Patents Examined by Chayce Bibbee
  • Patent number: 10395586
    Abstract: An electronic appliance includes a display device and a power supply device providing a driving voltage to the display device. The display device avoids high inrush current to provide high quality display. The display device is connected to a power supply device providing a driving power to the display device. The display device comprises a display panel having a plurality of data lines and gate lines crossing each other, a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix form defined by the data and gate lines, a data driver, a gate driver, a timing controller adapted to control the data and gate drivers. The timing controller is adapted to control the driving of each gate line of the gate driver to correspond to a zero-cross point of the driving power supplied from the power supply device for driving the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-In Kim
  • Patent number: 10168808
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal element array including liquid crystal display elements arranged in a matrix form; scan lines arranged in each row of the liquid crystal element array and configured to supply scan signals to the liquid crystal display elements arranged in a corresponding row; signal lines arranged in each column of the liquid crystal element array and configured to supply image signals to the liquid crystal display elements arranged in a corresponding column; a plurality of driving electrodes arranged in the liquid crystal element array and supplied with driving signals for detecting an external proximity object; a first voltage line of a first voltage; a second voltage line of a second voltage; and a third voltage line of a third voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 10147351
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device has sub-pixels of multiple colors. In one aspect, the organic light emitting display device detects sub-pixels which are positioned at the edges of the panel. Data for the sub-pixels on the edges are reduced so that colors on the edges are less observable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yeon Yang, Geun-Young Jeong, Takeshi Kato, Myung-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10120490
    Abstract: A driving circuit, a touch display device, and a method of driving the touch display device, in which, when a user touches a screen, not only can a touch point be sensed, but also a level of touch force with which the user presses the screen can also be efficiently sensed, in order to provide a range of functions. It is possible to provide a variety of functions that are not supported by related-art touch sensing technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SungChul Kim, JuHan Kim
  • Patent number: 10111658
    Abstract: An electromechanical handheld surgical device includes a housing, and a non-planar display screen. The housing encloses a processor, a memory storing instructions, and an orientation detector configured to detect orientation of the electromechanical handheld surgical device with respect to a reference direction. The non-planar display screen is fixedly attached around a portion of the housing and configured to display information. Then instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the non-planar display screen to display the information on a portion of the non-planar display screen. The portion of the non-planar display screen is determined by the processor based on the detected orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Matthew Chowaniec, Michael Ingmanson, Xingrui Chen, Steven Plachtyna
  • Patent number: 10114498
    Abstract: A display device with reduced chance of pad unit corrosion is presented. The display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image, the display panel including a first pad unit; a touch screen panel (TSP) attached to an upper portion of the display panel, the touch screen panel including a second pad unit; a TSP flexible printed circuit board configured to include one end that is connected to the second pad unit of the touch screen panel; a window substrate configured to cover the touch screen panel; and a TSP adhesive layer interposed between the touch screen panel and the window substrate to adhere the window substrate to the touch screen panel, wherein the TSP adhesive layer is formed such that the TSP adhesive layer at least partially covers a TSP connection part the TSP flexible printed circuit board is connected to the second pad unit of the touch screen panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyeong Cheol Ahn
  • Patent number: 10110832
    Abstract: A system according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a first scaler configured to receive a plurality of touch events and down-scale the touch events to generate down-scaled touch events; a touch path logic unit configured to generate an output based on the down-scaled touch events; and a rendering logic unit configured to receive a video image, receive an output of the touch path logic unit, generate a display image by combining the video image with an overlay data according to the output of the touch path logic unit, and output the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Young An, Ho Suk Maeng, Weon Jun Choe
  • Patent number: 10102810
    Abstract: A display device includes: an image display panel including a plurality of pixels each including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel that display a first color to a third color; and a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit stores an expanded color space, acquires an expansion coefficient for expanding a color displayed by the image display panel to a color that can be extended in the expanded color space, obtains output signals of the first sub-pixel to the third sub-pixel based on at least input signals of the first sub-pixel to the third sub-pixel and the expansion coefficient, and outputs the output signals to the first sub-pixel to the third sub-pixel. The expanded color space is a color space that can extend a color the brightness of which is higher than brightness in a standard color space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Tatsuya Yata
  • Patent number: 10096301
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes connecting to a Head Mounted Device (HMD), receiving an input through the HMD while the HMD is connected, and in response to the received input, performing a function corresponding to the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Ahn, Chan-Woo Park, Yoo-Kyung Koh, Joo Namkung, Man-Su Han
  • Patent number: 10088897
    Abstract: A method for improving the performance of recognition by increasing the rate of recognition include executing a specific application, acquiring a user image from a camera while the specific application is executed, collecting a candidate group of non-contact type recognition patterns for an execution screen of the specific application by recognizing at least one of a user's face, eye and hand from the user image, determining an effective value from the collected candidate group of non-contact type recognition patterns, and updating a predefined default value by applying the determined effective value to the predefined default value. An electronic device for improving the performance of recognition and other embodiments also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyunghwa Kim, Sihak Jang, Jihong Jeung
  • Patent number: 10055038
