of the pixel, the preceding grayscale value is a grayscale value of the pixel in a preceding frame before the inversion operation, and the subsequent grayscale value is the grayscale value of the pixel in a subsequent frame after the inversion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yulong Xiong, Liugang Zhou, Tao Li, Yizhan Han, Jianwei Sun, Liu He, Yunyun Liang
  • Patent number: 11322101
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a driving method therefor. The method comprises: decomposing, on the basis of the types of colors corresponding to original gray-scale data set to be displayed, said data set into a first gray-scale data set and a second gray-scale data set according to a set rule; and displaying the first and second gray-scale data sets in two continuous periods of time, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11314288
    Abstract: Portable information handling system housing portions rotationally couple with a mono barrel hinge that integrates a stylus garage in a barrel element coupling hinge elements at opposing ends. The stylus garage is formed as a depression within the barrel element that captures a stylus so that the housing portions enclose the stylus when rotated to a closed position and expose the stylus when rotated to an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Eid-Beng Goh, Justin Cole Lyles, Jihun Yeom, An-Chung Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11308899
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for driving a display panel, and a display device. The method includes: obtaining a first difference value by comparing a current frame original data with the previous frame original data, and standardizing the first difference value to obtain a standard difference value; comparing a processed data of the current frame obtained by the color processing with a processed data of the previous frame to obtain a second difference value, comparing the magnitude of the standard difference value with the magnitude of the second difference value, and outputting a corresponding data according to the comparison result, to drive a data output from a chip for driving the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HKC Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Mingliang Wang
  • Patent number: 11262876
    Abstract: An electronic device, a touch detection circuit and an update method for a reference value of a touch screen are provided. The update method includes: acquiring a temperature value of an environment of the touch screen; when determining that the acquired temperature value is less than a preset temperature threshold and determining that a continuously touched area exists in the touch screen, collecting N data frames of the continuously touched area; calculating N feature values of the N data frames; and updating N reference values corresponding to the N data frames according to the N feature values; wherein, N is greater than 1 and N is an integer. A difference between a reference value and a sensed value of the continuously touched area may not be decreased with a temperature rise due to the heat transferred by a touched object, thus point elimination at a low temperature is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Wingho Pang, Songsong Liu, Haikuan Jiang
  • Patent number: 11249600
    Abstract: A display device according to the present invention includes a touch panel, a dielectric sheet, a frame, and a display panel. The touch panel has a touch sensor portion in the middle and a first electrode in an inner peripheral portion. Further, the dielectric sheet is closely adhered the back surface of the touch panel in its front surface. The frame has an opening in the central portion thereof and a second electrode in a marginal portion that is closely adhered the back surface of the dielectric sheet. The display panel has a display surface to display a screen image and the display surface is closely adhered the back surface of the dielectric sheet in the opening of the frame. The first electrode and the second electrode constitute a pressure-sensitive sensor that has a function to detect a pressing force when an operation element touches the front surface of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masafumi Agari, Tae Orita, Takeshi Ono, Toshiaki Fujino, Kozo Ishida, Seiichiro Mori
  • Patent number: 11238787
    Abstract: A deterioration compensation apparatus includes a zone determiner, a stress generator, a first memory and a stress compensator. The zone determiner divides a display area into zones based on a distance from a central portion of the display area. The stress generator generates stress values of output image data for blocks including a plurality of pixels in the display area. The first memory accumulates the stress values of the output image data for the blocks and stores the accumulated stress values of the output image data for the blocks. The stress compensator receives the accumulated stress values of the output image data for the blocks and compensates input image data in a unit of pixels. A number of the pixels included in a block of the blocks varies according to the zone in which the pixels included in the block are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Boyoung An