Patents Examined by Bipin Gyawali
  • Patent number: 10629140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a partitioned backlight display method and device of a red, green, blue, and white (RGBW) display. Converting the RGB display to the RGBW avoids problems of pure color darkness from different pixel gain inconsistencies, independently sets saturation gain value in different partitions based on specific screens, and maximizes and enhances penetration rate of W sub-pixel brightness gain effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guowei Zha
  • Patent number: 10629145
    Abstract: An array substrate for lowering switch frequency of drive polarity in data lines is described. The source driver charges a first sub-pixel group having the first polarity on pixel regions wherein the first sub-pixel group comprises a plurality of sub-pixels with the positive polarity disposed in the interlaced positions between data line and the scan lines. The source driver charges a second sub-pixel group having the second polarity on the pixel regions wherein the second sub-pixel group comprises a plurality of sub-pixels with the negative polarity disposed in the interlaced positions between data line and the scan lines. The first sub-pixel group is greater than each pixel region and the second sub-pixel group is greater than each pixel region so that either the switch frequency for driving the first sub-pixel group or the second sub-pixel group is lower than that of the two sub-pixels in the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peng Du
  • Patent number: 10621911
    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: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Onoyama, Junichi Yamashita, Naobumi Toyomura
  • Patent number: 10614732
    Abstract: A stage circuit including an input unit controlling voltages of a first node and a second node by using a shift pulse or a gate start pulse input to a first input terminal, a first clock signal input to a second input terminal, a second clock signal input to a third input terminal, a first power supply input to a first power supply input terminal and a second power supply input to a second power supply input terminal, and a first output unit receiving a third clock signal from a fourth input terminal and the second power supply from the second power supply input terminal and outputting a high-level scan signal to a first output terminal corresponding to the voltages of the first node and the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deok Young Choi, Yong Jae Kim, Chang Yeop Kim, Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 10592025
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a first substrate including a display area and a first detection electrode, and a second force sensing electrode opposing the display area and the first detection electrode with a gap therebetween. The second force sensing electrode includes a central portion opposing a central portion of the display region, a peripheral portion located to surround the central portion and a reinforcing structure which reinforces the peripheral portion, and the gap between the central portion and the first detection electrode is greater than a gap between the peripheral portion and the first detection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Noguchi, Takafumi Suzuki, Michita Kudo
  • Patent number: 10553166
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a gate line, a storage line adjacent to the gate line, and a pixel, the pixel including a pixel transistor coupled to the gate line, a liquid crystal (“LC”) capacitor coupled to the pixel transistor, and a storage capacitor coupled to the LC capacitor; a first gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the gate line; and a first level switch configured to provide a storage signal to the storage line, the storage signal being synchronized with the gate signal and having a phase opposite to a phase of the gate signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Myoung Seo, Su-Hyeong Park, Soo-Wan Yoon, Hee-Soon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10541292
    Abstract: An electroluminescence display device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a Node-A electrically connected to an electrode of a storage capacitor and a gate electrode of a P-type driving transistor, an N-type switching transistor configured to switch an electrical connection between a Node-B electrically connected to a data line and the Node-A, a Node-C configured to supply ELVDD voltage and electrically connected to another electrode of the storage capacitor and a first electrode of the P-type driving transistor, a Node-D configured to supply current to an electroluminescence diode and electrically connected to a second electrode of the P-type driving transistor, and a first transistor configured to switch an electrical connection between the Node-A and the Node-D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ByungJun Lim, YoungSun Jang
  • Patent number: 10528179
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch sensing system and a display device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Won Kyoung, Jeong-Woo Jang
  • Patent number: 10490137
    Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight brightness adjustment method and apparatus. The backlight brightness adjustment method includes the following steps: dividing a backlight area of a liquid crystal display (LCD) into multiple sub-areas, acquiring maximum pixel brightness M of each sub-area, and acquiring average pixel brightness A according to the maximum pixel brightness M; classifying the brightness into multiple brightness ranges, and separately adjusting duty cycles and drive currents of a backlight source in different brightness ranges according to the average pixel brightness A and the maximum pixel brightness M; determining, according to the maximum pixel brightness M of each sub-area, a brightness range of the sub-area, and acquiring an adjusted duty cycle and drive current that correspond to the brightness range of each sub-area; and correspondingly controlling illumination brightness of each sub-area by using the adjusted duty cycle and drive current. The present invention improves contrast of an LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SKYWORTH-RGB ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huadong Fu, Zhe Huang
  • Patent number: 10482823
    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: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonjun Lee, Gichang Lee, Cholho Kim, Gunwoo Yang
  • Patent number: 10467940
    Abstract: A sensing apparatus that senses electrical signals of a plurality of pixels arranged in rows or columns. The sensing apparatus includes a plurality of sensing circuits configured to sense electrical signals through sensing lines that correspond to the columns of the pixels, a first switch configured to connect a first sensing line of the sensing lines that corresponds to a first pixel column of the columns of the pixels and a first sensing circuit of the sensing circuits that corresponds to the first pixel column; and a second switch configured to connect the first sensing line and a second sensing circuit of the sensing circuits different from the first sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choongsun Shin, Ohjo Kwon
  • Patent number: 10438522
