Patents Examined by Bipin Gyawali
  • Patent number: 11721272
    Abstract: A display driving integrated circuit (DDIC) driving a display device and including; a host interface configured to receive image data from a host device, an interface monitor configured to generate a mode signal indicating a still image mode or a video mode by detecting whether the image data from the host device is transferred through the host interface, a processing circuit configured to generate processed data by processing the image data, a conversion circuit configured to perform data conversion on the processed data to generate display data driving a display panel, and a path controller configured to store the processed data in a frame buffer and transfer the processed data stored in the frame buffer to the conversion circuit in the still image mode, and further configured to transfer the processed data to the conversion circuit without storing the processed data in the frame buffer in the video mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jonghyun Lee, Kyounghwan Kwon, Jongoh Lee, Yuneseok Chung
  • Patent number: 11720145
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a display unit and a facial interface. The display unit includes a display for displaying graphical content to a user. The facial interface is coupled to the display unit and configured to engage a face of the user to support the display unit thereon. The facial interface includes an upper portion that engages a forehead of the user and side portions that engage temple regions of the user. The facial interface converts forward force applied to the upper portion by the forehead into inward force applied by side portions to the temple regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Dustin A. Hatfield, Daniel M. Strongwater, Kristi E. Bauerly
  • Patent number: 11688328
    Abstract: A display system includes a display region including a plurality of sub display apparatuses and a host processor which divides source image data into a plurality of sub input image data corresponding to the plurality of sub display apparatuses, and provides the plurality of sub input image data to the plurality of sub display apparatuses. A sub display apparatus of the plurality of sub display apparatuses includes a sub display panel including a plurality of pixels and a panel driver which receives corresponding sub input image data among the plurality of sub input image data and drives the sub display panel based on the corresponding sub input image data. The host processor includes a data generator which senses information of the plurality of sub display apparatuses included in the display region and determines a number of the plurality of sub display apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eunjung Lee, Young-Jun Seo, Yongwoo Yi
  • Patent number: 11662844
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing apparatus is used to detect at least one object approximating or touching a touch screen and is configured for iteratively executing the following steps: having a driving circuit simultaneously sending a driving signal to two or more first electrodes, wherein at least one of the two or more first electrodes intersects with multiple second electrodes to form multiple intersection areas, the other of the two or more first electrodes intersects with multiple third electrodes to form multiple intersection areas; and having a sensing circuit simultaneously sensing the driving signal via the second electrodes to generate a one-dimensional sensing information and having the sensing circuit simultaneously sensing the driving signal via the third electrodes to generate another one-dimensional sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Shang-Tai Yeh, Cheng-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 11650701
    Abstract: A display device includes a base layer, a circuit element layer, a display element layer, a thin film encapsulation layer, and a touch sensing layer. The base layer includes a display area and a non-display area bordering the display area. The circuit element layer includes first driving circuits and second driving circuits disposed in the non-display area of the base layer, and a pixel driving circuit disposed in the display area of the base layer. The display element layer in the display area of the base layer includes display elements provided on the circuit element layer. The touch sensing layer includes a plurality of touch electrodes that receive a touch sensing signal from the second driving circuit to eliminate being routed to a pad area to supply touch sensing signals to the touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-ho Baek
  • Patent number: 11619822
    Abstract: A head-mounted device is provided. The head-mounted device includes a longitudinal headband, a horizontal headband unit and a headband adjustment mechanism. The headband adjustment mechanism is connected to the longitudinal headband and the horizontal headband unit. In a first configuration, the headband adjustment mechanism is adapted to adjust the tightness of the horizontal headband unit. In a second configuration, the headband adjustment mechanism is adapted to adjust the tightness of the longitudinal headband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Tsu Yin Jen, Pei Hsin Huang, Lee Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 11605328
    Abstract: A split-type display system includes a processing device, a display device, and a transmission cable connecting the devices. The processing device includes a processing unit and a low-to-high unit. The processing unit generates a first image signal having both a first transmission rate and a first channel number. The low-to-high unit converts the first image signal into a second image signal having both a second transmission rate and a second channel number. The first transmission rate is lower than the second transmission rate. The display device includes a high-to-low unit and a display unit. The high-to-low unit receives and converts the second image signal into a third image signal having both a third transmission rate and a third channel number. The display unit displays the third image signal. a number of channels of the transmission cable is the same as the second channel number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AICONNX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsu-Jung Tung, Lien-Hsiang Sung, Wei-Liang Cheng
  • Patent number: 11594163
    Abstract: Systems and methods of use are presented that resize a displayed program presentation based on a requested television size, which allows a single large display monitor (television) to act as a proxy of all the smaller television sizes available in a given model line of televisions. The resized program is presented on the display monitor with a physical size larger than the requested size. Pricing information for the requested television size is superimposed on the presented resized program. Outlines for intermediate sizes of televisions of the same make and model to that of the display monitor are also presented in the presented program, including size and price indicators for the intermediate sizes. Multiple display monitors, each having a separate media player, can be implemented in a retail environment so as to allow several makes and models to be compared. Sync signals keep video transmitted by the media players synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BBY Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Phillips, Travis Misterek, Darin Michels
  • Patent number: 11594202
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a signal processing device and an image display apparatus including the same. The signal processing device includes a synchronizer configured to perform Fourier transform based on the received baseband signal, and an equalizer configured to extract a pilot signal from a signal from the synchronizer, to calculate a channel transfer function value of the extracted pilot signal, and to selectively perform time interpolation based on the calculated channel transfer function value. Thus, time interpolation is selectively performed based on the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jihoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11580921