    Abstract: A touch sensor assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor housing disposed at a rear surface of an external member on which a touch operation unit on which a user touches is marked, a sensor PCB accommodated in the sensor housing, and an elastic member which is disposed at a rear side of the sensor PCB and presses the sensor PCB toward a rear surface of the external member, wherein the elastic member is mounted in an elastic member accommodation portion formed at a bottom surface of the sensor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinseung Park, Seungje Park
  • Patent number: 10042490
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display device and a driving method are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate. A common electrode layer and multiple gate lines and data lines are arranged above the substrate. Multiple pixel units are defined by intersecting the gate lines with the data lines insulatively. The multiple pixel units include thin-film transistors and pixel electrodes. Electrode block wires and wire shielding electrodes are arranged above the substrate. The common electrode layer includes electrode blocks arranged in a matrix. In a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the electrode block wire is arranged opposite to the electrode block, and is electrically connected to the electrode block to provide a touch signal or display signal to the electrode block; and the electrode block wire partially overlaps with the wire shielding electrode, and is arranged between the wire shielding electrode and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gujun Li, Yungang Sun, Conghua Ma, Xingyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 10007385
    Abstract: Provided are a touch sensor assembly that is maintained in a state in which the touch sensor is closely attached to an exterior member to accurately detect displacement when touch manipulation is performed to improve a recognition rate, a refrigerator door including a touch sensor assembly that is capable of preventing a sensor control part from being damaged by static electricity and having an improved front outer appearance, and a method for manufacturing the refrigerator door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunki Kim, Seungje Park, Jinseung Park, Kihyun Park
  • Patent number: 10002591
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device and an image rendering method thereof in consideration of a saturation of a text image that improves the legibility of the text image by, for example, adjusting a sub-pixel rendering application ratio and a direct rendering application ratio for pixel data using a weight in proportion to a saturation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheon Heo, Seungyong Lee
  • Patent number: 9984642
    Abstract: A shift register, a driving method thereof, a gate driver circuit and a display device. The shift register includes: a precharge module, a reset module, a control module, a first pull-up module, a second pull-up module, a first pull-down module and a second pull-down module. The present disclosure can adopt one shift register to drive two rows of gate lines, reduce the number of transistors, reduce the circuit cost, eliminate the noise at output ends of the shift registers, and improve the operation stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Lv, Fei Xu, Jun Hong, Jie Yang
  • Patent number: 9980079
    Abstract: A method of providing SMS delivery to recipients migrated across different technology networks. The method includes receiving a short message service (SMS) text message from a sender at a short message service center (SMSC), wherein the SMS text message includes a destination number for a recipient of the SMS text message. A first routing request is sent to a database in a first network for SMS routing information for the destination number via a first signal transfer point (STP). The first STP determines whether the destination number is a migrated or a non-migrated destination number based on data received from the first database. An error indication is provided to the SMSC if the destination number and the first routing request are for different communication networks. Finally, a second routing request is sent to a second database in a second network for SMS routing information for the destination number via a second STP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Yigang Cai, Alok Sharma
  • Patent number: 9952728
    Abstract: A driving signal is outputted to each of the first and second capacitors in a measurement period so that voltage changes occur at the first and second capacitors. First and second modulating voltage signals are provided for the first and the second capacitors in the measurement period. An output signal in a first state or a second state according to a voltage difference between the first and second capacitors is generated. One of the voltage values of the first and second modulating voltage is automatically adjusted according to the output signal. A characteristic value for indicating a capacitance difference between the first capacitor and the second capacitor, which correlates to a length of time from a start point of the measurement period to a specified point that a condition change of the output signal occurs or a slope of the first or second modulating voltage signal, is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TOUCHPLUS INFORMATION CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Hsien Hu
  • Patent number: 9946402
    Abstract: A method includes determining a presence of a protective liner on a display of a device using a capacitive sensor positioned proximate the display. An alignment guide is generated on the display responsive to determining the presence of the protective liner. A device includes a display, a capacitive sensor positioned proximate the display, and a processor to determine a presence of a protective liner on the display using the capacitive sensor and to generate an alignment guide on the display responsive to determining the presence of the protective liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Daniel S Thorstenson, Roger W Ady
  • Patent number: 9948297
    Abstract: A user interface which includes a capacitive measurement circuit with a sense plate covered by an electrically conductive cover member, and wherein said circuit may sense two types of events, said types distinguished by an inverse change in measured capacitance, and wherein user proximity and touches with less than a minimum required force constitute one event type, and touches with more than said minimum force constitute the other event type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventor: Frederick Johannes Bruwer
  • Patent number: 9911393
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for compensating a voltage of a primary color subpixel, and a display device. The voltage compensation device includes: a grayscale determination module for determining whether a display grayscale value corresponding to a data voltage of the primary color subpixel is larger than a preset grayscale value; a first compensation module for performing voltage compensation on the primary color subpixel according to primary color mura information acquired in advance in a primary color test picture, when the display grayscale value is determined to be larger than the preset grayscale value; and a second compensation module for performing voltage compensation on the primary color subpixel according to gray mura information acquired in advance in a gray test picture, when the display grayscale value is determined to be equal to or smaller than the preset grayscale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hongjiang Wu