    Abstract: A driving method of a display device includes: generating output image data by the signal controller by either reducing vertical resolution of input image data of one frame by 1/k (k is a natural number) or receiving input image data with its vertical resolution reduced by 1/k and processing the input image data to generate output image data; generating a data voltage based on the output image data by the data driver to apply the data voltage to the data line; and applying gate-on voltage pulses to k adjacent gate lines by the gate driver corresponding to respective image data of the output image data, wherein the output image data corresponding to some pixel rows of the output image data are shifted to left or right by at least one pixel and are output to the data driver in a first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Huhn Hur, Gyu Hyeon Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Hyeon Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10431143
    Abstract: A shift register includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, and a pull-up transistor. The first input circuit is coupled to a first input terminal and a first pull-up node, and configured to electrically connect the first input terminal to the first pull-up node when the first input terminal receives an active signal. The second input circuit is coupled to a second input terminal and a second pull-up node, and configured to electrically connect the second input terminal to the second pull-up node when the second input terminal receives an active signal. The pull-up transistor includes a first gate electrode coupled to the first pull-up node and a second gate electrode coupled to the second pull-up node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONCIS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miao Zhang, Mo Chen, Jing Sun, Wuxia Fu
  • Patent number: 10429951
    Abstract: A mouse device includes a mouse casing, a circuit board, a first sensing module, a second sensing module and a switching module. The circuit board is disposed within the mouse casing. Both of the first sensing module and the second sensing module are disposed on the circuit board and partially exposed outside the mouse casing. The switching module is partially exposed outside a base of the mouse casing. The first sensing module or the second sensing module is exposed outside the base under control of the switching module. Consequently, a moving resolution of the mouse device is adjustable according to the practical requirements. The switching module has a simple mechanism for changing the moving resolution of the mouse device in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-Jie Zhang, Chih-Feng Chien, A-Ming Chang, Ying-Che Tseng
  • Patent number: 10379631
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting/receiving data between a wireless terminal and an electronic pen by recognizing a user's motion are provided. The method includes displaying a transmission list that is to be transmitted when data transmission to the electronic pen is requested after an approach of the electronic pen is detected, configuring data selected from displayed data in the transmission list as transmission data when a selection request signal is detected, and transmitting the configured transmission data to the electronic pen when transmission of the configured transmission data is requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dohyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 10332457
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight unit including a first light source emitting a first light having at least two peak wavelengths and a second light source emitting a second light having a peak wavelength different from the two peak wavelengths, and a display panel receiving the first and second lights to display an image corresponding to an input image data, and a light source driver which analyzes a color information of predetermined dimming areas on the basis of the input image data and controls a contribution of the first and second light sources with respect to a target brightness of each of the predetermined dimming areas in accordance of the color information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongmin Yeo, Junghyun Kim, Hee-kwang Song, Seokhyun Nam
  • Patent number: 10318043
    Abstract: A display assembly includes a display console having an image plane spaced from a touch plane. The touch plane includes at least one touch sensitive area. A controller is operatively connected to the display console, and includes a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method of dynamically adjusting at least one touch sensitive area in real-time. The controller may be programmed to determine respective correction shifts to each pixel in the touch sensitive area for multiple viewing positions of one or more users. The display console may be curved. The controller may be programmed to simultaneously a first correction shift to a first touch sensitive area for the viewing position of the first user and a second correction shift to a second touch sensitive area for the viewing position of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Seder, James A. Carpenter, Reno V. Ramsey, William E. Conway, Davide Silvestri
  • Patent number: 10275089
    Abstract: A display device includes a deviation compensating circuit to receive a feedback touch driving signal from a sensor line connected to one of a plurality of touch sensor, receive a first feedback AC (alternating current) signal from a data line connected to one of a plurality of pixels, receive a second feedback AC signal from a gate line connected to the pixels, detect a phase deviation and an amplitude deviation between the feedback touch driving signal and the first and the second feedback AC signals, and generate a compensation touch driving signal, a first compensation AC signal, and a second compensation AC signal for compensating for the phase deviation and the amplitude deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Younggyu Kim, Byounggwan Lee, Yoonnara Jang
  • Patent number: 10254836
    Abstract: A haptically-enabled system retrieves a haptic effect definition in response to a request for a haptic effect and receives a power consumption management mode. The system modifies the haptic effect definition based at least in part on the power consumption management mode and converts the modified haptic effect definition into a haptic effect signal. The system then applies the haptic effect signal to a haptic output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert A. Lacroix
  • Patent number: 10175807
    Abstract: An electronic device disclosed herein includes a touch screen controller to identify an island i.e., a matrix of acquired touch data values, the island including adjacent touch data values indicating a potential touch of a touch sensitive screen. A first sharpness of the island is calculated using a first normalization type and not a second normalization type. A second sharpness of the island is calculated using the first and second normalization types if the first sharpness is greater than the sharpness threshold. A dynamic variance threshold is determined as a function of the second sharpness. A dynamic strength threshold is determined as a function of the second sharpness if a variance of the island is greater than the dynamic variance threshold, and the island is determined to be a valid stylus island if the peak strength is greater than the dynamic strength threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Praveesh Chandran, Manivannan Ponnarasu, Mythreyi Nagarajan