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD includes: an LCD panel, a grayscale voltage output portion and a grayscale voltage adjusting portion. The LCD panel includes a deformation area formed by bonding of a driver integrated circuit, and the deformation area includes a first subpixel. The grayscale voltage output portion is configured to output a first grayscale voltage to the first subpixel. The grayscale voltage adjusting portion is configured to adjust the first grayscale voltage into a second grayscale voltage, so that a brightness of the first subpixel at the second grayscale voltage is less than a brightness of the first subpixel at the first grayscale voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianyong Gao, Shuai Hou, Xu Lu, Qiang Yu, Fanjian Zeng, Xinxin Wu, Fei Shang
  • Patent number: 11538418
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method are provided. The display device includes a display panel and a control IC. The display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting elements. The control IC is configured to control the plurality of light-emitting elements to be turned on at a first frequency so as to display display-related data, and control at least two light-emitting elements of the plurality of light-emitting elements to be turned on and off at a second frequency greater than the first frequency so as to transmit visible light data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianguang Yang, Xiuyun Chen, Zongze He, Liang Zhang, Zhenghua Lu, Yuxuan Chen, Shuo Li, Feng Long
  • Patent number: 11521556
    Abstract: A channel control unit and a display device using the same are provided. The channel control unit can include a data driver that converts pixel data into data voltages and supplies the data voltages to data lines, and an ineffective channel controller that receives channel data, generates dummy data during an ineffective channel section indicated by the channel data, and sends the dummy data to the data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwon Lee, Suhyuk Jang, Hyojin Kim
  • Patent number: 11506905
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a flexible, modular head-mounted display is provided. The head-mounted display system may comprise a base member and one or more arm members that are coupled to the base member. The arm member(s) may be coupled to the base member via a hinge system that allows the arm member(s) to move with respect to the base member. Interior walls of the hinge system may define a passage therethrough such that wiring may extend throughout the head-mounted display system. The head-mounted display system may further include a cover that encloses at least a portion of the hinge. The cover may overlap with the base member or the one or more arm members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: RealWear, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Pombo, Nima Lahijani Shams, George Henry Hines
  • Patent number: 11500214
    Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) device includes a main body, a support element, and a lens module. The main body includes a base, a projector, and a first pivot portion. The projector is pivoted to the base by using the first pivot portion, so that the projector is capable of rotating relative to the base by using the first pivot portion as a first rotation axis. The support element is pivoted to a first end portion of the base and is configured to wear on a head of a user. The lens module is pivoted to a second end portion of the base and the second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The lens module is capable of rotating relative to the base and being overlapped under the base. Through a rotatable and foldable accommodation structure, the augmented reality device is easier to be carried and accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Chung, Hsiao-Cheng Chen, Cheng-Yi Lee
  • Patent number: 11468843
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes: a first switch connected between a data line and a first node and including a gate connected to a first scan line; a second switch connected between a first driving power line and a second node and including a gate electrode connected to the first node; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the second node; a light emitting element connected between the second node and a second driving power line; a scan driver applying a first A-scan signal and a first B-scan signal during different times to the first scan line; a data driver applying a first initialization signal and a data signal to the data line at different times; and a power supply portion applying a first driving voltage, a second driving voltage, and a third driving voltage to the first driving power line at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonjun Lee, Gichang Lee, Cholho Kim, Gunwoo Yang
  • Patent number: 11468822
    Abstract: A timing control board includes a point-to-point interface, a plurality of storage modules and a timing controller. The point-to-point interface is for connecting a source drive circuit board and performing point-to-point signal transmission. The storage modules each stores a set of point-to-point configuration parameters. The timing controller receives a configuration parameter feedback signal from the source drive circuit board, and outputs a corresponding chip selection signal to the storage modules according to the configuration parameter feedback signal, to obtain a set of point-to-point configuration parameters matching a protocol type of the source drive circuit board from the storage modules, and initialize setting according to the point-to-point configuration parameters to generate matched data signals and clock signals and output the data signals and clock signals to the source drive circuit board through the point-to-point interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Feilin Ji, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11462159
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array unit formed by disposing pixel circuits having a P-channel type drive transistor that drives a light-emitting unit, a sampling transistor that applies a signal voltage, a light emission control transistor that controls emission/non-emission of the light-emitting unit, a storage capacitor that is connected between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive transistor and an auxiliary capacitor that is connected to the source electrode, and a drive unit that, during threshold correction, respectively applies a first voltage and a second voltage to the source electrode of the drive transistor and the gate electrode thereof, the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage being less than a threshold voltage of the drive transistor, and subsequently performs driving that applies a standard voltage used in threshold correction to the gate electrode when the source electrode is in a floating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Onoyama, Junichi Yamashita, Naobumi Toyomura
  • Patent number: 11455950
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the signal frequency includes: acquiring a first number of times of outputting a reference signal at an active level within a reference duration, wherein a correlation between a frequency of the reference signal and temperature is less than a reference correlation threshold, the reference duration is negatively correlated with a frequency of a clock signal, a correlation between a frequency of a clock signal and temperature is greater than the reference correlation threshold, and a drive signal for driving a display device to display an image is generated based on the clock signal; acquiring a target adjustment value based on the first number of times if the first number of times is different from a reference number of times; and controlling and adjusting the frequency of the output clock signal based on the target adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Ma, Qianqian Liu, Chang Wang
  • Patent number: 11455927
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data processing device, a data driving device, and a system for driving a display device, and more particularly, to a data processing device, a data driving device, and a system for speeding up data communication in a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Seok Kim, Yong Hwan Mun, Myung Yu Kim, Hyun Pyo Cho
  • Patent number: 11443695
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, the peripheral area being outside the display area, a display unit on the display area of the substrate, the display unit including a pixel circuit and a display device electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a driver in the peripheral area of the substrate and configured to provide a signal to the display device, and an output wiring configured to transmit the signal from the driver to the display device, at least a part of the output wiring overlapping the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byungsun Kim